Mental Health
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More than Butterflies: Overcoming Social Anxiety
The Signs, Symptoms, and Learning how to Cope Great article on Social Anxiety. Please take a few minutes to read it. Very practical advice for those people struggling. If you worry a great deal about what others think of you, you have social anxiety. You might be...
Guest Blogger | How To Minister To A Person Battling An Anxiety Disorder – by Sarah E. Ball
When you have an anxiety disorder you quickly learn to avoid asking for prayer because there is a huge chance that you are going to be told to cast all your fears upon Him. The trouble with an anxiety disorder is, you don’t even know what you’re afraid of. You...
New Book: The Forgotten – looking for 100 stories from caregivers
As most of you know my life changed back in March 2012 when I had a breakdown. 4 1/2 years later I have had 15 medical specialists, 3 Psychologists, 1 Psychiatrist, 2 Naturopaths. On top of this I have had churches and individuals around the world praying for my...
Doing These Two Simple Activities Together Can Reduce Depression by 40% in Two Months
I am always scared when any article says you can fix/reduce depression or anxiety by doing certain things. I began reading this article being sceptical. I ended up really liking this article. If you have seen my talk on mental health I talk about a body, mind and soul...
What’s So Funny About Mental Illness? | Ruby Wax | TED Talks
Fun talk on mental health. Note: Not a faith based perspective. Diseases of the body garner sympathy, says comedian Ruby Wax -- except those of the brain. Why is that? With dazzling energy and humor, Wax, diagnosed a decade ago with clinical depression, urges us to...
Stupid Phrases for People in Crisis
First off: I completely dislike this title but I think the article has some great value to it. The question is about what we say to people who are struggling. What people usually take from a title like this is that they are calling the people saying the phrases stupid...
The Unexpected Gift of Burnout
Some great thoughts here. I am seeing burnout everywhere I travel. I prefer saying in burnout—present tense. It is a season in the valley of shadows, but the journey is far from ending. There is no defeat here, only a period of spiritual exile, where the exhaustion...
Pot-related psychosis linked to early ‘dangerous’ use
In the last year I have had at least 6 emails from parents who talk about similar stories from the Toronto Star article linked article. “I was shocked. We live in a society where there is such a culture around smoking dope that people think it is cool to be a stoner....
10 Thoughts on the Deafening Silence of Parents Today! | Important Parenting TIps
The Silence of parents is a growing concern I have these days. In the last month I have had over 2 dozen (24 conversations) with students, family members, youth workers, teachers and others all talking about students in crisis. You would then ask what kind of crisis...
Understanding Anxiety
Great simple article. Do you feel anxious from time to time? We all do – and it’s perfectly normal. Whether it’s work, personal life, parenthood or school, life can be overwhelming. But there’s an important difference between feeling anxious and struggling with a...
