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Triggers
Triggers. We don’t always know what is going to set us off – that song, a smell, one word, a photo, a date on a calendar. I laughed to myself as I walk/jogged through the neighborhood this morning. Every song on my 80s hairband Spotify playlist were slow love songs. “Following my body fatigue and…
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Misunderstood
Sometimes God leaves me scratching my head. Seriously, what was he thinking? God knows that I have NO IDEA what I am thinking. My brain is a jumble. It’s like sitting through an entire movie only to be left scratching my head in bewilderment. Like Water for Chocolate was that kind of movie for me.…
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P.S. From Yesterday
As I drove home from my Wednesday night church gathering last night, it occurred to me that some readers may question why a hospital chaplain and pastor would not mention God or prayer in my discussion about how I deal with anxiety. Well, I suppose that, first of all, I think of it as a…
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3 Tips for When You’re Feeling Anxious
This blog comes from an Instagram post from NPR. As I read each slide, I realized the validity of these suggestions. Some I discovered on my own out of pure necessity and others I learned from my therapist. Since these tips work so well for me, I decided to repost with examples from my own…
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The Big Letdown
I expected this moment, voiced my concern to my therapist, discussed with other like-minded contemporaries this commonplace probability. I find myself almost one-month removed from my graduation. One month without papers and deadlines and weekly Zoom classes. One month without the assurance of how I must spend every hour of the day six days a…
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Healthy Approach to Mental Health
In the Spring Issue of the NAMI Advocate, Brian B. Thomas describes what he calls the 3-2-1 principle in his article entitled How the Next Generation Is Approaching Mental Health. In short, young people are more accepting of three principles: The full article can be accessed at: Advocate Magazine – How The Next Generation Is…
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Book of NTS
This video culminates the past four years – from the beginning of my journey at Nazarene Theological Seminary to the day of graduation. Starting over and going back to school in my 40s was hard enough. Doing it during a worldwide pandemic was something altogether different. Yet, through it all, I emerged stronger. My life…
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In Memoriam – Saying Goodbye to Bailey
This season of Lent showed me how freeing it is to be disconnected from social media. So, my plan is to move away from the creative castration of self-imposed blog post timelines. Who cares about unspoken rules for growth? Those who want to read will find it. All others – who cares? No need to…
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