Roadblocks and Risks
“Recovery is learning to trust again” If learning to trust and build meaningful relationships is so essential to becoming a truly healthy person, why do we find it so difficult? Why do we go to such great lengths to avoid the close relationships that, deep down, we actually yearn for? (see Filling the Empty Places).…
Filling the Empty Places
There’s a war raging inside of many of us. We yearn to have intimate friends in our lives and yet we fear letting people get too close to us. We suspect that if they really knew us, they would reject us. It’s happened before. We’re afraid that if we let them know about our vulnerabilities…
Finding Hope
It’s November—the month when we traditionally turn our focus to giving thanks. How ironic that so far this morning every single person I’ve spoken to is feeling overwhelmed, depressed and extremely hopeless. In every case there seems little to be grateful for. Their current hardships have all but eclipsed the hope, gratitude and zest for…
Positive Conflict
A relationship with no arguments is a relationship with a lot of secrets.—Dr. Bryon C. Hayes I cringe every time I hear a couple say “we’ve never had a fight.” It sounds like such a good and noble thing, but it actually spells trouble—lots of trouble. No two people are exactly alike. Each has their…
Little Things Matter
What’s your goal? To get closer to God? To gain freedom from an addiction? To lose weight? To become a better, kinder person? It’s nearly impossible to stay in one spot for very long. Either we’re moving toward our goal or we’re moving away from it. It totally depends on which direction our thoughts and…
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