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Christi Brandenstein

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Nov 2020

Managing Your Supply Chain

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If you’ve ever been to therapy, chances are you’ve spent some time thinking about life balance. It’s an idea those of us in the mental health field often cling to as both a goal and measurement of life satisfaction. In a recent interview, Danielle Strickland observed that people who are…

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  • Christi Brandenstein
Sep 2020

Roadmap to Reconciliation

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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…

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  • Christi Brandenstein
Feb 2020

We Bend, We Break, We Are Beautiful

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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…

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  • Christi Brandenstein
Nov 2019

Transformational

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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,…

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  • Christi Brandenstein
Feb 2019

The Greatness of Gratitude

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The power of gratitude has become a focus of much research in the field of psychology. Much of this research has been done by two psychologists in particular, Dr. Robert A. Emmons and Dr. Michael E. McCullough. In one study, three groups of participants were asked to briefly journal about…

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  • Christi Brandenstein
Feb 2019

Realignment

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Recently, my daughter injured her back. The doctor showed us a picture of a nicely curved healthy spine. Then, he showed us my daughter’s x-ray. She and I both exchanged alarmed looks. Repetitive blows from years of gymnastics had created misalignment in key areas that were now affecting her body’s…

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  • Christi Brandenstein
Sep 2018

Dare to Hope Counseling

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She came into my office and unfurled the map. Circled in red pen were the communities she knew, home to the people she loves. “I want to bring the kind of counseling CrossRoads offers to my part of Illinois. They don’t have anything like this.” she said. Patty had been…

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  • Christi Brandenstein
Sep 2018

The Problem of Pain

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A few years ago, I reluctantly took up running. Not exactly marathon running – more like couch to 5K running. It worked great for a while . . . . and then it got cold. Really cold. I have some genetic limitations – my people are Floridians. After a long…

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  • Christi Brandenstein
Mar 2018

Investing in Ireland

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There is a particular glory in the way God weaves stories together as the Great Storyteller. Somehow, He’s able to use both deep sadness and great joy to bring about His will. In August of 2014, Becca Brand started the Master of Counseling program at Covenant Seminary after serving an…

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  • Christi Brandenstein
Mar 2018

Making Room for the Mission

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My world has expanded greatly since becoming a counselor.  Each month I spend some time with people who are providing medical care in Africa, building friendships in an Islamic mosque, pioneering new work in India and building a new community center in South America.  In the course of our sessions,…

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