Helpful and practical articles about your relationship with your God, self, spouse, children, and community. Posts focus on marriage, parenting, counseling, growth, sex and sexuality, intimacy, church, spirituality, theology, and therapy in light of a biblical framework and current psychological research.
Are you focused on problem solving, or problem understanding? The first leads to a quick out, but almost always back to the problem. Understanding takes time, work, guidance, and perseverance, but can lead to real change. This article focuses on the difference.
Read MoreHow is your emotional spending and saving? Do you barely have margins or are you emotionally bankrupt? Read on to think through how you can budget out your emotional energy.
Read MoreWhat are the necessary elements for recovery from addiction?
First, you need to know what causes vulnerability to addiction.
This short article will point out the three necessary aspects of recovering from addiction.
What makes an addict? Is it genetics or bad decisions or something else? There are three things that research shows creates a vulnerability to addiction.
Read MoreApocalyptic. No, not the kind with Nic Cage at the end of the world. But the kind that reveals the true nature of things. What’s this pandemic revealed about us? About you? About our needs and fears? This short article looks at four characteristics that have been exposed during the pandemic, and how to remedy them.
Read MoreDo you trust your gut, or do you intellectualize away your intuition? Here’s a short guide to help you develop authenticity and learn to trust your intuition.
Read MoreHow can you tell if you are living with a sense of entitlement? Here’s a short guide to help you reflect on common attitudes and behaviors of an entitled person, as well as a few ideas to help get you out of it.
Read MoreWhat are some signs that you might need to find a new counselor? In this article, Branden discusses 6 signs that your counselor might not be a good fit: boundaries, unqualified, one size fits all, their life is out of control, avoidance, and unbalanced feedback.
Read MoreCan you trust your emotions? To start, what do you believe emotions even are? And what does it mean to trust them?
In this short article, Branden Henry explains simply the role of emotions in your life, what they are and what they aren’t, and why he thinks you can trust them.
Fair warning, this reflection is not about achievements and failures, goals and resolutions. This reflection is about finding out where you have been, where you are, and where you want to go.
Read MoreHow can you deal with the stress of this election? What’s your plan? This article gives practical advice by looking at the Psalms and research on stress and trauma.
Read MoreHow are you navigating the conflict at the heart of our nation? What are you doing with the complex emotions you feel around the deaths of black men and women? Do you feel like your way of life is being threatened?
This blog post is written to help white folks figure out the role they’re playing in race relations. Based on the Karpman Triangle, you’ll be able to understand if you’re playing the victim, offender, or rescuer…and how you can move towards ownership.
Pornography is no longer an apt word to define the sexually explicit images and writing accessible to mainstream ‘porn’ users. So what should we call pornography which has become so personalized while simultaneously removing the person?
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Read MoreWhat would a 20th century fantasy writer have to say about modern social media? A lot. Read on for tips for how to use social media.
Read MoreWhat happens when you lead from self-ignorance? What if your boss, director, or manager leads without self-awareness?
Read MoreWhat do you do when you’ve burrowed yourself deep under a blanket of lies? How do you get out of living a double life? Read on to find a guide and some hope.
Read MoreWhen we try to rush past prayers of lament in order to live in praise and positive feelings, we miss out on the gifts and graces of lamenting.
Read MorePresident Trump seems to personify our pornified culture. So, what's wrong with that?
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