All tagged self-care
Living from the false self distances us from God. By building a persona based on pride or external validation, we alienate ourselves from the divine connection. The false self obstructs our spiritual growth, resulting in a divided life in which we are separated from both our true self and God.
Your body, mind, and soul respond in gratitude when you care for them. The people in your world appreciate being around you when you are fully who you were created to be instead of a dried-up, used-up, depleted version of yourself.
Will I always so purposefully offer self-care to myself? Realistically, no. But now I’ve learned to reframe my question to the tired caregiver.
This prayer of examen represented a shift from brushing the day with the paint strokes of heavy drudgery, to realizing that there was room for gratitude.
In order to imagine ourselves in difference-making positions, we all need models in place, models who look like we do and who don’t all look like each other.
Of all the challenges and crises that exist in congregations today, the one that I want to name here resides with leaders themselves.
While the day was successful in terms of accomplishing my agenda, I realized that my greatest achievement on that day was that I got out of bed – despite the mental odds, self-doubt, and insecurities.
Finding rest from our work is a spiritual practice first introduced by God in the creation story. Even God models the ability to observe the sabbath period as an important part of our missional work in the world.
I am tired of trying to explain what “Black Lives Matter” means. I am tired of thinking positive and being a giver of hope and life. I am tired of sitting with my precious Black friends as they process their trauma born out of our racial disparities.
Ministry requires us to build some walls in order to survive. But one of the walls we must build is that of joy.
Too often spiritual leaders spend so much time helping others that they neglect their own spiritual growth and renewal.
Nehemiah constantly faced outside pressure from opponents and inside issues from coworkers. He persisted, but he probably had to build some walls of his own.
Just because I am a therapist doesn’t mean I am immune to eating and body image struggles.
You can lead from your strengths … but what happens when your strength wears out? It’s a flameout.
I learned these three principles from my yoga teacher, and I believe they are applicable to leaders and life.
What we see when we look in the mirror isn’t just a reflection of reality; we often see a construct of our own making, created from the thoughts, opinions, and self-evaluations in our heads.
Long before the "Keep Calm and Carry On" posters were so popular and parodied, Charlie Siburt was teaching us the importance of the non-anxious presence.
That goal to "just be happy/joyful" is one of the biggest reasons my clients wind up clinging to disordered behavior.
It is easy to talk about churches not having a vision … but I think many ministers often lose sight of their calling because we’ve gotten too tied up in our calling.
Quitting has become a dirty word of sorts, reserved either for the obviously lazy or morally repugnant. Especially in church and leadership circles.
