In generations past, there has been a negative stigma around mental health. This has drawn many people away from seeking help for a variety of issues.

When we become anxious, one of the things we need is more information about the situation.

What if I said it was possible to have a disordered mindset toward food without an eating disorder?

Kim finishes her series on trauma and examines trauma as it relates to stress or threat responses.

What is “good” or “bad” food? Perhaps it’s really the relationship we have with food that makes it good or bad.

We are in a time when mental health is rightly becoming a focus of many people around the world. As a believer, it is important to look at this part of health from a biblical standpoint.

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. 

“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.”

Lauren Wycuff, LPC offers seven measures to assess your level of self-esteem and examine the beliefs you have about yourself.

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?

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. 

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.”

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.