One of the trickiest elements of depression is the tendancy to start to believe that we have nothing to give. Depression causes us to...

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...

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...

Even though Memorial Day was started in rememberance of specifically US veterans, it's also a great reminder to honor all those who have...

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...

Once upon a time we all knew how to take care of ourselves. We instinctively gravitated toward the things we needed… a safe caregiver,...

When I was in college, I decided to shave my head. I had always wondered what it felt like to actually be able to rub my own skull...

If you've ever lifted weights, you know that every few weeks you find what's called your "max." To find your max, you warm up and then...

Last night I dreamed I was asked to give my testimony in front of a large number of struggling believers. Twenty minutes before the event...

Mental health appears to be a hot cultural topic these days, but sometimes emotional health isn’t given quite the credence it deserves....

You fall off your bike. You cry. You bleed. Your parent hears you, patches you up, and sends you back out into the world. But the next...

When we don’t look like the images we’re shown when we’ve never heard a story that sounds like our own the condemnation is heavy and the...

A bright golden sparkler stands out amidst a dark night background, symbolizing joy in the Year of Jubilee.

I love helping people in my office. Usually the biggest thing I do for them is listen well. Yes, that's something their friends could do,...

Doing EMDR work regularly now, I am realizing how many people prevent themselves from healing simply by refusing to recognize that their...

In gardening "volunteer" is a term we use to describe plants that come up on their own. These are plants you likely would have planted,...

I have enough friends who live with chronic pain to know better than to say that all pain is good. But what I am seeing lately is that...

I attended an EMDR training over the last month and have been blown away by the effectiveness of the trauma-focused psychotherapy I've...

Can we be graceful with our immaturity? All of us... in different ways. If we could wrap our heads around the fact that being a human...

As a privileged follower of Jesus, walking through life is not just about surviving, it's also about advocating. That means when I wake...