A poem.
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What not to do in Costco when you are attempting to be a hero!
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A Woman's Worth and Beauty in a Marriage: The profound and deep waters only a husband can mend are something that are a ministry and a calling of each man in a Godly relationship with his wife.
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Some would agree that we gather together at various times of the year to make some connection with our currents, our pasts, and our futures. Invariably the birth of a new year is something that causes me to pause a little and remember that time is not standing still, that there is a re birth that could happen, and that I need to continue to seek out the goals and remember the time.
Does it all matter? Do I matter? What does God say about matter???
At the end of this post I welcome feedback as it is a short one and I am asking for an interactive response about what it could mean if we mattered to ourselves, each other, and to God.
Join me in the dialogue.
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The link between loneliness and addiction. Johann Hari explains in his TED talk about how this was considered and how applying social concepts in Portugal, there was a remarkable difference in the country’s outlook and heroin population.
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Just an excerpt of holiday cheer and a musing of small town life and the effect of connecting or not connecting on our current society in Celina, TX.
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I remember this Olympic sized swimming pool because it was filled with salt water that was brought into the pool from the ocean that was nearby via piping. I don’t know exactly how deep it was. It was too far to reach or I had not known how to do so at the time. Thus the thought about my breath, and my popping ears, and I just remember that being in the pool was more buoyant than most pools because of the salt water.
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Tuning into the marital therapy sessions and finding the voice each is expressing is an art. I spend some time contemplating how the “Challenging Times…” of the couple and the thoughts they are expressing are so difficult when they reach out to me. My hope is that you are not in a “bad” place reading this, but if you are… keep reading… as I explain a principle that sometimes works to create dialogue and communication.
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These words are not mind, but I am borrowing from a Facebook friend who borrowed from a friend and while we don’t know how to contact or connect and give attribution to the writer, the words remain true. Should the writer find his or her words and work on my blog, then I defer and gratefully indicate they are the origin, but the words capture the concerns and time of this day and are something worth sharing.
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In the midst of so much change in culture and direction, I am talking more and more with clients who are coming out of the initial shock of the effects of Coronavirus and COVID19.. They are all attempting to understand, work through and find some redeeming qualities, but also I want to be attentive to the process of being aware of depression. It’s tendencies can creep into the new patterns of our lives. It’s silent presence has the potential to be overlooked in this hypersensitive time to physical health and being virus free. We also may not recognize in coping with going through the side effects and symptoms that we have been concerned about as a global community we could be ending up in a more depressed state.
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In the midst of so much culture change due to the Coronavirus, I began to think about the impact of relationships and connecting with the people around us. I see a culture gap that could use some encouragement. So here are some thoughts on how younger and older could coalesce and come together.
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Mental health is such a dynamic subject and open to so many views and expert opinions. The reason for my writing and venturing into conjecture and topics that are subjective in nature is
“…I am willing to hear such cacophony and noise if there may be one who would find new life or freedom in the pursuit of living life in a different and greater purpose and existence.”
“…effort to bring conscious awareness to the understanding that there is more than one way of supporting people who are suffering from mental health concerns.”
“So I pick up on a couple of points that spurred me to write…”
I hope you enjoy the patterns and thoughts. Drop me a line if you enjoy the subject as well. - Andrew
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Help for men and women who are stuck in unhealthy addiction cycles to pornography.
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Feeling like I am a little out on a limb, but knowing that I am working out part of what it means to confront, defend, and have right views about the roles of sexuality and it’s distortion in our society by how it’s glorified or condemned and misused.. Then reflecting on what it must have been like when there was no form of porneia in the original work and world as it was created.
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A review of an article that I found that has some good thoughts about confronting different beliefs within us.
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I HAD A FLASH OF A MOMENT …
to think about how to connect with people in need of counseling due to waking in the night from past memories and pain….
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Creative musing about the current status of how our brain works to recall and piece together parts of our memories and how if we are in different states of distress the sensory experience is a pathway to processing past trauma.
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Individuals, couples, marriages, family... don't we all struggle with some form of fear as human beings. I do. I fight feelings of invalidation, unworthiness and frustration that fear creates in me. I cringe at the weakness that I perceive the world thinks of what means. I struggle with how high or low fear drives me. This roller coaster and flood of emotions that seems to dictate my sense of....
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Lately I've been thinking on whole lot about different types of things that are happening and finding myself being more discouraged than usual. So I went on a search to find something that would be encouraging or speak to the heart of what I desire and want to be in my private practice for the clients I am privileged to be a part of their journey. In the process I found this illustration that so connects with the heart of ministry that I felt compelled to share it here.
I hope it helps you and let's you know more about my desire to be a safe place for all of my clients.
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