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How do you stop the fear filled thought train?
Thoughts are ideas. They can be loaded with lies or truth, or a mix of both. How do you stop the fear filled thought train? Learn to live in a day tight compartment! As we begin a new year and are slugging toward the end of this month, you may have had issues...
Four Steps to Begin To Resurrect Your Life After Emotional Abuse.
Emotional abuse slaughters a heart. So how do you come back to life? How do you resurrect your life? You embrace that YOUR LIFE MATTERS & and you begin with four steps! And if you landed on this blog post, you maybe in abuse, or you may not know you are in abuse,...
10 Q/A about Emotional Abuse Recovery Work.
Piercings from abuse cut long and deep into our souls. It can be mental, emotional, spiritual, verbal, physical, sexual, and/or financial abuse. Emotional abuse can linger long after all other abuse has stopped. Abuse violates the core of our soul. Ask anyone that...
Three tips to derail sadness!
How do you derail sadness to stop spinning, sitting, and souring in it? True story. Years ago on weekdays, when 3:00 in the afternoon chimed my thoughts galloped off to my teens. I wondered how their school day was. What kind of friends did they have? And how was...
How do you move beyond emotional pain from a broken relationship?
Do you want to move beyond the emotional pain from a broken relationship? Are you in emotional pain because of a fractured relationship with your adult child? In this blog post, I am focusing on adult child relationships. The points at the bottom address any...
10 Steps to Prepare for a New Year!
I want more love and joy and meaning in my life. Where do I begin to prepare for a new year? Take inventory of your life: spiritually, mentally, emotionally, physically, relationally, financially, and with your life purpose/career. If you don’t know how to do that, in...
What is covert abuse?
"What is covert abuse?" a woman asked. I am taking time to address this in a blog post, as in the month of December domestic violence can increase by 20%. So what is covert abuse? First, let me share what abuse is. We hear this word spoken flippantly these days. And...
6 steps to handle loneliness during the holidays!
Loneliness can be a heart pain that gnaws and claws from within. During the holidays it can scream! Loneliness was at its height when I lived in an abusive marriage. My loneliness pain of being and doing life alone yet married was incredibly hurtful. It grew so much...
How do you process and move forward amidst betrayal?
Betrayal happens any time of the year and even at Christmas time. It’s a dark and ugly sin. It cuts----deep! LIKE NONE OTHER! You share your heart and most intimate words and perhaps you’ve shared your body with another human being. And the person appears to care, to...
What is Available at The Well Conference?
The Well Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a conference for Christian Creatives. In 2024 at The Well Conference, we have a faculty lineup that will bless your heart and challenge your personal growth. I oversee the Personal Growth Track and personal growth is...
5 Tips to Navigate Christmas Memories!
That is a YES for me! I believe this is one of the reasons holidays are hard. People recall, they reflect. And if they have unresolved issues, it makes it hard. Very Hard! I am fortunate to write I can look back at my childhood and growing up years and smile at Christmas or other…
What does an out of balance life look like?
As tears pooled in the corner of her eyes a lady asked, “What does an out of balance life look like?” Like this picture-when you're out of balance you begin to sink. You have taken on too much! I unlocked the front door to the house on the hill longing for quietness....