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Getting Good at Being Imperfect
by Dale Ryan Most of us do not welcome the awareness that we are imperfect. We don't like it when our defects of character are exposed. Sometimes we spend enormous amounts of energy creating false...
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Good News for Co-Dependent Christians
by Jason Li All co-dependents have a difficult time developing a healthy sense of self. But if you happen to be both co-dependent and Christian, then developing a healthy sense of self can be even...
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Intervention: Helping Someone You Love
by Jeff VanVonderen What do you think of when you hear the word "intervention"? The word intervene simply means to interrupt or interfere. For most people who are familiar with the phenomenon of...
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Navigating Grief
an interview with Robert Bird Grief is not easy. It is not quick. It is not painless. Few of us welcome it into our lives. It comes uninvited. We prefer that it would leave as soon as possible. But...
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Seeing God in New Ways: Recovery from Distorted Images of God
by Juanita Ryan Our images of God may not be the same as our doctrinal affirmations about God. We may affirm that we believe in a God of love and grace, but our images of God may be of an abusive...
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Recovery from Spiritual Anorexia
by Dale Ryan Just as some people reject physical nurture, others of us reject spiritual nurture. In spite of living in a world that is full of the love and grace of God, we can find ourselves starving...
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Relapse and the Brain
by Michael Dye and Patricia Fancher The limbic system doesn't have a memory like the neocortex. It doesn't know the difference between yesterday and 30 years ago, which explains why some of our...
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The Good Self: Some Theological Perspectives
An Interview with Ray Anderson For some Christians the self is the problem and the solution is the annihilation of the self in order that a new "Christ-self" might take form. Others start with the...
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Trauma and the Body
by Carmen Renee Berry Often we think of memory as a task for our brains alone. However, it is critical to recognize that our bodies, as a whole, record and respond to patterns of experience. In...
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by Teresa McBean “Suicide is not chosen; it happens when pain exceeds resources for coping with the pain.” Introduction Suicide is a challenging topic, made more difficult if we aren’t clear about the...
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