Do you find that your mind often compares you to others? Tells you that you are not as good as those around you? That you don’t have the best job, or you are not as kind, smart, funny, pretty, or courageous as the other people in your life? Does your mind beat you up a…
Purchase: Emotional Wound First Aid Kit If you answered YES to more than one of these questions, there is reason to suspect that an emotional injury, wound or pain is present in your life. I often suppress my feelings. I choose to keep hurtful events a secret. I hold anger or resentment. I have trouble trusting…
STRESSED OUT, ZONED OUT, FREAKED OUT The number of people seeking help for anxiety is rising rapidly! According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, “Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older, or 18.1% of the population every…
Do you talk with God? If you don’t that question may seem strange to you. Or perhaps you talk at God with no real sense that he hears or will respond. It’s easy to think, since we can’t see or touch God, that He isn’t a real person, rather some unknown and unknowable distant entity. Even believers sometimes…
Facing the loss of a loved family member or friend can be one of the hardest experiences to go through. Grief is a natural response to loss. It is the suffering that you feel when you have lost someone you love. You can experience all different kinds of emotions such as shock, anger, disbelief, guilt,…
CHARACTER CRUMBLES WHEN COMPROMISED One morning as I drove to work, I heard a song by “Casting Crowns” titled, “Slow Fade.” The song is about guarding against the little compromises that wear down our integrity. It uses lines from a popular Christian children’s song, “be careful little eyes what you see, be careful little ears…
START THE NEW YEAR OFF RIGHT Another New Year is upon us. Do you want this year to be a year of victory over negative thoughts and feelings? Do you wish for healing of broken relationships? You CAN be healed of those challenges, and many more. How? you ask. The answer is not a “how”…
I haven’t been shy about sharing my bought of Postpartum Depression back in 2011 after the birth of my first child. This might be considered over-sharing in some circles, but I feel it helps me connect to my clients more because I really can relate to what they might be experiencing – not just saying I…
Did you know that women can suffer from depression and/or anxiety when they first find out they are pregnant? That it’s not just a post partum condition? When we think about pregnancy, we get happy, think amazing thoughts, can’t wait to meet the little baby who is growing inside. We start planning, thinking of names,…
For many of us, middle-age is the first time in our lives that we pause for a moment to reflect. In the beginning of our lives, it’s as if we have been shot out of a cannon. The moment never seems to slow down as many of us gain an education, make friends, choose a…