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.
Read MoreMental 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
Read MoreHelp for men and women who are stuck in unhealthy addiction cycles to pornography.
Read MoreFeeling 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.
Read MoreA review of an article that I found that has some good thoughts about confronting different beliefs within us.
Read Moreto think about how to connect with people in need of counseling due to waking in the night from past memories and pain….
Read MoreCreative 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.
Read MoreIndividuals, 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....
Read MoreLately 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.
Read MoreEver freeze when it's time to shine? Adapting truth to silence critical voices or internal memories of past failures surrounding performance which increases anxiety and the myth that I can control anything past my nose.
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Steve Farrar is challenging my idea of manhood and why it's so lost on my current generation. It's refreshing and bold. Very much against The extremism of our day, and emboldening to me. However to speak out these thoughts on a public corner would create divisions and fisticuffs on the street.
Read MoreRecently I had to change the cartridge in a printer, so I took a picture of it so I would remember what the cartridge was when I got to the store.
Do you ever feel like you're empty like your cartridge just doesn't have any ink in it like you're not able to express yourself like it's just not going to print anymore and how can you go on because life is just empty. I've had times where that's happened in my life.
Read MoreWhat kinds of masks do you like to dress up with? Is it Superhero, Scary or Seductive? I find that in my work I talk about the masks people use as crutches. They latched on to it and enjoyed being something different and then at some point they realize it isn’t working anymore, but the harder they try to pry the smile, the paint, the eyes off their real self the more painful it is. I know the Master Mask Maker and I try to ask him to help and go to him for wisdom when we are facing changes in how a person is working to present their real self to the world. Read more here so you can understand how masks are fun at first, but could be painful later.
Read MoreI remember when I experienced my first sense of what it meant to be afraid. I don’t forget those things. I share some of this with you, but most of all I share there is hope and healing with the training, education, and private confidential care that I am able to provide. Reach out when you are ready to find peace for yourself.
Read MoreSo you do remember a time when you felt cherished and comfort? See if it had aspects of this statement or pattern.
Read MoreI see consistent care. Making my faith mature. Bending my faith in a way I had not known could create purpose and beauty. Honestly, however, because that is what one says perhaps prior to a shade of a lie. Honestly, I thought I would never get over the loss of the comforts I thought I had in the Place.
Read MoreRecent thoughts and circumstances brought this to mind that there is something to fear, but fear itself is not to control unless we allow such to occur. The last part of this verse was stark against the walls of my psyche when I thought about how imperfect I must be. The verse found in Scripture that indicates that love allows us to cast such thoughts to the depths has deeper meaning to me. Have you prayed such a prayer lately with someone in your life or for yourself? The love of God is not tangible to us in our circumstances, but we can seek it through God’s Spirit to be present in our time of need. I
Read MoreMany variations exist throughout culture and spiritual precedence when the words mental health are utilized. Some would interact with such as an ongoing dialogue. Others would stray or avoid such conversations. Mental health has taken on a lot of good, but also there are some misnomers and myths that are not correct about what mental health is to the average human being.
Read MoreThis is a recent marketing piece that has been interesting to me in being able to reach into a different sector of business and connect with other professionals who are extremely knowledgeable about relationships. Many of the attendees indicated their constant concern and also some challenges in being part of the process that divorcing couples have to connect with. Realtors really are unpaid counselors in some ways because of all the time and effort they put into accomplishing moving the world. I have also found them to be profoundly sensitive people regarding the ethics and heart that they perform their job. Realtors definitely have my respect in a lot of ways. Because I am impartial to the process in which I am gaining more friends than being exclusive I want to personally thank some specific businesses that have reached out to form creative ventures and mutual works alongside my desire to reach hurting people.
Read MoreHope is not found in circumstances. It can be discovered in who God is. - Andy Stanley
I was going through my various points of memory and thinking about how I am impacted by various concerns and periods of life. Like a large sculpture or big bubble letters coming out of the darkness the word DISCOURAGEMENT glowed in the recesses of my mind. I relate discouragement or its forms to the thoughts concerning pain and sacrifice. Not a sacrifice of reward, but a sacrifice of hurt, wounding, or scarring. A memory that marks a moment. Taking on a form of physical, mental or emotional formation that remains like a Greek marble statue or Corinthian column.
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