If you are in Big Emotion and your mind is spinning with chaotic thoughts, STOP is a DBT skill to develop tolerance to stress. In Faith infused DBT, Christian believers STOP to Connect to God to work with the body He made, hear the soul He designed, and access their spirit where He lives. 1) […]
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What is Heart-Care?
I love the story in the Bible in John 5 of the man who lay helplessly by the pool of Bethesda. Apparently, this wasn’t just any pool. It was rumored that angels came periodically and stirred the water and whoever dove into the moving water received miraculous healing. However, this one man, sick from the […]
Come Up Here
I am a big “how” person. I am all about theory and understanding the “why” but can get super annoyed if I can’t figure out “how “ to apply it. I guess that is part of being a teacher. So, “just worship.” (That is my word for the year.) It sounds so mystical and righteous […]
HeartSync – Making Hearts Whole
A tool of Heart-Care Counseling is HeartSync. In a HeartSync session, the meeting will begin with connecting with the Master Gardener, Immanuel, the God that is always with us. Once connecting with that powerful place with Father God, the Holy Spirit is able to lead and guide to the deep places of the wounded heart […]
I am offended. Now WHAT? – Part 3
Click here if you missed Part 1 or Part 2. I now know, WHAT I have to do, but HOW do I do it? How do I truly let the hot rock go? HOW do I practice forgiveness? I had a counselor tell me once, “Emote the emotion. Say it, until it becomes a reality […]
I am offended. Now WHAT? – Part 2
If you are jumping in, you can read Part 1. So, if I am holding a hot rock of offense, and my freedom comes from forgiveness then, what exactly is and is not forgiveness? First, let’s start with what it is. Then we will cover what it is not. (In my life, “what forgiveness is […]