This Holiday Season will NOT be the Same!

Whether the death occurred this year, or many years ago, the unavoidable sights, sounds, and smells of the holiday season trigger the painful emotions of grief. Those traditions of family togetherness and celebration will never be the same.

What Is Peter Pan Religion?

In the classic tale about “the boy who refused to grow up,” A.K.A. Peter Pan, we must look to ourselves. No, we can’t fly, nor can we duel with Captain Hook, but the comparison lies within the childlike nature of our hero. Peter liked adventure.

“Dodging Shadows”

Honestly guys, how much sense does dodging shadows make? Can shadows themselves inflict harm? Nope, and in the respect of inflicting actual harm, shadows are just like fear. Fear can make you dread and dodge, but fear itself cannot create the physical harm.

Thinking Out Loud

The house lights are twinkling, Christmas trees glimmer out of every front window, and joyous music fills the air, but your heart seems immune to the joy. As much as you want to, you can't feel the happiness this season used to bring. All you feel is—alone.

Exhaustion Is Not The Time To Make Heavy Decisions

We had been traveling nonstop for three straight weeks. It had been one different bed after another – and Renie is simply not someone who deals well with that scenario.

Thinking Out Loud

Over recent months I have been counseling several people with varying degrees of traumatic history and significant current challenges related to the trauma. As I reflect on that work and the people, I feel compelled to explain their situation in a way that leads to greater understanding.

Would You Visit Snake Island?

Many people go to Brazil for its tropical beaches and lush rainforests. One island, twenty miles off the coast, is forbidden by law to visit. Snake Island is inhabited by only one living creature: the Golden Lancehead. The venom is five times more powerful than venomous snakes on the mainland.

Can You Hear Him Now?

Verizon Wireless created one of the most memorable campaigns ever in 2005. In their commercials a so-called “test man,” accompanied by a crowd of network engineers, travels the country asking the same simple question, “Can you hear me now?

What is my purpose for living?

The twenty-something young man sat in his dingy New York City room. As he looked up, there was the bright red sunrise making a brilliant reflection on his dismal room wall. It made its morning entry upon his empty world everyday.

Family Discussions

The wind was blowing harder, but Mr. Goodpasture had a;ready built a bonfire to burn the limbs that he had trimmed from the trees in the park where he worked.