A Wellness Path

What’s on the Throne? What is Keeping you Anxious?

Who is on the throne of your life? What is keeping you anxious? Perhaps something needs to change. Back in the eighties, Bob Dylan came out with the song ‘Gotta Serve Somebody.’ In the song, Bob goes through many life scenarios of who or what you might serve. You may […]

Grief & Loss

Finding a Lifeline in the Quicksand of Estrangement

Stuck in the quicksand of estrangement? Discover how one mother moved from the agony of ambiguous grief to a miraculous relationship renewal. This is a guest post by Peggy Phillips who wrote Coping with Ambiguous Loss by Estrangement After my son went no contact, the quicksand of estrangement engulfed every part […]

Faith & Mental Health Spiritual Practices

Healing Echoes: Grounding Your Soul Through Lectio Divina

It was an echo. A wave of emotion hit them, just like as if it was yesterday. Boom. They were right back there, experiencing the same thoughts and feelings. Sitting on that beach. Warm summer sun. Joyful sounds of children playing in the surf. Wafts of barbequed sausages coming from […]

Faith & Mental Health

How to Overcome Anxiety Through Solidarity: I Am With You

When guilt isolates, “I am with you” is the only bridge back to hope. The power of solidarity helps us in the face of judgment and shame. How are they going to respond? How will they react? They had done some things they knew would go against what everyone thought […]

Anxiety & Stress

Anticipatory Anxiety and Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop

Are you waiting for the other shoe to drop? It’s called anticipatory anxiety, but you can find release and the anxiety can go. You know it’s going to happen; it’s just a matter of when. And in that waiting, in that zone of tension, you sit. How do you hold […]

Spiritual Practices

Little by Little: How Small Steps Can Topple Your Biggest Giants

Stop feeling overwhelmed by life’s “giants.” Learn how small, intentional actions and a simple problem-solving sheet can reduce anxiety. Do you ever feel that your problems are too huge to be solved? That the mountain is, or at least feels, unsurmountable. Past experiences can wire your brain to look […]

Spiritual Practices

Look at the Birds of the Air. Help with Your Anxiety

Look at the birds of the air. Break the “magnetic” grip of anxiety. Discover how looking at and considering nature can ground your brain in providence. Anxiety can be like a magnet. It can grab your attention and hold it in its grip. This energy of focus can exhaust […]

A chaotic circus ring with blurred movement representing the circus of anxious thoughts and a lack of control.

Faith & Mental Health

The “Monkey Circus” of the Mind: Finding Peace in Psalm 121

Our minds can feel like a monkey circus at times, but perhaps Psalm 121 can bring some quiet to our anxiety. Off went my thoughts. Every time I thought about this situation, my mind would take my thoughts on a meandering yet whirlwind dance. Monkeys swinging in the circus of […]

Spiritual Practices

Why We Still Need the Simplicity of Scripture in Song

The singing of Bible verses into our everyday life and can make them stay with us a lifetime. That’s why we need the simplicity of Scripture in Song. They were simple songs. Easy to sing. Easy to play. Back in the 1970s and 80s here in New Zealand, and in […]

Spiritual Practices

To Read the Bible it Feels Overwhelming

To read the Bible, it can feel overwhelming. What do I do? I want to read the Bible and grow, but where do I start I was raised in a church tradition that highly valued reading the Bible. People were encouraged to read their bible every day, go to […]