About Small Daily Rituals
A Note about My Clinical Practice: My work is informed by research, training, and decades of clinical practice—but guided by your unique needs and goals. Although here I write from a specific Christian tradition, my clinical practice is client-centered and I work with people across the spectrum of faith, and those that have no faith.
You don’t have to be falling apart to know you’re tired—
tired from holding it together in uncertainty.
I write for people who pray, or want to pray, but also feel worn thin. Maybe you’d call it anxiety. Maybe depression. Or maybe it’s just the weight of being alive right now—holding on to faith while trying to have a free hand for… everything else.
I know this territory personally, and I’ve walked beside hundreds of others through it as a psychologist. What I’ve learned is that you don’t need another expert telling you how to fix yourself. You need words that understand and remind you you’re not alone in it.
Most Tuesdays, I share an essay that:
Gives language for what you’re feeling (when you can’t name it yourself)
Offers permission to rest (without guilt)
Sits with the complexity (instead of rushing to resolve it)
Sometimes explores small rituals that help you breathe
These aren’t self-help tips—they’re literary meditations, written with honesty, faith, and gentleness.
I’ve also written a book with 90 days of soul conversations for the exhausted faithful, coming soon from BroadStreet Publishing. The essays here explore similar territory in different forms. Some of these essays are public—anyone can read them. Others are reserved for subscribers only—a way to write more personally, and share early pieces from the book. Subscribing is free, and it makes sure you don’t miss those more private writings.
If you’re tired of pretending you’re fine—welcome.
You can rest here.
David Hamilton, PsyD
