Self Awareness
- Abundant Life, Self, Self Awareness, Self-Acceptance, Self-awareness, Self-forgiveness, self-improvement
Godly Self-Care: Learning to Live Whole
Self-care is often the source of disdain for Christian bloggers. Sometimes they have a point in that much of self-care advice is shallow and merely a diversion from the actual underlying issues that cause us suffering. I have nothing against pedicures, chocolate, soothing music, or hot baths. But I truly believe that self-care, in its proper sense, is absolutely godly and even more of a command than a suggestion. The human is the crowning glory of creation, whose central injunctions are to steward the earth and make more humans. I hate those memes suggesting that humans are an invasive species or a virus from which nature suffers. But in all…
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5 Battles Every Highly Sensitive Person Has to Fight
According to studies, about 20% of the population is highly sensitive. This designation covers emotional, mental, and physical sensitivity. Most highly sensitive people do not respond well to medications, cannot tolerate much caffeine or alcohol. Changes to their environment can cause physical pain as well as mental. Additionally, HSP’s are also empathetic. They tune into the emotions of others. While they feel their own emotions deeply, highly sensitive people also tap into the deeper streams in others as well. For example, a highly sensitive person can tell if another is uncomfortable. He or she will instinctively know what to do to help them become more comfortable. Highly sensitive people often…
- Abundant Life, emotional health, Emptiness, Fear, Self Awareness, self worth, Self-Acceptance, True self
The Five Wounds of a People Pleaser
I think most of us struggle with being a people pleaser at some point. Our development as adults requires that we let go of the fear of man as the Bible calls it. We first individuate from our parents, a task that takes decades. After that, we must carve out our identities, choosing what we will and will not stand for as a person. Often this process means eliminating friends along the way, determining which relationships are toxic and which are life-giving. C.S. Lewis famously said that man’s strongest drive was to belong to a group. In essence, humans are herd animals. And like sheep, each of us has gone…
