*Disclosure: This post may contain affiliates. Read the full disclosure here. Since having started this blog almost a year ago, I have had many plans, dreams, and goals for the future of this ministry and for myself. And while all of dreams are with the desire to glorify God, I realize I haven’t taken the time … [Read more…]
*Disclosure: This post may contain affiliates. Please read the full disclosure here. A source of pain and distress that many of my therapy clients have discussed is feeling like they aren’t a “good enough” Christian because they are struggling with their emotions. This thought has come from their own insecurities as well as from other well-intended … [Read more…]
*Disclosure: This post may contain affiliates. Read the full disclosure here. The year is officially half over! I wrote a post at the quarter of the year mark, so I wanted to continue the process and guide you through a mid-year checkup. Mid-Year Checkup – Goal Did you make a New Year’s Resolution six months … [Read more…]
*Disclosure: This post may contain affiliates. Read the full disclosure here. Our emotions are responses to our thoughts. Our thoughts come from our understanding through past experiences, knowledge, and education. But our thoughts also can be based upon lies. Lies we have heard from others. And lies we have come to believe ourselves. Those thoughts, whether … [Read more…]
*Disclosure: This post may contain affiliates. Read the full disclosure here. Angry, mad, irritated, frustrated, agitated, annoyed, irate, enraged, furious, livid, cross, wrath, pissed, etc. There are many words to describe anger. And of all the emotions, anger has the worst reputation. But it is also quite misunderstood. Where does anger come from? First, anger … [Read more…]
*Disclosure: This post may contain affiliates. Read the full disclosure here. I should… How often does that thought roll around in your brain? It’s a phrase I frequently hear from my therapy clients, in social media posts, in my own head, and sometimes even from the pulpit. But time and time again, the shoulds come … [Read more…]
*Disclosure: This post may contain affiliates. Read the full disclosure here. In graduate school, I remember having a marriage and family therapy class that discussed this topic. Our professor handed each of us a worksheet with a four-post bed and images of people lurking all around it. Behind posts, under the bed, and in between … [Read more…]
*Disclosure: This post may contain affiliates. Read the full disclosure here. I first came across the Proverbs 31 woman when I was a pretty new Christian of about twenty or so. I was dating my now husband and I was starry-eyed about wanting to do and be everything for him. But the more I read through … [Read more…]
*Disclosure: This post may contain affiliates. Read the full disclosure here. Many of the therapy clients I work with are walking through life with lies that are haunting them. The lies are hindering progress. Stifling self-worth. Impeding growth. Thwarting creativity. And preventing joy. These lies often come from past hurt and pain. Other people who … [Read more…]
*Disclosure: This post may contain affiliates. Read the full disclosure here. Ephesians 6:14-18 (NIV)14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which … [Read more…]