Why Bottling It Up Hurts

In Mind Battles, I shared a small portion of a major piece of the puzzle that fundamentally brought me out of depression.  I hope you took seriously the invitation to write down one battle that is raging in your mind.  If you did not, I invite you to do so now.   You see, the cells […]

Mind Battles

Here is an excerpt from a talk I gave several months ago:   “15 years ago I began to exhibit signs of clinical depression.  I remember wondering what was wrong with me.  I had a great marriage, great children, believed in God, and had everything that I wanted.  Yet I felt sad to say the […]

Do You Feel Broken Or Irreparable?

My husband and I and our children created a new home and moved into it during May (2014).  Those of you who have ever accomplished such a feat know that it requires a great deal of patience, fortitude, planning, and relying on the know-how of others and that they will follow through and be honest […]

Is There Something Between You And Moving Forward?

May 2011 There is an image in my mind and a feeling in my heart.  It doesn’t go away.  I am standing and in front of me is a chasm.  It isn’t very wide–only about 4″-5″.  I could easily step over it and move forward but something is holding me back.  I can’t place what […]

Are You Enduring?

Almost a year ago I attended a class where the presenter was a woman who struggles mightily with depression.  It hit her full force many years into her marriage.  She told about times where it was so bad that she had to be admitted to psychiatric care at the local hospital.   She was speaking […]

Hold the Line

Yesterday I was asked a very good question by someone I have been coaching through her anxieties and fears.  She said that she has made incredible headway in overcoming some of her once-debilitating fears.  In fact, the difference is so profound that a recent experience that she and her husband had would have put their relationship […]