The rider and the elephant in your brain …
Have you ever said something in anger and immediately regretted it, or promised yourself you would stay calm and then still lost control in the moment, or […]
04
Jun
2026
Blog Tag
Mental Health
27
May
2026
You might be an impulsive person if …
In 1913, the famous archeologist Hiram Bingham (the man who brought Machu Picchu to world attention) was exploring a rugged mountain ridge in Peru. He was walking […]
18
May
2026
Why do you beat yourself up over a simple mistake? Here’s why …
A woman sits in her car outside her workplace gripping the steering wheel harder than she realizes. Ten minutes earlier, during a meeting, she lost her train […]
14
May
2026
When anxiety becomes a cycle that keeps repeating …
Do you feel like anxiety has swept you away and you can’t get free? If so, you might be tangled in what is known as the “cycle […]
13
May
2026
Understanding the destructive impact of harboring discrepancies …
Most people think of a discrepancy as something that belongs in accounting or math. A number does not match. A receipt is off. A statement does not […]
12
May
2026
What dementia really is and why so many people misunderstand it …
A growing number of families are hearing the same unsettling sentence from doctors, specialists, hospitals, and caregivers. “Your father has dementia.” “Your wife is showing signs of […]
11
May
2026
When children become the emotional adults in the home …
In her memoir, The Glass Castle, journalist Jeannette Walls describes being a child who learned early that the adults around her could not reliably function as adults. […]
07
May
2026
Some basic truths pastors should know and understand about mental health …
People in emotional or psychological distress often show up in church long before they show up anywhere else. They don’t arrive with labels or clinical language. They […]
05
May
2026
Why research on mental health and brain health increasingly centers on relationships as a core factor …
You don’t have to be a theologian to understand that scripture places a high value on relationships. For example, check out these verses: “Then the Lord God […]
04
May
2026
How mental health and brain health go together like peanut butter and jelly …
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the phrase: Salt and … Macaroni and … Batman and … Bacon and … Thunder and …? […]