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Every week, we publish articles written by our counselors on various mental health, spiritual formation, or overall wellness topics.
Your Brain on Anxiety: Regaining Control
Many of the symptoms of anxiety—shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, restlessness—lead our bodies to assume we are not in control. Calming our bodies down is the first step in re-establishing control.
Entrusting God With Your Emotions
“Many times as Christians we can forget emotions are important to God. We actually learn from Him that our emotions are so vital to our life in Christ.”
7 Measures of Healthy Self-Esteem
Lauren Wycuff, LPC offers seven measures to assess your level of self-esteem and examine the beliefs you have about yourself.
What is Self-Actualization?: One Counselor’s Perspective
Psychologists over the decades have discussed the concept of “self-actualization.” What is it, and how can it help us grow into more whole human beings?
What Joey From Friends Can Teach Us About Self-Worth
Instead of thinking you need to fill yourself with new skills to attain self-worth, really what needs to happen is the opposite. You need to uncover what already exists within you.
Trauma: No Drama
In the first part of her series on understanding trauma, Kimberly Fritsch, LAC addresses some misconceptions and shows how trauma is so much more than being “dramatic.”
Womanhood: Living the Single Life
As women, we all have seasonal changes. In the singleness season of young adulthood, there is much to learn among all of the excitement and transition.