This post contains affiliates. The links don’t cost you anything extra but they do provide me a small commission if you use them. How to Break Your Emotional Eating Cycle – Part Two In part one of this series I focused on understanding the different emotions and situations that emotional eating takes place. Truly, the only … [Read more…]
The Road to Finding Your Identity After Adoption “But they didn’t want me. Why didn’t they want me?” That question never gets easy to hear and answers are even harder. As a Christian mental health therapist, I’ve worked with children, teens, and adults for eight years. Of all the clients, however, God has created … [Read more…]
The definition of forgiveness is the act of pardoning an offender. In the Bible, the Greek word translated forgiveness literally means “to let go”. Friends, we have that with God! Over and over He grants forgiveness when we repent. While we certainly should strive to be a better person and live for God everyday, we mess up … [Read more…]
Celebrating Me – Because I Am His November in the Midwest means cool mornings and falling leaves, chili and college football, cozy sweaters and fashionable boots. And November is also my birthday. As a child I loved my birthday. All kids do, right? But as I got older I felt like it was starting to … [Read more…]
Trials are a test of the performance, qualities, or suitability of someone or something. When new medications or medical devices are being developed they are put through rigorous trials. Putting aside any potential frustration with pharmaceutical companies or insurance companies, what is the point of the trials? To test its performance, qualities, and suitability of … [Read more…]
This post contains affiliates. The links don’t cost you anything extra but I do receive a small commission if you use them. Positive Self-Talk: Ways to Combat the Negative Let’s be honest. We talk to ourselves all the time! Usually in our head but I’ve been known to mutter when I’m looking at my to-do … [Read more…]
Merriam-Webster describes discipline as training that corrects, molds, or perfects the mental faculties or moral character. That is why we discipline as a parent, right? We want our children to obey the rules, directions, and expectations we have laid before them to ultimately help them have moral character and become successful adults. (If that is not your reasoning … [Read more…]
This post contains affiliates. The links don’t cost you anything extra but I do receive a small commission if you use them. How to Pour Confidence into Your Children As a therapist, I meet with many children who struggle with confidence issues. The result can lead to excessive worries, tearfulness, anger outbursts, and even lying. … [Read more…]
Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. Sometimes fear is completely understandable and appropriate. For example, trying to walk across a busy highway is likely going to evoke some fear. Completely appropriate! But sometimes our fear can paralyze us into … [Read more…]
This post contains affiliates. The links don’t cost you anything extra but I do receive a small commission if you use them. Review and Reflection of A Lifelong Love by Gary Thomas I enjoy reading and I find it to be a luxury when I have extra time to pick up a book. There … [Read more…]