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How (Some) Negative Thinking Can Have a Positive Effect
I once had therapists, a husband and wife team, who accused me of being overly optimistic. At the time, I didn't think there was such a thing. Without even realizing it, I functioned moment by moment by looking at the bright side of everything and everyone. When...
How Meditation Helps Us Move Through the Stages of Grief into the Flow of Love Again
We can look at the stages of grief with its strong emotions that come and go as natural responses to loss. Grief itself is a very strong emotion. To transition from these heavy feelings, we must understand that our emotions are trying to help us cope and learn how...
What Are the Goals of Grief and Practical Steps to Healing?
If left unchecked or unprocessed, the accumulation of a lifetime of losses can weigh us down, keep us from spiritual maturity, and cut us off from love and wholeness. Grief asks us to honor loss and nurtures us to awaken to our truth. It’s a time for...
What Are Helpful Rhythms of Grief?
The role of grief is to help us recover from traumatic experiences. The work of grief is to return us to wholeness and a feeling of well being again. Grief shines light on experiences and situations that we need to reflect on and accept. It also can show us what we...
How Christ-Centered Meditation and Prayer Can Improve Your Life
A Christ-centered meditation and prayer practice gives us the opportunity to surrender our soul to God’s Spirit. The goal is to know Christ and become more like Him. In so doing, we receive the same power that was given to Jesus. We merge with and connect to all of...