happiness – Penny Haynes, CADC II, CAMS I, Licensed Pastoral Counselor

What I Learned This Week: Yes, Life Is Always Going To Have Struggles

November 8, 2017

| happiness, hard times, perspective, struggles, Weekly Messages

I have been dealing with health insurance problems. Doctor says they’ve submitted a claim, insurance says they haven’t. Hospital says insurance has denied their claim, insurance says they haven’t. I can’t control anyone, no one will put anything in writing. One day the insurance company swears I don’t have mammogram coverage, then a month later […]

We are our own worst enemy

January 3, 2015

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| happiness, joy, worship

I watched a video of a dog that was chewing on a bone, and who got viciously angry when he saw something out of the corner of his eye encroaching on this one thing that was making him happy. He growled at it, bare his teeth, even tried to bite it. There was one problem. […]

Today Is A Good Day

May 20, 2012

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| Christian Women With Depression, Featured Post, happiness, hope, joy, pleasure, rest

I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, [and] the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us. He brought me up… out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my goings.– The Son of God,… loved me, […]

What The Heck Am I Really Looking For?

March 13, 2012

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| Christian Women With Depression, Depression, eating, expectations, failure, fasting, happiness, joy, peace, righteousness, satisfaction

I was looking through some older lessons I had saved in my file. I used to be a fanatical bible student who created lessons from everything I studied. This one was called “Why Do We Continue Sinning?”, but as I reviewed it, I thought it fit another question for those of us dealing with depression: […]

Small Things Can Mean So Much

July 11, 2011

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| audio podcast, Christian Women With Depression, gratitude, happiness, peace, pleasure

Click here to listen to a short audio about Small Things: SmallThings (mp3) Small things in life can bring so much happiness: a baby’s laugh a puppy in your lap a joke from a friend moments of peace and quiet a light breeze on a day that’s not too hot and not too cold But the […]

Pathos and Happily Ever After

June 28, 2011

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| anxiety, audio podcast, Christian Women With Depression, Depression, disappointment, discouragement, expectations, fear, happiness, negativity

Click to listen to this clip from an interview I did on depression and anxiety: Pathos (mp3) Pathos comes from the greek word for experience and suffer, and as long as we are in this world, we will have experiences and some of them will lead to suffering. It is illogical to believe that there […]

How Chick Flicks Ruin Our Lives (And Can Lead To Depression)

October 12, 2010

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| Christian Women With Depression, Depression, disappointment, happiness

OK, maybe I’m going out on a limb here, but I blame a LOT of today’s depression in women on chick flicks. I have been thinking about this lately, on and off, but today I received an email from an expert in digital media who detailed what a successful video game or guy movie must have. […]