When Your Mind Won’t Slow Down: Holy Health for the Wonderfully Wired Woman

There are days when my brain feels like it’s running a race I never signed up for.

It jumps from one half-finished thought to another, reviewing conversations I didn’t mean to overanalyze, forgetting what I walked into the room for, and scrolling past things I’ll never remember. Some mornings I wake up already overstimulated. Some nights I lie in bed with a heart ready for rest but a mind that won’t let go.

And in the swirl of noise, motion, and second-guessing, I find myself asking the quiet question:

Does God meet me here—in this beautifully different, sometimes exhausting mind of mine?

If you’ve ever wondered that too, I want to tell you something I’ve come to believe with my whole heart:
God didn’t overlook you when He designed your mind. He didn’t mess up or forget to make things easier. He made you wonderfully wired. And He isn’t waiting for you to become more focused, more put together, or more “normal” before He draws near. He’s already here.

We often think of faith as something that happens in the quiet, in the stillness, in the place where distractions are silenced and minds are at peace. But for many of us—especially those with neurodivergence, trauma histories, learning challenges, or chronic mental health conditions—quiet isn’t always available. Stillness isn’t always accessible. And peace sometimes feels like a foreign language.

The good news? The Bible is full of people who couldn’t calm their minds either.

When Elijah was overwhelmed, God didn’t rebuke him. He fed him, let him rest, and whispered gently to his soul. When David was emotionally flooded, he wrote songs and cried out to God in poetic spirals. When Paul begged for his “thorn” to be taken away, God didn’t remove it—He responded with grace.

There’s no shame in having a brain that won’t turn off. There’s no condemnation for the woman who loves God but forgets the verse, misses the prayer time, or struggles to study the way others do.

As a Holy Health Minister, I’ve learned that spiritual formation must include how our bodies and minds function. Because when we tend to our whole selves—spirit, soul, and system—we create space for God to minister to every part of who we are. That’s why I call it Gospel-Based Regulation™—a Spirit-led, Scripture-rooted way of supporting our nervous systems with rest, rhythm, and reminders of truth.

Let’s tell the truth about what we’ve been told:

The lie? That if I can’t focus or sit still, I must be failing spiritually.
The truth? Focus isn’t the measure of faithfulness. Jesus isn’t grading your attention span. He’s drawing you into communion—and communion can happen in chaos.

You don’t have to heal your mind before you meet with God. He meets you right in the mind you already have—and He calls it wonderful.

So what does Holy Health look like for a Wonderfully Wired woman today?

It might look like taking a slow breath and whispering a verse—
Inhale: “You keep me…”
Exhale: “…in perfect peace.” (Isaiah 26:3)

It might look like brewing a cup of lemon balm or tulsi tea—herbs that support mental clarity and emotional calm—and saying, “Lord, let this be a reminder that You are my peace.”

It might look like opening your Bible to Psalm 139 and simply circling the words know, formed, wonderfully, made. Then writing in the margin:
“God sees the way my mind moves—and He calls it beautiful.”

You were not an afterthought.
You don’t have to perform your way into peace.
And you are not alone in your wiring.

God is not asking you to become someone else to be loved.
He is already loving you in the shape of your now.

So let this be the reminder your soul has been craving:
You don’t have to wait for peace to come.
God planted it in your wiring—and wrapped it in His Word.