Articles on Spirituality
Hearts and Minds: How We Think About Moral Dilemmas
Consider the following question: You are on a bridge above a runaway train quickly approaching a fork in the tracks. On the tracks extending to the left is a...
Book Review: The E-word
Perception, while it is everything, can also be terribly blinding. Our individual perspective not only separates us from seeing our world clearly, but from experiencing it fully. In her new...
Trauma: Then and Now
How do I know that I’m suffering from the sequelae of a traumatic event? Trauma happens. It happens in everyday life. If not discharged properly it sleeps in our...
Book Review: Holistic Healing for Addiction
As someone who has finally emerged from years of self-hatred and depression fueled by personal trauma, the cover and title of the book, Holistic Healing for Drug & Alcohol...
Is Depersonalization Disorder a Form of Enlightenment?
In Eckhart Tolle’s book The Power of Now he describes the moment when he became “enlightened”. It happened when he was a graduate student living in a bedsit in a...
Book Review: The A-to-Z Self-Care Handbook for Social Workers
Self-care is a growing area of interest in the mental health field and in popular culture. Mental health workers encourage their clients to practice mindfulness and be aware of...
What to Do When You Feel Like Giving Up
We all have been there. I was there several months ago. I wanted to just end everything because the worry, fear, and doubt was too much to handle. Sometimes...
How Resilience Helps You Deal with Life’s Challenges
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” – Carl Jung When life gets complicated and messy, sometimes it’s easier to give up, make...
Suicide Is Our Modern Day Leprosy
When I was preparing a talk about suicide prevention for a local church, there were moments when I become emotional just thinking about the subject matter. I felt confident...
Book Review: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Christians with Depression
As a beginning therapist some years ago, I worked in a school environment seeing children, adolescents, and their families for behavioral and mood disorders. I could guarantee almost every...
What Is Synchrodestiny?
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke You think of someone who has not crossed your mind in decades and within a day, or...
Book Review: Present Over Perfect
You do not have to quit your job and move to a cabin in the mountains in order to live a simpler, happier life. All you need to do...
Book Review: Redeemable: A Memoir of Darkness & Hope
It has been said that to know true redemption, one must first know true devastation or destruction. After taking a step into the world of Erwin James through the...
Book Review: In the Slender Margin
In a compelling and breathtaking memoir about death and the end of life, Eve Joseph explores the process of dying and the pain of those who remain behind in...
Scattershot: My Bipolar Family
It was back in the ’50s. One day my friend’s mother just disappeared. That Sunday as they gathered in the church parking lot, the other mothers whispered. My friend...
