You want safe relationships right? Be is neediness getting in the way? We long for meaningful interactions and safe relationships. However, within our deep wounds, we can develop an intense and excessive neediness that will take over in our relationship interactions and become a driving force. We all have a need for loving connection and […]
Tag: Self-Pity
10 Ways Self Pity Will Destroy Your Mental Health
The insights I am sharing have saved my mental health, which has to do with discerning self-pity in my life. This monster wil seek to interfere in your ability to step out of imprisoning mindsets and behaviors. It will interfere in your ability to walk in greater mental health. Self-pity is a deceptive counterfeit to […]
2 Unhealthy Responses to Shame Attacks
When we are under the influence of a shame attack, our emotional response typically ends up going into two unhealthy directions that do not allow us to remain in sobriety. They can keep us stuck in patterns of denial, stubborn and defensiveness or drowning despair and hopelessness. In today’s broadcast, I want to spend some […]
Break Free from Self-Pity
If you feel you are struggling with feeling stuck, limited, held back, or constantly spinning in the same negative struggles…..this teaching is for you. While the victim mentality sets the environment for remaining “stuck” in limitation, self-pity is a counterfeit coping mechanism, by which we seek to find comfort in our pain. In this teaching […]
9 Steps to Overcome Self-Pity
We all have certain areas that are prone to self-pity. Those are usually the areas we can grow in the most, but self-pity will keep us from it. This article is intended for those who really want to take their life back and manifest change. Self-pity triggers whenever a challenge in our life seems to […]
When Self-Pity Kicks Back
To move from living defeated into the overcoming life, we have to cross the threshold of breaking out of self-pity. Just when someone is about to get free, self-pity pulls the “you don’t love me card.” I often warn people, Just so you know, you may hear thoughts that I do not love you, I […]
How Self-Pity Will Keep You From Transformation
One of the great lessons I have learned is that feeling sorry for yourself actually makes your condition worse. The problem is that it can feel comfortable to remain in self-pity. It’s like a cozy blanket, but it will keep you trapped from ever breaking free. It is my honor to help people break out […]
Exposing Self-Pity: The Counterfeit Coping Mechanism
In order to overcome, there is no question you will have to face trials by growing in patience, hope and resilience. Let me be honest with you. In the decades I have spent helping people I can say with confidence that life is not easy. You will need to build a tenacity in life that […]
How Jesus Addressed the Victim Mentality
In chapter 5 of the book of John, Jesus found a man by a pool, where he and many others lay sick and diseased in various ways. The location was Bethesda, a supernatural site where an angel would come down and stir up the waters. When this angel would swoop down and touch the waters, […]
Getting Out of Emotional Spirals
Years ago I loved watching a television show by British adventurer Bear Grylls, star of Man vs. Wild. In this TV series, he would confront certain elements in nature and show the viewers how to survive the most demanding of circumstances. In one of my favorite episodes, he demonstrated to the viewer how to escape […]