On today’s episode we talk with Marissa Ramsey and hear how she has learned to chose joy in the midst of the heavy cross of depression & anxiety. Marissa Ramsey is a special education teacher in New Orleans with a zeal for life and deep love for her job and her Catholic faith. She talks with us today about how she finds hope in the resurrection and how she has learned to trust that the Lord is still healing her even when it doesn’t look the way she wants it to. Ultimately it comes down to believing and understanding that there is always more to the story and that everything in this life must be understood in the light of the larger story of the resurrection.   At the end, Marissa shares practical tips she has learned to battle depression and anxiety and we also chat with her about how we can be better sisters to those struggling with this particular cross.   Marissa’s challenge for us is to carve out some time this week with a  notebook and write out some of the lies that you believe frequently or write out some of things that are lying heavy on your heart right now. After you have written these out, take some time to take your notebook before the Lord and just hand it to Him.