Tag: #mentalhealth

Able Does Not Equal Should

Able Does Not Equal Should

Having the ability to do something does not necessarily mean it is the best choice for you. You are uniquely made. You have your own individual circumstances, genetic composition, values, beliefs, and convictions to consider. I’ll list a few examples: Being able to...
Stress Is Toxic

Stress Is Toxic

A lot like inflammation, stress can be powerful and useful and even life saving. It’s when it becomes chronic, mismanaged, and out of balance that it becomes problematic, or even dangerous. My pastor brought the heat on navigating stress last week. We looked at the...
More Cheering

More Cheering

Temptation to internally compare and compete with others is all around and literally in the palm of our hands. We do it many times without even realizing. And it does no good for anyone involved. Their lifestyleTheir vacationsTheir decorTheir marriageTheir...
Opinions

Opinions

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. They can keep their opinion and not live rent free in your head. Eviction notice. This is your journey. These are your boundaries. Boundaries with yourself and others. Boundaries for your good and the good of those around...
Quieting Symptoms

Quieting Symptoms

When a symptom speaks and the first goal is to silence it, we create more issues. The cause of that symptom doesn’t go away. Only the messenger gets silenced. And only for a time. The cause persists and although the body is powerful at adapting, damage on some level...