A Wellness Path

Lessons Daniel Taught Me About Achieving Goals. Part 2

I’m not ‘simple’, I just like to keep things simple. Do you? Complexity baffles me, frustrates me and adds to the resistance to achieve goals. I like to keep things simple. I’m not alone in this as I read the story of Daniel and the goal he set of not […]

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Lessons Daniel Taught Me About Achieving Goals. Part 1

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Saying the word ‘Goal’ can bring a trigger for a flood of nervous anxiety. Your mind quickly remembers all those failed goals and the negative feelings around them. As a former Mental Health Support Worker I can well remember the many conversations I had with people I was supporting who […]

Spiritual Formation

Has Your Mental Health Been Whittled Away?

Often in life, our mental health can be whittled away, but when we know this, we can find ways to restore. As a young boy one of my favourite activities to do was to get a knife and to whittle away at a piece of wood. Nothing elaborate, just a […]

Poetry Prayer

God hath not promised skies always blue

God hath not promised skies always blue, Flower-strewn pathways all our lives through; God hath not promised sun without rain, Joy without sorrow, peace without pain. But God hath promised strength for the day, Rest for the labor, light for the way, Grace for the trials, help from above, Unfailing […]

Relationships

Do Christmas Community Meals Really Help?

Call me Scrooge but I’m not sure about Christmas Community Meals. Do they really help? Ok, I know for sure there are many people alone and in need of food. A nice Christmas dinner or lunch with some entertainment is wonderful. What I question is the power relationship between those that […]

Getting Well Staying Well Relationships

Whatever You Do, Don’t Learn Their Name

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We all have an identity, a name we have been given, and can identify with. The connection deepens when we learn each other’s name. Each morning I start my day in a comfortable chair, listen to the Bible, thinking about the day ahead, and making a list of tasks. Often […]

Spiritual Formation

Digging For Dirt Is Not Good For Your Mental Health

If you’re digging for dirt, you’re always going to find it, and you’re always going to overlook the gold. I was watching one of the many T.V. cop shows the other night and they were ‘digging for dirt’. The detectives were scouring over the history of a suspect looking […]

Spiritual Formation

For Your Mental Health You Need To Stop ‘Stopping It’ .

Try harder, you can do it, just memorise these verses/insights, pray more, … just STOP IT. Ever felt frustrated at change in yourself. You try to stop doing the things that annoy you and others. You try and try and try. You have people in your life who think you’re […]

Spiritual Formation

Are You A Bridge Or A Barrier?

Art takes you places and invites you to savour new thoughts and ideas. Recently I came across this picture of Jesus and the Little Children. Painted by Carl Bloch it grabbed my attention. The people brought children to Jesus, hoping he might touch them. The disciples shooed them off. But […]

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What Turns Your Stomach Maybe A Prompt To Turn Your Heart.

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Revulsion. My stomach turned but so did my heart. I looked at the pictures, and I was revolted. I am not going to share the image with you or even describe it. I do want to ask you, though, if there is anything that just triggers a feeling of revulsion. […]