I ate ____ my whole life and I turned out fine. We ______ as kids and we turned out fine. My parents did xyz and I turned out fine. I did it and I turned out fine. My grandma _____ and she lived to be 90! She turned out fine. I want better than “fine” for us. I...
News used to be something you could tune into once or twice a day. There is now a 24/7 news cycle on countless channels and media outlets. Most reporting with plenty of bias by any side of the ever evolving spectrum. Since last February the cascade of charged and...
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...
I say something similar to this to my littles ones regularly. When there’s some outside pressure to eat something and my child says they’re full, I encourage them to believe the signals their body is giving them. I will say, “Only you know when your tummy is full....
Silencing symptoms or emotions doesn’t make the cause go away. The temporary bandaids, distractions, and quick fixes prolong healing and can lead to further injury and suffering. We’ve got to acknowledge what we’re feeling in order to deal with it appropriately. The...
