The Fruited Life
Where rest becomes fruit
A VIRTUAL SUPPORT GROUP FROM THE FRUITED LIFE
For the strong one who is running on empty and calling it normal.
Six Thursdays to put the cape down, practice rest rooted in Scripture, and be held by women who understand. A virtual support group for Black Christian women anywhere in the U.S.
Founding cohort begins Thursday, January 14, 2027. Waitlist members hear first and get founding pricing.
You know her. You might be her.
You are the one everyone calls. You answer the work message at breakfast, check on your mother by lunch, hold the house or the team together all afternoon, and pray for strength somewhere in between. When someone asks how you are, you say "blessed and highly favored" or "I'm managing," and you mean neither all the way. You are not weak for being tired. You were never meant to carry it all alone.
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."
Matthew 11:28 (NIV)
WHAT IT IS
Selah means pause. Abide means remain.
For six weeks, a small group of women will practice both together.
Selah & Abide is a six-week, faith-based support group. Each Thursday we pray, breathe, learn, and talk honestly about the weight of being the strong one, then practice ancient Christian ways of rest you can take into the rest of your week.
Because "just pray about it" and pushing through were never the whole plan.
Six weeks, six invitations
Week 1
Selah, The Sacred Pause
Rest as God's design, not a reward you earn.
Psalm 46:10 (NIV)
Week 4
Abiding in Divine Love
Who you are when you are not producing. John 15:4 (NIV)
Week 2
Naming Our Burdens
Giving words to what you carry, and to
what it costs your body.
Matthew 11:28 (NIV)
Week 5
Community as Resistance
Letting other women carry some of it with you.
Galatians 6:2 (NIV)
Week 3
Releasing the Superwoman Cape
Strength that no longer has to be a performance.
2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV)
Week 6
Sustaining Your Rest Practice
A rest plan for your real life, and a
send-off.
1 Corinthians 15:58 (NIV)
How it works
When: Thursdays, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Pacific (9:00 to 10:30 p.m. Eastern), January 14 to February 18, 2027.
Where: Live on Zoom, from wherever you are in the U.S. Cameras welcome, never required.
Size: A small group of 6 to 10 women, so there is room for you to be known.
Mailed to your door: A welcome kit with your workbook, pocket prayer card, and a few things to help you rest.
Between sessions: A short guided audio practice each week.
After: A reunion 30 days later and an invitation to stay connected.
Wherever you are with God
Whether you know Scripture by heart or you are finding your way back to faith, there is room for you here. Nobody will quiz you, preach at you, or make you share before you are ready. You can always pass.
Rooted in research
Selah & Abide was developed through doctoral research on Black women, stress, and Christian contemplative practice. In the first group, 10 of 11 women completed all six weeks, and their confidence in using these practices rose significantly.
In their words
Before, Week 2:
“I experienced the consequence of rest.”
After, Week 6:
“Just as I don’t have to earn salvation, I don’t have to earn rest.”
Pilot sis, first Selah & Abide group
“I received peace in all circumstances. I know how to recenter myself when I’m feeling stress... or anything not of Christ, I now ground myself.”
Pilot member, first Selah & Abide group
Your facilitator:
Dr. Stacy McCall-Martin, LMFT
Stacy is a scholar-practitioner, a licensed marriage and family therapist, and the founder of The Fruited Life. She created Selah & Abide through her doctoral research for women who have spent years holding everyone else together, and she leads every group herself. In the first group, 10 of 11 women completed all six weeks.
Join the waitlist
The founding cohort is small, and waitlist members hear first. You will get the enrollment date, founding pricing, and an invitation to the free Sampler.
The Fruited Life is a counseling practice, and Dr. Stacy McCall-Martin is a licensed psychotherapist in California. Selah & Abide is a faith-based support group offered by The Fruited Life. It is not psychotherapy, counseling, or a substitute for mental health treatment, and joining does not make you a counseling client. If you are in crisis, call or text 988, or text HOME to 741741.