Grit. What is it? Why is it important? What does it take to develop it? According to Angela Duckworth, a psychologist who has heavily researched the topic, grit is “applying focused attention, resilience, perseverance, and dedication to achieving specific long-term and meaningful goals”. It is ...
From Wound to Connection
“Thus, like Jesus, those who proclaim liberation are called not only to care for their own wounds and the wounds of others, but also to make their wounds into a major sources of healing power.” - Henri Nouwen. Yes, Jesus wants to take us from wound to connection. Our previous blogs have touched ...
Core Wounds and OCD
There is an endless number of misconceptions regarding Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) as well as what OCD counseling looks like, including the misconception that OCD is only about hand-washing and germ fears, that any obsession of anxiety is a sign of OCD, and that medication is the only ...
The Grief Process
“Grief turns out to be not a state but a process. Grief is like a winding road where any bend may reveal a totally new landscape.” C.S. Lewis Grief is a word that many of us are intimately acquainted with because we live in this world, and many of us have experienced loss in some way, shape, or ...
Healing Hurts Through Relationship
In our discussions of core wounds, we have learned that these wounds often propel us into believing that we are a mistake, undesirable, not worthy, insignificant, or even powerless. Sometimes the source of these wounds is known to us. Other times it is only sensed in how we feel about ourselves ...
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