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Not the Happy Answer
Living in a culture that doesn't handle grief very well can be very invalidating. Most of us have experiences from time to time that...
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Be WITH Me
Sometimes in life we are faced with a decision that only we have the power to make. Maybe it affects others, but the turning point...
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Come Back into Your Body
With all the tasks that come with adulting, it's easy to lose track of your present self. We're constantly looking forward and backward...
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Shake the Dust: Boundaries in Action
How much is too much? How long is too long? As followers of Jesus are we called to make tenacious effort? How about endless effort? I...
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Letter to Myself
Watching a clip from the Huberman Lab yesterday inspired me to write a letter to myself five years from now. It was so powerful! Being...
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Is God Good Enough?
Most troubles in life can be solved by asking this question. Tragedy strikes. We don't have what we need. Humans fail miserably. Is God...
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The Psalms Normalize Our Humanity
The Bible is such a wonderous collection of books. We call it God's Word because it is an incredible story telling of God's work and...
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The Tunnel of Grief
The culture I live in does not support grief well. We do a lot to avoid feeling sad. We get busy. We rapid fire stimulate our brains. We...
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The Opposite of Love is Fear
In our current political climate, you have to work very hard to limit your exposure to fear-mongering media, culture, and social posts....
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Sitting with Yourself
One of the hardest things I've had to do lately is to sit with myself. Amidst sadness, loneliness, frustration, and disappointment, where...
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Trauma: My Kids are Me
My third kid came out a lot like me. He had high energy, was generally very happy, and did NOT like being told no. From very early he was...
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Basic Need: A Sense of Control
"Oh my gosh, why are you always telling me what to do? You're such a control freak!" "Seriously?!?! You rearranged the dishwasher after...
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Slow Chores
This weekend my family and I had several house chores we needed to get done that included heat, grass, and tedious sewing, none of which...
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The Risk of Healing
When I first started my job as a counselor I was incredibly optimistic. I thought I could help every person who walked into my office. I...
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What Do I Have to Give? Treating Depression Through Giving
One of the trickiest elements of depression is the tendancy to start to believe that we have nothing to give. Depression causes us to...
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The Opposite of Hard is Open
My office is a wonderful place to meet people with open hearts. Before they even step in my door they have decided that there must be...
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Getting Got
Have you ever met someone you felt like almost immediately "got" you? It's an odd feeling, right? Like they somehow knew you before they...
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Remember
Even though Memorial Day was started in rememberance of specifically US veterans, it's also a great reminder to honor all those who have...
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Kryptonite in the Desert
It's been a long time since I've seen Superman, but from what I remember he's an incredible dude with incredible superpowers except when...
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Climbing Trees
Once upon a time we all knew how to take care of ourselves. We instinctively gravitated toward the things we needed… a safe caregiver,...
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