[3 min. read—client resource] Grief’s ana. . . what? I didn’t make this word up. I promise. Don’t let its multisyllabic arrangement scare you. It doesn’t roll off the tongue easily, now does it. And I am not trying to be pretentious. What you will discover with...
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Anger
Anxiety
Body Image
Boundaries
Calling
Character
Communication
Community
Comparison
Conflict
Counseling Session Prep
Death
Depression
Disappointment
Eating Disorders
Forgiveness
Grief & Loss
Identity
Infidelity
Lust
Marriage
Ministry
Miscarriage
Parenting
Perfectionism
Prayer
Pride
Relationships
Repentance
Rest
Shame
Sin
Singleness
Spiritual Disciplines
Suffering
Technology
Trauma
Women
The Holiday Blues
It’s inevitable for most people. We break out of the routine and spend lots of time doing little more than anticipating and preparing for the biggest holiday in our culture. Some of us get energized (and rightfully so. It does celebrate the birth of Jesus and a...
Healthy Ways to Capture Memories
In the end, grief is about how we remember. Memory is powerful. It shapes our lives in many ways. Memory impacts our emotions. Memory shapes the significance we give to current events. Memory influences what we expect from the future. So the effort to grieve well...
Memorial Ceremony for an Unborn Child
Grieving the loss of an unborn child can be particularly difficult. No one else had the privilege of knowing your baby and, therefore, many of the rituals of grief (i.e., sharing pictures or stories of how the lost loved one touched other’s lives) cannot be engaged....
Grief Evaluation
Below is an evaluation to help you see (acknowledge) how you are doing with the different challenging experiences that grief brings. At this stage in the journey, it is tempting to begin comparing your loss with others. Inevitably, we begin to think, “Others have it...
Taking the Journey of Grief with Hope
Grief is more than sadness. It is losing someone or something that was a part of you and then trying to answer, "Who am I now?" If we love, we will grieve. If we want to love one-another well, we must know how to offer care during times of grief. The goal of this...