As both a minister and a counselor, I understand the delicate balance between the roles of pastoral care and professional mental health counseling. While it is crucial […]
Chances are you’ve encountered the terms “Type A” and “Type B” personalities. These labels have been used for decades to describe contrasting behavioral styles. But are they […]
We often talk about the Christian life being something we need to do with “intention” — that disciples of Jesus should be “intentional.” True … but … […]
Every Fourth of July is loud. Loud with colors bursting in the sky, loud with cheers echoing through the streets as a nation celebrates the quintessential American […]
Every leader leads from their temperament. The previous three posts have introduced you to the scientific, psychological theory of temperament, explaining how it is our temperament that […]
Each person has their own God-created temperament design (you can read more details about that here and here), and tucked within that temperament are needs. We then […]
When we think of human behavior, popular psychology often simplifies it into four basic temperaments: Melancholy, Choleric, Phlegmatic, and Sanguine. This oversimplification, however, fails to capture the […]
In the quest to understand human behavior, various personality assessment tools have emerged over the decades, including the Enneagram, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), TypeFinder, the “Big Five,” […]
Cognitive distortions are irrational thought patterns that can negatively influence emotions and behaviors. Two particularly pervasive distortions often observed in counseling are mind reading and fortune telling, […]
The concepts of introversion and extroversion have long been the subject of much misunderstanding and misinformation. Common stereotypes paint introverts as antisocial loners and extroverts as shallow […]