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We’re Matt and Angelica Hays—
a husband-and-wife team who know what it’s like to hit rock bottom and still hold on to hope.
Our story is woven with faith shifts, family loss, burnout, and emotional collapse—but what brought us back was a shared belief:
Healing is possible when we stop pretending and start telling the truth.
We created The Healing Project to be a place where the messy, sacred, and honest moments of life are welcome.
Whether you’re crying on the floor, laughing in the kitchen, or daring to hope again—you belong here.

💡 Why We Do This

We believe:

Healing is a journey, not a destination.
Grief and burnout deserve space and language.
Faith and mental health can coexist beautifully.
You don’t have to go through it alone.

Our podcast, journals, and content were made for the discouraged, the overwhelmed, and the quietly resilient.

If that’s you—welcome home. You belong here.

🎬🎨 A Few Fun Facts About Us

Matt is a total movie and music buff—he can name directors, spot filming techniques, and identify the horns on a soundtrack before the opening credits finish rolling. He always knows the next album dropping and which scene was shot in one take.

Angelica is more at home in the kitchen or covered in paint. She loves baking bread from scratch, painting at midnight, and has absolutely no idea who directed what film (which makes Matt laugh on a regular basis).

Together, we’re the perfect yin and yang.
We love hiking, cooking, dancing in the kitchen, traveling, catching concerts, and creating big adventures with our six kids and four grandbabies.

"We’re not here to fix you. We’re here to sit with you in the fire—until you remember you were never broken."
— The Healing Project