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Your triggers aren’t weaknesses. They’re invitations to pay attention to unhealed places with tenderness.

Thank your body for surviving. Then invite it to soften. 💛
"I don’t get my inspiration from books or a painting. I get it from the women I meet.” 
Carolina Herrera
 
Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all the beautiful (inside and out) women who I am blessed to call colleagues, family and frie
“Counseling Today, published by the American Counseling Association (ACA), is widely considered as the premier magazine for professional counselors, offering news, insights, and in-depth features on the counseling profession.”

I am excit
Your triggers aren’t weaknesses. They’re invitations to pay attention to unhealed places with tenderness.

Thank your body for surviving. Then invite it to soften. 💛
You don’t have to carry every weight. Some things were never yours to hold. Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is rest.

The soul mends when the body slows. 💛

📖 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will giv
I don’t post a lot of videos here, but I couldn’t stop thinking about this conversation, so I had to share it. 
(Stuffy nose and all 😅)
This is my litmus test for conviction vs condemnation. 
I hope it’s helpful for you too. 💛
Condemnation tells you to hide.
Conviction invites you to heal.

God’s voice doesn’t shame you into hiding. It invites you into restoration. 💛

📖 “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” &m
Sometimes the ways we try to help the people we love slowly start harming us.

This week’s article explores the difficult space between compassion and over-functioning, and the courage it sometimes takes to love someone from a healthier distanc
“Be still and know that I am God.” – Psalm 46:10

Stillness lowers cortisol in the body.
God designed your nervous system to respond to His presence with regulation.

Try this today:

Breathe in: This I know…
Breathe out: You
"I don’t get my inspiration from books or a painting. I get it from the women I meet.” 
Carolina Herrera
 
Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all the beautiful (inside and out) women who I am blessed to call colleagues, family and frie “Counseling Today, published by the American Counseling Association (ACA), is widely considered as the premier magazine for professional counselors, offering news, insights, and in-depth features on the counseling profession.”

I am excit
Last week I shared that my friend @drleewarren released his new book, The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery. My team and I hosted a giveaway for it on Substack, but I believe in this message so much that we’re doing a giveaway again, this
Has your fire alarm ever sounded because you burned the pizza?

The alarm didn’t care. It sensed something was wrong, so it sounded. Drill or real fire, it’s all the same to the alarm. And so, it is with our internal threat-detection syst

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