I have served in churches and church-related ministries in two denominations that believed very differently about the roles of women in mini

Except for the people I have known for many years, my life looks nothing like it did five years ago. I do not live in the same place, do the

When children are traumatized there are always results.This is a well documented and researched truth. The brain scans of those who have bee

(I have been blessed by so many who have written to me and shared their healing paths which included both reading BRAVE: A Personal Story of

Our culture’s avoidance of feelings and emotions has resulted in an inability to understand ourselves and why we do the things we do. Both s

There are lots of us who can’t ask for what we need or want. We have stories that caused this and it affects us in relationships and other h

We can’t fully help others without addressing the deep impact of mental health in our homes, churches, schools, and communities. Simply addr

I found the book to be engaging, thoughtful, and was profoundly excited to find a book that placed the answers to prayers not in a superhuma

It wasn’t just that the Wise Men came and worshipped. They did something much more important than that. They listened to what God communicat

The whole scenario reminds me of my favorite Aesop’s fable—paraphrased. The sun and the wind had a conversation about a man sitting on a ben

What if the trauma outweighs the goodness of God? It is easy to think that is a spiritual problem, but does a child (or adult) who prays for

Instead of fearing tomorrow, delight in today. It has been a long road to accomplishing this because I trained myself to be prepared for any

The day I walked into therapy, I got on a train to a new destination. Scott saw me departing and jumped on board. We have traveled over moun

I was like a small timid child who was terrified to step out on the playground. I needed God to direct me to the monkey bars or the swing. M

I was the child who stopped singing. One Sunday morning when I was about eight, I refused to sing the song, Jesus Loves Me. “Why aren’t you

The tragedy of the human condition is not in eating the apple, but in the distortion of natural guilt. Our greatest loss is when we no longe

This blog is for everyone who ever had something bad happen. That would be all of us. What if we believe that the God, who can do anything a

Outside of an understanding of an uncontrolling God there is no potential for truly transcending the human experience of trauma, living life

When I include the word therapy in my blog titles, I hear crickets. Maybe I should just randomly include ‘God’ in the titles. Maybe that wou

As much as we want to deny that an inner child still lives inside of us and is the core of who we are, it is the absolute truth. When I snea