Category: Life Patterns
Life Patterns are the systems we develop to interact with the world around us and the people in it. The primary goal of the system is the immediate elimination of the stress that occurs whenever we encounter new situations. However, many Life Patterns we adopt are neither healthy nor realistic nor helpful for achieving long-term success in negotiating life’s continual stream of unexpected and uncomfortable events.
3 Reasons Why You Can’t Get Free
Between my own journey with my eating disorder and past trauma and my work with my clients, Celebrate Recovery and […]
How To Help Yourself When You Are Hurting (And Kill Off Old Roots)
I have been asking God why this one root from my past just WILL NOT GO. It will not move. […]
Why You Do (And Don’t Do) What You Do (And Don’t Do)
New Years is coming, and that means resolutions. For our church, it means a 3 week fast in January which, […]
Deciding Not To Sin With My Mouth
Ps 17:3 I have determined that my mouth will not sin. Out of the abundance of the heart is what […]
The Avalanche Of Emotions
I’m watching the aftermath of our 8″ snowfall here in Atlanta. For 24 hours, it looked like I lived in […]
Slivers of Truth
Everyone has been in an argument where someone else said something not very nice about you. The knee-jerk reaction is […]
What I Learned This Week: This Too Shall Pass (Keeping Perspective)
I’ve been sick. That always makes everything else more of a burden. Smaller things will shake me and make me […]
What I Learned This Week: Finding Contentment Where I Am
I have been struggling with resentment and jealousy because other people have what I want. There. I said it. I […]
What I Learned This Week: The Only Solution To Anxiety
I heard the loud thud of a body hitting the floor. I had handled his two trips to the ER […]