healing
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Christa’s Transformation Story
I recently got to interview Christa and hear her share her transformative journey out of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts thanks to learning to hear the voice of Jesus, which has brought her significant healing and freedom from her past. She describes how each Spiritual Direction session with Jesus has led to new encounters and…
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The Days In Between: Reflecting on the Pause Between Christmas and New Year
(Photo from an early morning stroll with hubby along the river.) Every year, I deeply feel this time. The days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve hold a unique stillness—a pause in the busyness of life. The celebrations of Christmas have passed, and the anticipation of a new year lies ahead. It’s during this in-between…
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You need to be seen, valued, and affirmed. (Validation)
Why do we get stuck in a cycle of needing validation from someone to see us, value us and affirm us? This post came from an early morning thought stream after waking up at 5:05am… (For many of you, this thought stream will not be new. This isn’t new for me either but this morning…
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Behind the Unhealthy Behaviour
Healing the Heart: Breaking Unhealthy Patterns by Uncovering the Lies We Believe In our walk with God, it’s easy to see certain struggles or habits as isolated behaviors we just need to “fix.” But what if there’s more beneath the surface? What if each unhealthy behavior, each self-sabotaging pattern, is actually a signal—our heart’s way…
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Avoiding Your Broken Heart by Living in Your Head
I live in a Bible Belt where many church goers are resistant to having a personal relationship with Jesus. Instead, I see that there can be a default to learning merely about God, or striving to do all the right things for Him, and that’s it. They’ve lost the love and in danger of becoming…
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The Struggle of Minimizing our Pain
Recently, while I was leading women through a listening prayer exercise in the Freedom Coaching Circle (our zoom groups for women), the Lord highlighted to me that I was minimizing my journey because of the intense things I was finding myself walking others through. I felt the Lord was saying to me that He sees…
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Struggling with Porn Addiction? Invite Jesus Into the Picture
If you find yourself struggling with a porn addiction, know that healing is possible through renewing your mind with the truth of Scripture and inviting Jesus into your thought life. (This is a powerful exercise and NOT to be discounted NOR interpreted to be an unhelpful: “read your Bible more”.) One powerful way to begin…
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Why Love God with ALL of your Heart?
A Story of Disaster: King Solomon King Solomon is one of the most tragic examples in the Bible of a person who, despite his wisdom and a good beginning, failed to love God with all his heart. Solomon started out with great devotion, asking God for wisdom to lead the people of Israel. God blessed…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 