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There is None so Blind as Those that Will Not See

There are None so Blind as Those that Will Not See

There are none so blind as those who will not see. Only when we realize that we have been chasing after false promises will our sight return. We see that we have been conned and we are now in a prison of our own making. One spring afternoon, I was […]

Does God use a Mental Illness to Slow You Down?

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Does God use a Mental Illness to Slow Us Down?

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Do you think mental illness is God’s way of forcing us to slow down and change our behavior or is it the Devil messing with our minds? I recently received this question from one of the readers It’s an interesting question and one that I think has many questions under the question. […]

Smell the Roses and Grow a Healthy Brain ~ Turning the Page Empowering your Mental Health

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Smelling the Roses Grows a Healthy Brain

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Just outside my window, I can see a beautiful yellow rose. It wasn’t there last week, well actually it was, but it was just tightly bound up under its green calyx. A lot can happen in a week, in a day, in a moment. I can see the beauty but to deeply […]

Mental health

18 Insights to Heal the Shame of an Attempted Suicide

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The shame of an attempt at suicide can cling onto you like the odor of some dirty old socks. You would do anything to get rid of that stench. Is that a good description of shame? That feeling of embarrassment at what you have done. You want to hide, run, cover it […]

Mental Illnesses

When Anxiety is a Speedy Stream – Lisa DeLay

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If I were to describe my anxiety, as a doctor might, it might go something like this: “An overactive nervous condition when the brain predicts and over predicts and attempts to problem- solve with or without the victim’s consent and many times without concern of her best interests.” Lisa Delay Anxiety–it can race […]

Getting Well Staying Well

Racing Thoughts can be Reined in. Five Ideas to help

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It was off to the races, and my thoughts and feelings were racing around in my head. Out in front was ‘This and that’ followed firmly behind by ‘Panic’ and ‘Fear.’ Neck and neck were ‘Hopelessness’ and ‘Despair’ while ‘Stuck in the Mud’ was stuck in the mud and sinking. […]

Spiritual Practices

Life Fuel Out? God Knows How to Restore

The fuel gauge on this soul wasn’t on E for Enough, it was on E for Empty and Exhausted. How do we restore the soul? Life is exhausting at times. Demands come from everywhere. Things start to fall apart and you’re that little less patient. Anxious and depressive thoughts gain […]

Helping Others

‘I’m Such A Failure’ and Here is What I Want You to Know

‘I’m such a failure’ If you’ve never quietly said it about yourself, then you will most likely have heard it from someone else. This post is to help you help others you have problems with a failure mindset. For myself, I can so easily personalise my failures into ‘I’m a failure’.

Mental Health is ... Knowing Where To Let the Balloon Pressure Out

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Mental Health is … Knowing Where To Prick the Balloon

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Pressure within is building. How do you let it out without destroying precious relationships? You prick the balloon in a safe controlled planned out way. You need to let it out or it will eat you up.

Getting Well Staying Well

Are You A Weak Human Being? Medication, God, and Christians

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To heal, we need to humbly accept the truth of our human fragility. Medication can help us heal. There is a soap opera here in New Zealand called Shortland Street. In the very first episode, a nurse tells a doctor a simple sentence that has become, believe it or not, part […]