January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. In honor of the millions who become victims of this evil, the following is a fact sheet on Human Trafficking and Slavery to debunk some of the myths that circulate. MYTH: Human trafficking is a global problem. There is nothing ...
Bully, Bully! – The Dark Side of Being Light With Words
Bully, Bully! – The Dark Side of Being Light With Words This week is National No Name-Calling Week, and it’s fitting in light of the type of the recent increase in anti-bullying campaigns over the last few years. Now, most people are already aware of the staggering statistics, but see more here ...
Six Tips for Fostering Mental Health
Six Tips for Fostering Mental Health Maintain an active spiritual life. Those that practice their spiritual faith report greater happiness as well as other benefits. Take ownership for your contributions in all situations. The only person we can change is us. It is difficult to own and not ...
Happy New Years!
SureHope Counseling & Training Center wants to wish you a very Happy New Years! We pray that this year you grow in greater confidence of God's LOVE and PLAN for your life! Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, ...
Merry Christmas!
SureHope Counseling & Training Center wants to wish you a very merry and bright Christmas this year! We can all have the surest of hope due to the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ! For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: ...
Handling Grief at Christmas
Handling Grief at Christmas For many people, Christmas truly is the most wonderful time of the year. Some of their most favorite memories from childhood happened at Christmas. I fall into that category; my mother always made Christmas special in our house. Thinking of her Christmas cookies, ...
Shaken, But Not Too Stirred: Stress Reduction during the Christmas Holidays
Shaken, But Not Too Stirred: Stress Reduction during the Christmas Holidays I recently heard a pastor use the snow globe as a metaphor for holiday stress. We have all been fascinated by a snow globe at one time or another as a child. We can appreciate the beauty of falling snow and the peaceful ...
Disability versus Ability
Disability versus Ability December 3rd marks the “International Day of Persons with Disabilities”. This is not a day we hear much about but such a very important day. Follow this link to see the overview of this day of observance and some of the latest stats concerning individuals with ...
Importance of Gratitude!
Importance of Gratitude! In the season of Thanksgiving it is important to be reminded how significant gratitude is in our lives and how important it is to live out each day! A treasured story about the power of gratitude even in the hardest of times comes from what the Bible scholar Matthew ...
Happy Thanksgiving!
SureHope Counseling & Training Center wants to wish you and your families a very happy Thanksgiving! We thank you for inviting us into your lives and consider it a great honor from God to work with you! ...