The business dictionary defines a default setting as: controls of a computer hardware as pre-set by it’s manufacturer. some types of default settings may be altered or customized by the user. I define emotional default settings as: Emotional thought processes of the mind that become pre-set over time in reaction or response to our history […]
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As You Grieve Be Gentle With Yourself
You may be thinking why would I need to be gentle with myself as I grieve through a loss? I have had the privilege of walking along aside my clients through their grief journeys, whether they have experienced the sting of death or the paralyzing experience of divorce and estrangement from a loved one. I […]
How God’s Hope Anchors The Soul In All Circumstances
In The Message version of the bible this is what Hebrews 6:18-20 says. We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. It’s an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God where […]
Restored By Hope: when I feel shamed
“For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.” (John 3:17 AMP) Feeling shamed by a person or circumstance can leave us feeling at our […]
Soul Care: Practicing Solitude
Who needs solitude? Everyone! What is solitude? The definition of solitude is: The state of being or living alone; seclusion: to enjoy one’s solitude. Remoteness from habitations, as of a place; absence of human activity the solitude of the mountains. A lonely unfrequented place: a solitude in the mountains. Simple steps to solitude: -We must […]
Restored By Hope: When the workplace feels overwhelming
At work we feel overwhelmed by many factors such as deadlines, workload and sometimes the varying moods and attitudes of co-workers. Last night I came home with a pounding headache with feelings of irritability to go along with it. When I shut my office door the stressors came along for the commute home. I needed […]