Dr. Rhonda Mattox

27/11/2025

The holidays can bring joy, but they can also be challenging. This season may stir many emotions, and we want you to know you’re not alone.

If you need someone to talk to, call or text 988 to reach trained counselors who are available 24/7 to listen, support you, and help you find the resources you need.

At the Black Mental Health Alliance, we’re holding space for you. Please be gentle with yourself, rest when you need to, and care for your mental and emotional well-being.

💜 Take care, protect your peace, and remember that BMHA sees you, values you, and is here for you.

24/11/2025

My birthday always sneaks up on people. It's right next to Thanksgiving. So most folks forget it’s even there, but not this year. Thanks for all the early birthday wishes (by my design) but it's THIS Thanksgiving week. You see, this birthday season, you all have surprised me with a gift I never expected. And I have a lot to be thankful for as I have noticed an unexpected "givers" trend. Woot! Woot!

You bought my luxury journal AND made it THE gift that keeps on giving and giving peace on purpose by buying MULTIPLE copies!
In the last month alone, people have come for one copy of Take 5: Pathway to Peace and walked away with two… three… even four copies. About two weeks ago, one person surprised me. They bought TEN copies. And then came back and bought ten more. TWENTY copies! Talk about unexpected!

When I asked these givers why they were buying multiple copies, their answers stopped me in my tracks. They were buying them for their adult children, their parents, those healing or living through domestic violence, the grieving, the divorced, and the quietly struggling. While my original intent for this luxury journal "on steroids was to be a gift for those battling anxiety, especially those who didn't want to take medications for anxiety… you all have been buying it for those in your circle who need comfort, grounding, and peace. Wow! Just Wow!

Givers ROCK! I love it when GIVERS GIVE out of love and not out of manipulation or guilt. That's why these givers have made my heart smile. THIS birthday, I am making a special offer to my givers out there. Yep! I want to make it easier for you to gift the skillset of peace, calm, and journaling to whomever God places on your heart.
And I want you to be able to do it at a more affordable rate.

Now, I have a confession. It has been my habit to not discount anything. I'm like Prada. Prada doesn't go on sale. And neither do I or my products. Yet, to make this ok with me, I'm not calling this a discount. I'm calling this a "MAKE IT COUNT reduction" for my givers who love to give and give and give. I don't want this to hurt as you feel led to give.

In fact, For the next 72 HOURS, Take 5: Pathway to Peace: A 40-Day Journaling Experience is available for $35.99.
That’s less than $1 a day for 40 days of:
• building emotional skill sets
• guided journaling
• strengthening your inner calm
•getting to the root of anxiety
• restoring your priorities
• and choosing peace on purpose.

And I want YOU to be able to:
✔ gift peace
✔ get ahead on your Christmas gifts,
✔ support someone who needs a soft place to land,
✔ and stay inside with your cocoa on Black Friday—without last-minute shopping stress.

I suspect unless I feel led of the Lord again, this "MAKE IT COUNT reduction" will never happen again, so if you’ve been meaning to pick up a copy or TEN or TWENTY to bless someone else—THIS is the perfect moment to help you or someone you love walk into the new year a little steadier, rooted, and restored.
Bonus points: send your unwrapping pics when they reach your door. Or call me ahead of time and let me know you want a pic with me and perhaps we can make that happen to. See comments for details on my site. (This special is not available on amazon. And when it's over, it's OVER!)

That's 72 hours! Get it now! Check out the comments.

19/11/2025

Often I hear people say they don’t want to kill themselves. They just want some attention. To which I say then let’s give ‘em some attention.

Lather them up with attention. Paying attention is the cheapest “treatment” you can give to a person with suicidal ideations or a child.

Let’s hear it for attention!

16/11/2025

15/11/2025

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14/11/2025

Good night. Sleep tight. Don’t let the bed bugs bite.
-Sparkle Matlock

Help Sparkle out. Share a couple bedtime routines that help you get a good night’s sleep. We’re compiling Sparkle’s Top 5 Beauty Rest secrets.

12/11/2025

Practice your “No.” to good ideas so you will have the capacity and energy to say yes to God ideas that bring you joy and energize you.

10/11/2025

I don’t forgive and forget.

I forgive and LEARN.

I forgive and GROW.

I forgive and gather the parts of me that looked over the red flags and didn’t listen to God and submit them to Gods word.

I forgive and GLOW.

Oh yes! I forgive and remember so I can epitomize my mother’s instructions: GROWn now!

Don’t just forgive. Learn. Grow. Submit. Glow.

07/11/2025

Grief doesn’t follow the calendar. It doesn’t pause because the world is festive. And it doesn’t disappear because we’re trying to be strong. It sits with you where ever you go even in moments of joy. And holidays have a way of magnifying the empty chairs, the unanswered prayers, the losses we thought we had tucked away.

Tomorrow, I have the pleasure of speaking at St. Mark on this topic that quietly touches so many of our lives—grief. This season, while filled with celebration and anticipation for some, can be especially heavy for others.

As I prepare to share tomorrow, my prayer is that God meets His people in the tender places—those unspoken sorrows, those memories that bring both warmth and ache, those quiet moments when the absence feels louder than the presence.

I imagined this was just for their leaders. But I have spoken with the pastor and learned that it is open to the public.

If you or someone you love is navigating loss in this season, consider coming. And know this: God sees you. God is near.

Looking forward to being with the St. Mark family and praying that tomorrow brings comfort, clarity, and the reminder that we don’t have to heal alone.

—Dr. Rhonda Mattox https://www.facebook.com/share/18r4BQo5Ai/

24/10/2025

So easily typed, yet challenging to complete. Push in on rest or you may find yourself in bed via necessity WISHING you had a CHOICE.

23/10/2025

Good morning!

Let's do a check in! Did you have a good night last night? Or did stress or anxiety keep you up at night? 😩

Some nights we are asleep before our heads hit the pillow. Others nights, our brain can act like it just had a double espresso and wants to talk about everything — from bills to that text we should NOT have sent in 2014.

If you have trouble sleeping at least once or twice a month, check out this article I'm quoted in where II drop a few of my best “sleep even when life is lifing” tips in this article.

Check out when you’re done tossing and turning. Then share some of your best-kept secrets in the comments — the weird stuff that actually works! (No judgment if it involves fuzzy socks, lavender oil, or pretending you’re at a silent retreat. 🧘🏽‍♀️)

"Dr. Mattox says this brain dump strategy also works if it’s more ruminations than a to-do list keeping you up. “Jot down the matters of your heart or whatever is weighing you down most heavily,” she says. “Then you decide what to do with it: Rip it up. Tuck it away until you are rested. … Just leave it there and never return to examine it.”

👉 Check out article below Then drop your best-kept sleep strategies in the comments.

(Disclaimer: I’m not co-signing on all the advice that may show up there — just curious to see what’s out there we haven’t thought about. 😂)

Let’s see what new tricks we can add to our sleep hygiene bedtime toolkit — preferably the ones that don’t involve eating cereal at 2 a.m. 💤

Anxiety can impact every aspect of your life. It can affect how you manage from day to day — and night to night. Because, of course, anxiety can also alter how you sleep. Little Rock, Arkansas-based psychiatrist Rhonda Mattox, M.D., compares anxiety before bed to the boogeyman. “It’s just an o...