If you’re constantly questioning your love for your boyfriend or girlfriend, wondering if they’re the right person for you, or feeling the urge to break up even though you don’t want to, you may be struggling with relationship OCD (ROCD). ROCD can cause significant distress and disruption in romantic relationships. I’ve seen it in dating […]
Tag: Mental Health
Working Through Thought-Action Fusion
Do you connect that thoughts that arrive into your thinking are the same as acting on it. Thought-action fusion (TAF) is a fancy psychological term that simply describes a cognitive distortion that occurs when people believe that their thoughts are equivalent to their actions. This means that they believe that simply thinking about something bad […]
Healing Our Distorted “God Filter”
Our mental health is deeply impacted by how we relate to God. When I sit down and talk with someone about their relationship with God, it doesn’t take very long to observe the lens by which they relate to God and how they see Him. How you see God is what I call your “God […]
9 Toxic Ways Obsessives Interpret their Thoughts
Our mental health is not about what kind of thoughts arrive into our thinking, but more about how we RESPOND to our thoughts that is the issue. Working through OCD or any kind of mental health battle involves learning to heal how we interpret our thoughts and the meaning we give our thoughts. For many […]
Working Through Mood Issues and Irritability
How do you work through mood issues and irritability that comes along with it? As many work through their mental and emotional health, they are recognizing a struggle with their overall mood. Struggling with mood swings can be a challenging experience. It can interfere with daily life and make it difficult to maintain relationships, and […]
Overcoming Overthinking
Overthinking can be a problem for many who struggle with anxiety, OCD, depression or other mental health struggles. It can be easy to fall into the trap of overthinking, as we can believe that by overanalyzing or ruminating over something, somehow we may be able to solve the issue. But in fact, overthinking becomes a […]
The Freedom Journey from Toxic Guilt
As many recognize that toxic guilt has infected their faith walk and mental health, how do we begin walking a freedom journey from the clutches of guilt that holds us back and steals our confidence? In this broadcast, I want to share with you some mindsets, perspectives and steps we can take to overcome being […]
How Jesus Responded to Toxic Guilt
Observing the life of Jesus Christ, you will discover the divine compassion He lived by on a daily basis. But what you do NOT find is Jesus being driven by or manipulated by guilt, especially in how He interacted with people. We often tell believers we should “live like Jesus.” But if you watch the […]
The Power of Faith, Hope and Love for Mental Health
In my journey of navigating through seasons of anxiety and depression, I was brought back to the simple, yet powerful connection that faith, hope and love have in our lives. One day, my eyes were opened to the insight that these three powerful words can bring to your mental health. In the midst of struggles […]
The Power of God’s Love to Transform Your Mental Health
Every single one of us were created and designed to live in the power of God’s love for us, for it is His love that paves the way for our thoughts, emotions and relationships to experience greater health. It is my fundamental conviction that all mental health begins with learning to experience the power of […]