“I don’t know why I’m crying.”
I hear it all the time when I’m speaking.
Someone raises their hand during Q&A, or leans in during a moment of open sharing, and before they even get their question out, the tears come. "I don't know why I'm crying," they say, almost apologizing for it. It happens in my group coaching sessions too. We'll be talking about health, or faith, or just life, and suddenly someone is wiping their eyes, embarrassed, like crying is something to explain away.
Here's what I want you to know: you don't need to know why. And you definitely don't need to apologize.
Crying isn't a malfunction. It's a release. When we cry, our bodies actually flush out cortisol, the stress hormone that builds up when we're carrying too much for too long. That tension you've been holding in your shoulders, that knot in your chest, that thing you haven't said out loud yet, tears are one of the ways your body lets it go. It's physiological. It's real. And it's good for you.
So when someone starts crying while I'm speaking, or in our coaching circle, I never let them apologize. Because that release is healing. It's your body doing exactly what its supposed to do.
In the Psalms, David wasn't shy about his tears, he wrote about them, prayed through them, brought them straight to God. "You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book" (Psalm 56:8). Our tears aren't wasted. They're held.
This is exactly why I love guiding you through biblical wellness. It's about tending to the whole of you, body, mind, and spirit, and giving yourself permission to feel what you feel as you learn to partner with God in your health.
So the next time you feel those tears rising and you don't know why, let them come. It's not weakness. It's release. It's healing. And I am so grateful you’re trusting me in these tender times.
In Him,
Kerstin
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