What reframing your thoughts means …
My general disdain for platitudes isn’t a secret. The reason for my dislike of platitudes (often found plastered all over social media) is because they’re more untrue […]
31
Aug
2016
Blog Tag
Mental Health
06
Apr
2016
Can you live a stress-free life in a stressed-out world?
Can you live a stress-free life in a stressed-out world? No. And yes. Let’s work out the answer to that. To answer the question proffered, the first […]
02
Aug
2015
Learn how to regulate your emotions instead of being driven by them …
Both conventional news outlets and social media were abuzz this past week when it was reported that Wilmer Flores, the 23-year-old short stop for the New York […]
24
Jun
2015
Here’s how YOUR church can have its own FREE counseling ministry providing FREE services …
There’s not a church anywhere that doesn’t have members or a community around it where there aren’t hurt, broken, and troubled people in need of Christian clinical […]
31
May
2015
It’s time to overcome junk theology about mental illness …
One of the places where significant ignorance about mental illness and mental health issues is still pervasive is within the church. Jay Kesler wrote in his book, […]
23
Apr
2015
When the inconceivable becomes reality: Dealing with PTSD …
Sucked in, washed up, and blown over. What a traumatic experience! In his book, “In the Eye of the Storm,” author and pastor Max Lucado shares the […]
23
Apr
2015
A trio of trouble: Dealing with stress, anxiety, and depression …
Have you ever felt “stressed out”? Anxious? Depressed? Chances are, you’re like millions of others who have had these experiences more than once, and some of you […]
21
Apr
2015
Hurting in a cursed world: Dealing with chronic pain …
Millions of people today can relate to the painful plight of Job from long ago … “And now my life seeps away. Depression haunts my days. At […]
25
Mar
2015
The way out of despair …
Designer Si Chan is introducing an unusual jacket in his winter men’s wear collection. It’s a big, puffy green parka with four sets of stuffed, clasped hands […]
07
Jan
2015
How theology, psychology, and biology come together in changing lives …
Because I think group counseling has a very limited purpose and effectiveness, I haven’t developed many counseling groups, opting instead to work with people individually, or as […]