Embracing the Unexpected | The Best of the Third Quarter 2020
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What is the Truth About Suicide? | Guest Kayla Stoecklein
When it comes to suicide, we hold onto so many untrue thoughts. Some we have picked up over time, and others we have made up in our minds. Today, let’s learn from my brave friend, Kayla Stoecklein, the truth about suicide by squashing a few myths.
Do You Know How to Help Prevent Suicide?
Are you willing to have a difficult conversation? What about when it comes to someone contemplating taking their own life? Maybe it feels too scary and awkward, so you remain silent. However, to keep the people we know safe, we must learn how to have these challenging dialogues. Knowing what to look for and what…
How to Focus on Breaking Free From Guilt
Do you want to stop feeling entrapped by guilt and start living a life of freedom? Maybe you are that supermom who has worn the title for too long, and now you want to let it go. Or perhaps you were always the dependable one, and now you want someone else to step up. Find…
Is the Guilt You Are Feeling Helpful?
How many of you have done something for someone else when you intuitively knew it was not in your best interest? However, you did it anyway because you felt enormous guilt. Perhaps looking at this topic with new eyes might be helpful. After all, this emotion can appear in many forms, and how much it…
How to Stop Striving for Perfection
Have you fallen into the perfectionist trap? Perhaps, you start out striving for excellence; after all—doing your best is a worthy and noble attribute. However, somehow you end up on the other side, reaching for perfection. It never fails to leave us disappointed, exhausted, and missing out on what God had in mind. Would you…
What Is the Focus of All Your Self-Doubt? – Link-Up
When insecurity rears its ugly head, do you ever stop to explore what is underneath the layers? Today, will you take a closer look and examine your heart to discover the focus of all your self-doubt? It might surprise you and help you to release those insecurities. After all, we don’t want them holding us…
Will You See the Goodness of God?
Are you seeing and feeling the goodness of God all around you? I hope so. But perhaps something is blocking your vision. Maybe it seems like the fog has rolled in, and you can’t quite see through it. Or, possibly, you find the blessing but fail to let it penetrate your heart. How can we…
When You are Not a Professional in Suicide Prevention
Do you think talking about suicide feels a little bit scary and uncomfortable? You are not alone! After all, most of us are not professionals in suicide prevention. We wonder—“What if we say the wrong thing?” “What if our words make the situation worse?” The temptation to let Suicide Awareness Week sneak by without a…