The most challenging relationship in our mental health healing journey is with ourselves. While many of us can talk about our struggle in relating and connecting to God in fruitful ways, while also struggling in relationship to others, the biggest trouble most people have is in how they relate to themselves. Most people do not […]
Loving Yourself
8 Ways You Become an Enemy to Yourself
Are You at War with Yourself? Many are noticing that within their struggle to heal and overcome, they have become an enemy to themselves. The brokenness of our hearts has driven us into living with a lie that being an enemy to yourself is the way to live. Too many are in a war called […]
How Do You Relate to Yourself in Your Struggles?
Today I want to address a number of questions that have a common theme: how we relate ourselves in the midst of our brokenness, struggles and pain. If you are wanting to grow in your heart healing journey, what I share here the major importance of relating to yourself with greater kindness, patience and compassion. […]
Love Heals Irritability
Are you irritable? Are you constantly struggling with chronic irritability? I pray today’s insight will be a blessing to your healing and freedom journey, as my goal will be to help you get to the heart of irritability and give you new perspectives on what you may be struggling with. Today’s insights are inspired by […]
Freedom from Self-Centeredness
Do you ever wonder if you are self-centered, selfish or too obsessed with yourself? Today I want to address the subject of self-centeredness and walk through perspectives and insights that can lead us into greater freedom. Maybe you wonder if by working through issues of your heart, you are becoming selfish or self-consumed. Subjects like […]
What is Love? (Part 4)
The love of God Love has the ability to shift how we see people and how we view situations. His love then leads us to act in a way that demonstrates that powerful perspective. In Part 4 of What is Love? I want to dive into what it means for love to take actiona and […]
What is Love? (Part 2)
In Part 2 of “What is Love?” I want to share two more facets that are incredibly important when learning to navigate the depth and power of God’s love. As though looking at a multifaceted damond, discovering the power of love will enhance and mature your relationship with God, how you see yourself and how […]
It’s OK that You’re Not OK
Quite often, I find myself meeting with someone who is desperate for help, but emotionally spent over what they are going through. As they share the battleground, thoughts feel like spaghetti and emotions are fried to the point of numbness. Frustration is so pent up, they are about to explode. As they share their story, […]
Learning to Be Kind to Yourself
If I had the ability to hear your inner dialogue, odds are, I may have to call family protective services, I bet a large percentage of self-talk is negative, harsh and down right abusive. Unfortunately, most of us have accepted toxic self-talk as just a way of life. But when I learned there was a greater […]
Defeating the Inner Critic
One of the greatest obstacles to experiencing love and breakthrough is the pesky voice of the inner critic. There is nothing more disempowering to progress than the inner voices that resist you at every turn and leave you feeling defeated. They relay thoughts and feelings that beat you up and keep you bound in your […]