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Each week we bring you resources, insights, and stories that illuminate the path to mental and spiritual flourishing, guiding you on your journey towards wholeness and healing.
Archive of Posts
- Addiction 1
- Anxiety 26
- Bible 2
- Bible verses 1
- Christian Coaching 6
- Church 1
- Coaching 1
- Comfort 1
- Community 1
- Confusion 1
- Course: Freedom From Anxiety 19
- Course: Freedom From Pornography 24
- Course: More Than Your Past - Shedding Shame and Guilt 1
- Course: Moving Through Trauma 1
- Depression 4
- Fear 4
- Forgiveness 1
- God 1
- Grief 4
- Helping Helpers 23
- Identity 1
- Isolation 1
- Jesus Christ 1
- King David 1
- Leader Training 23
- Listening 1
- Loving Difficult People 2
- Mental Health 3
- Mental Health Disorder 1
- Mental Health Programs 1
- Mental Health Struggle 1
- Overcoming Fear 1
- Paul 1
- Pornography 25
- Scripture 1
- Shame 3
- Stress 1
- Therapy 1
- Trauma 9
- Where is God in my Struggle? 1
- relationship 1
Involving Crisis Support
When walking alongside someone who has experienced severe trauma and is exhibiting risky behaviors, it's common to feel overwhelmed. These situations may include self-harm, suicidal ideation, violence, problematic parenting, or addiction. Here's how to approach these situations while maintaining boundaries and ensuring safety…
Praying Over Trauma
Offering prayer to someone experiencing trauma can be a profound way to provide support and spiritual comfort. Here are some key points to consider when praying for someone in such a situation…
Engaging Your Caretaker Tendencies
When engaging in trauma work, your role is fundamentally that of a witness. This involves a careful balance of listening, reflecting, and supporting without imposing your own interpretations or becoming the expert on their story…
Window of Tolerance
The Window of Tolerance is a concept used to describe the zone in which a person can function effectively, think clearly, and respond to stress in a balanced way. When individuals are within their Window of Tolerance, they can process information and emotions healthily. Outside this window, they might experience either hypoarousal or hyperarousal…
Principles for Pastoral Care Through Trauma
Walking with someone through trauma is a sacred task that requires emotional maturity, patience, and grace. Whether you are a pastor, elder, small group leader, or friend, your role is not to provide all the answers but to offer your presence and support. Here are some key points to consider…
Being a Witness for Someone with Trauma
When engaging in trauma work, your role is fundamentally that of a witness. This involves a careful balance of listening, reflecting, and supporting without imposing your own interpretations or becoming the expert on their story…
Recognizing and Supporting Trauma
When addressing trauma, it's crucial to be aware of the Window of Tolerance. This concept refers to the optimal zone of arousal in which a person can function effectively and remain calm and regulated. Here's a breakdown of what it means and how to navigate it…
Understanding Trauma
When we think of trauma, we often associate it with extreme events like war, sexual or physical violence, natural disasters, or near-death experiences. However, trauma exists on a spectrum and affects people in various ways depending on the context and individual factors…
Steps to Manage Overwhelming Thoughts
If you're trying to manage a feeling, there's something going on in your heart, something going on in your mind right now that you can't get control of. I want you to take a moment and just take that thought, take them out kind of like their AirPods…
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