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What is Secure Spiritual Attachment?
God can become the basis for secure attachment. His love can help you create a secure attachment to who you are, to others, and to him.
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Taming Our Fear
It's sad that most of us take counsel of our fears, become immobilized by their terror, and seldom become the people God created us to be. We've allowed our fears to fly in the face of our dreams. If this is where you find yourself at this time, I encourage you to...
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Choosing a Better Pain
There was a time in my career when I gained too much of my identity and self-worth from my work. I was no longer a human being; I was a “human doing.”
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Are You Addicted to Your Work?
There was a time in my career when I gained too much of my identity and self-worth from my work. I was no longer a human being; I was a “human doing.”
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Keeping Relationships Focused Outward
All relationships matter to God. He is even concerned with how we treat strangers and travelers. But some relationships matter far more than others. If we ignore this truth, we always get hurt.
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Finding Joy in Confident Living
Are you willing to take some small risks to discover the much greater, hidden treasures still buried deep within you? What will it take to develop the inner confidence to help you make your fondest dreams come true?
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Making Healthy Choices During Anxiety
You—not anxiety—must choose the types of food and drink best able to fortify and strengthen you physically as you heal from the ravages of anxiety.
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Rebuilding After Childhood Abuse
When Doug first started counseling, he was an expert at beating himself up. He was unbelievably quick at finding fault with who he was and what he did. As quick as he was to find fault, he expected a similar velocity at finding a fix.
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Recognizing When Counseling Becomes Sexualized
Whether the counseling situation is a professional one or an informal one, it is vital to recognize its potential to become sexualized.
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Having Faith During Times of Anxiety
Saying no to anxieties can be a scary activity. Anxieties appear to provide an answer, a way to know what the future will hold.
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Understand the Way Your Children View Technology
Your children may view that cell phone or game console or tablet or whatever-comes-next like a part of themselves, but you are still the parent. Even if you didn’t buy the device, that device is in your home and under your authority.
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What Does Stress Do To Us?
We were created with a stress response that was meant to help us recognize and escape danger. We were not created to stay stuck in that stress response.
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