Over the next few months, we’ll be issuing a series of articles that we hope will provide some guideposts during these times of uncertainty. Consider this your pocket guide to navigating what researchers call cognitive dissonance, a fancy term for that sinking feeling you get when a close friend posts something…
You can also read this post on Peter Olsen’s blog here. We suspect you’ve been feeling it too. A frustrating sense of ‘molasses’ clogging your thoughts. A fatigue you just can’t seem to shake. Feeling ‘tired’ or ‘worn-out’ as you search to journey through normal days that simply don’t feel…
We seek realistic expectations for ourselves and for our loved one(s) affected by mental illness. Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. A study by Dr. Leonard Matheson recently rated characteristics that enhanced one’s quality of life. Hope (confident expectation)…
We choose to be at peace as we seek to maintain a healthy focus on God and ourselves. John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.” Jesus is our perfect example of…
We understand and acknowledge that mental illness has had an impact on all of our relationships. Mark 10:47-48 And when he (blind Bartimaeus) heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” And many rebuked him, telling…
Loving God, Self, and Others: We accept that we have no control over the illness or the individual with the illness. We only have control over our own actions and thoughts. Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all…
A few years ago, I hosted a birthday party at Third Degree Glass Factory. With hors d’oeuvres in hand, we casually sidled up to the demonstration area. I was jostled out of my reverie by the site of the largest, hottest, fire blazing oven I’d ever seen. Amazed, we watched…
The longer I sit with people, the more I am convinced that technique, skill, and insight alone cannot really transform without one key ingredient. It is simply love. Getting to the place of being simply loving, however, seems to be a complicated business. It requires that I know my heart,…
THE BOTTOM LINE… God is WITH us….Matthew 1:23 God is FOR us….Romans 8:31 God is IN us….Colossians 1:27 Psalm 62:5-7 For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from God…my hope is in God. God alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall…
Letting Go: We release all feelings of guilt concerning mental illness for we are not to blame for the illness or its effects. John 9:1-3 As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man, or his parents, that…
