How are you feeling? Have you ever been asked this question? Maybe you have even asked yourself – What am I feeling? Why am I feeling this way? Why did I react that way? These can be tough questions to answer because we don’t always have the ability to name what we are feeling, much less why. For ...
Preventing the Wound of Emotional Neglect
Parenting can be very rewarding but let’s be honest – it’s rarely easy. Most parents really love their children and desire to do the best they can in raising them. Even those who are blessed with good physical and mental health still face seasons of issues: Financial stressors Work and ...
Healing From Family of Origin Wounds: The Authoritarian Parent
Parenting. Arguably one of the most challenging and rewarding roles that a person can take on in life. A role we are often expected to just know how to perform because we have been parented for most of our early lives. For some, this “on-the-job” training has instilled a sense of security that ...
Change the Script: Transforming Your Thought Life Through Lament
Do you ever give much thought to the voice inside your head? I’m talking about the script that so often seems to run on auto pilot and provides an endless flow of messages in which we may not even be aware. This dialogue we unwittingly have with ourselves can be so constant and repetitive that we ...
Lament: Bringing Our Complaints to God
“Life begins with tears; it’s simply part of what it means to be human—to cry is human” (Vroegop, 2019, p. 25). Life is indeed messy. It is part of the human condition to experience pain, sorrow, and suffering. It is not something most seek out or enjoy but work hard to avoid. We may try to ...