Mental Health and Faith
Pastoring and Suicidal: Insights from a Pastor Who Has Been There
The loss of yet another pastor to suicide this week was not a surprise to me. Why? Because handling the challenges of modern-day ministry and
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Loved Ones and Families
Three Important Questions to Ask Those Affected By the Recent Flooding
By: Brad Hoefs Natural disasters are a fact of life. We know they happen, and we know that they can be quite severe, and can
Holidays
The New Year: A Time to Review and Celebrate When You Have a Mental Health Diagnosis
The New Year: A Time to Review and Celebrate When You Have a Mental Health Diagnosis By Rick Qualls “As the old year retires and
“Hiding Place” By Julie Thomas
The safety we feel in our hiding place of isolation or comfort is short-lived. There’s only so much you can do when you’re battling something that is trying to subdue you. But the safety we experience when we entrust our aching hearts to God, is irrevocable.
Mental Health and Faith
Mastering the Art of Self-Distraction
Being focused is essential for getting a lot of different types of tasks done in this life. However, sometimes being intensely focused or “stuck” in our thinking about something is not good and we end up needing to be distracted from it. We need to be interrupted! There are times we can become intensely focused, ruminating over and over on something negative. It’s at that point that we need to interrupt and distract our thinking.
Mental Health and Faith
A Conversation with Rev. Jermine Alberty
Join them as they discuss how having faith in God helps people on their journey to recovery from suffering from mental illness, why it’s important for Pastors to tell people in their congregation who have a mental illness to take their medicine, and how to help a person that is in distress.
Mental Health and Faith
Leave “Flat-Lined” Emotions Behind & Overcome The Fear Of ‘Feeling’
By Brad Hoefs It’s called a “decrescendo” in music: a gradual reduction in force or loudness. It’s part of what creates the beauty of music,
Mental Health and Faith
Give Yourself Permission
Have you ever given yourself permission to sit and read a book? How about permission to skip mowing the lawn until tomorrow night? Will the world come to an end if we don’t get it done? We need rest to be the best we can be.
Mental Health and Faith
7 Tools for Overcoming Bipolar Impulsivity
By: Brad Hoefs While I have had no major mood swings or episodes in the last 12 years, I have and continue to have to
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