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Choose Joy In the Midst, Coping strategies, EMDR, Fight or Flight Response, Mental Health, Not Alone, PTSD, Pursuing health and wholeness, Stress response, therapy, Trauma

How Can You Decrease Your PTSD or Trauma Response? It is, in fact, Possible.

You Don’t Have to Be Stuck in Your PTSD or Trauma Response. There are ways to decrease and dial down the response in the moment friend. There is hope. The…

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May 10, 2024
Encouragement, Mental Health, Prayer, Pursuing health and wholeness, Resting In Peace

The Hard Things In Your Life

Don’t shy away from the hard realities of your life.Let me say that again— Don’t ignore, downplay, or dismiss the difficult realities of your life. By being honest with yourself…

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September 27, 2023
EMDR therapy, Faith, faith and psychology, Holidays, Mental Health, Mental Health Advocate, Mental Health Caregiver, Not Alone, Prayer, spiritual warfare, Suicidality, Suicide Prevention

Guest Writer On The Faith To Flourish Blog

I was honored to be a featured guest writer on Dawn Ward’s The Faith to Flourish blog this week. I wrote “Caregiving For Mental Illness During the Holidays” The link…

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December 6, 2024
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    Satan Attacks Where He’s Succeeded In the Past–Grab Hold of the Abundant Life From Jesus

    May 7, 2021 /

    Make no mistake — Satan will attack you where you have been weak before. Where you have faltered. Where he has caught you in the past. He will try to take you down yet again. How have you responded to these attacks though? Have you grown in your ability to recognize and thwart those specific attacks that have leveled you before?  Satan wants you to be exhausted and weary physically, so he can also get to you emotionally and spiritually. It was not a coincidence that I launched my blog 2 weeks ago and went public that Wednesday. On Friday night, 2 days later, my son was hit with a…

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    When you’re tired and weary—Hold on to me

    April 26, 2021 /

    When you’re tired and weary, and “barely breathing… hold on to me. Hold on to me.”These are the words that were coming to my mind this morning.The words I am singing to myself…Some of them from the song “Hold On To Me” by Lauren Daigle and some from my mind & from scripture. (This post may contain affiliate links which means I would receive a small commission at no cost to you when you make a purchase using my link. I earn commission from qualifying purchases as an Amazon Associate. Thank you for supporting me in this.) The actual words from Lauren Daigle’s song “Hold On To Me” and such poignant lines are:…

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    Launch Day & Clinging to Jesus

    April 22, 2021 /

    I wrote this post yesterday, April 21, 2021, the day I launched this amazing thing!! Be encouraged and consider your own story as well as you read! Today is launch day for my blog! How wild and crazy to actually say those words. It has been a journey these past 3 months of finally stepping out and starting my own website, my own little piece of internet that is mine, and a place where I can write the content that God has laid on my heart… to share with all of you… in order to encourage you and strengthen your faith from all the trials and difficulties I’ve walked through…

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    Choose Joy In the Midst

    March 30, 2021 /

    By: Choose Joy In the Midst WELCOME TO MY BLOG, FRIEND! You are not here by accident. You are here for a reason… That reason is to find purpose and meaning and *JOY* in the midst of life’s battles and upsets, losses and heartache. It is to pursue *JOY* and *PEACE* in your life in the midst of the good times too. It is to keep fighting… to *CHOOSE* to rise up and not be overtaken by the darkness. It is to eke out joy and purpose and hope bit by bit when life seems dismal, and you are exhausted and weary.  I’ve been there over and over again in…

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