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Stuffing, minimizing, or ignoring difficult feelings seems more convenient in the moment, but long term wreaks havoc. By Audrey Hardin, MS LPC

EMOTIONALBridget CrowderMarch 27, 2022emotional pain, emotional addiction, emotional patterns, emotional shut down, danger of avoidance, damage of avoidance, relationship damage, food mood connection, spiritual damage, spiritual growth

What is God's View of Suffering?...And Why is That important For My Mental Health?

“I have come to the conclusion that God sees suffering and pain differently than we do…” By Karla Hardin, MS LPC

SPIRITUAL, EMOTIONALBridget CrowderMarch 6, 2022suffering produces hope, suffering in singleness, sufferer to overcomer, suffering well, christian suffering, long suffering, how to suffer well, how does suffering produce character, how to navigate suffering, suffering in God's eyes, different kinds of struggles, mental health and suffering, triumph in adveristy, how to overcome

Is Your Brain Keeping You From Reaching Your Goals?

Our brain’s design and function has everything to do with how we live day to day. Knowing how to outsmart your brain is key to any real change! By Karla Hardin, MS LPC

How Forgiveness Changed My Life

Practical steps to forgive what you can’t forget and free you up for the best year yet! By Audrey Hardin, MS LPC

Reflect Before You Goal-Set for the New Year

“We must look back before we can improve our future.” By Philip K. Hardin, MA, MDiv, LMFT, LPC

How to Deal with Loss During this Holiday Season

“The holidays are filled with both joy and grief. Learn how to embrace both.” By Guest Contributor, Lisa Donohue, CLC

SOCIAL, EMOTIONALBridget CrowderNovember 21, 2021holiday loss, grief during holidays, family disappointment, grieving during christmas, grieving during thanksgiving, family dynamics, struggling relationship during holidays, grieving well, suffering in singleness, lonely during holidays, sad about covid, pandemic trauma

5 Guides to Grieve Well -With C.S. Lewis

“Grief turns out to be not a state but a process. Grief is like a winding road where any bend may reveal a totally new landscape.” – C.S. Lewis; By Philip K. Hardin, M.A., M. Div., LMFT, LPC

EMOTIONALBridget CrowderOctober 31, 2021CS Lewis, grieving well, how to grieve well, C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed, Losing Joy, 5 stages of grief, Kubler-Ross, Ways to combat grief, how to navigate loss, how to navigate suffering, Jesus Wept, Jesus well acquainted with grief, familiar with sorrow

Why We Need To Embrace Risk

“The only thing to fear is fear itself…” -F.D. Roosevelt By Philip K. Hardin, MDiv, LMFT, LPC

EMOTIONALBridget CrowderAugust 8, 2021fear itself holding you back, fearful of fear, afraid of the virus, COVID-19 tips, how to change during COVID-19, stress during COVID 19, critical thinking during COVID19, anxiety remedies for COVID-19, COVID-19 agenda, how to grow your self-esteem, how to become brave, courage during COVID-19, hardin life resources, hardinlife, life is hard, teddy roosevelt quote

We Can’t Heal Alone: 4 Tips to Break Any Addiction

“In order to find complete healing, we need relationship with another.” By Abigail Cole Hardin, CLC; PNLP

SOCIAL, EMOTIONALBridget CrowderJuly 18, 2021healing addiction, recovery model, alternative addiction treatment, best addiction research, best addiction treatment, healing community, how to stop addictive behavior, how to change during COVID-19, addiction due to covid19, addiction due to pandemic, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholic after covid-19, christian addiction recovery

4 Lies We All Tell to Protect Our Relationships

“These lies can plague even ‘good’ Christians who really hate lying but find themselves doing it anyway!'“ By Karla Hardin, MS LPC

Is Your Self-Protection Keeping You from Intimacy?

“If we have ever been hurt in a relationship, we naturally fear being hurt again. Consider how your fear is keeping you from deep connection.” By Abigail Cole Hardin, CLC; PNLP

How to Check Back In From a “Checked-Out” Life

“Learn a simple technique to stop going through the motions and start living connected life.” By Abigail Cole Hardin, CLC; PNLP

EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUALBridget CrowderMay 23, 2021how to practice noticing, become self-aware, become more self-aware, trauma recovery, what trauma does to the brain, checked out, how to work through your past, how to deal with loss, practice noticing, yoga noticing, holy noticing, recover from chronic anxiety, perfectionist recovery, reconnection

Ownership: Are You Taking Responsibility For Your Life?

“It is impossible to fix a problem you can’t admit you have.” By Philip K. Hardin, MA, MDiv, LMFT, LPC

EMOTIONALBridget CrowderMay 9, 2021ownership, how to own your story, must own to grow, how to own your shit, ownership as a pathway to growth, ownership for connection, can't grow without ownership, life skills, self-responsibility, how to take responsibility, own it, Boundaries, over-responsibility, christian growth, blind spots as a christian, common blind spots

Why Should We Consider Self-Compassion a Life Skill We All Need?

“If compassion means ‘Love your neighbor as yourself,’ Self-compassion can mean ‘Love yourself as your neighbor.’”

By Emily Patterson, LICSW, PIP

EMOTIONALBridget CrowderMay 2, 2021self-worth, self-compassion, life skills, how to practice self compassion, the christian life, how to grow, how to improve your live

How to Understand Your Life Story Using the Enneagram

“The Enneagram reveals strategies and gives guidance to understand the story of where I’ve come from and decide where I’m headed.” By Philip K. Hardin, MA, MDiv, LMFT, LPC

SOCIAL, EMOTIONALBridget CrowderApril 18, 2021Enneagram Story, know your story through the enneagram, enneagram help childhood, enneagram trauma, enneagram advice for christians, storybrand, storytelling, ways to tell your story, enneagram basics, christian enneagram, type 7 childhood, understanding a type 7, God uses the enneagram

Can the Enneagram Really Help Change My Life and Relationships?

“Each of the nine types reveal a different response to our earliest deep hurts.” By Karla Hardin, MS LPC

What Is My Enneagram Stance and Why Is It So Important?

“How does your social-style reveal why you’re so exhausted?” By Audrey Hardin, MS LPC

The Unseen Pain of Emotional Wounds

“We all hold scars from past emotional hurts. Consider 3 tips for healing today.” By Philip K. Hardin, MA, MDiv, LMFT, LPC

EMOTIONALBridget CrowderMarch 21, 2021emotional wounds, invisiblewounds, emotional scars, past hurts, how to work through your past, woundstowisdom, wounds to wisdom, childhood wounds, childhood abuse, how to heal, wound care, hardinlife, hardin life resources

How Do You Know If You Have Experienced Trauma? Or Just A Stressful Life?

“Extreme experiences seem to define ‘trauma’ in our minds, but if we think of it as a disruption…we’ve had lots of those.” By Karla Hardin, MS LPC

EMOTIONALBridget CrowderMarch 14, 2021four f's, heal from trauma, pandemic trauma, covid 19 trauma, stress or trauma, pandemic ptsd, trauma therapy, COVID-19 agenda, COVID-19 Grief, covid19 and loneliness, covid-19 division, pandemic reveals emotional health, exhausted from the pandemic, survival mode covid-19, survival mode response

3 Steps to Take Down Your Inner Critic

“People who claim to be ‘perfectionists,’ ‘hard on themselves’ or ‘their own worst critic’ are usually fighting the voice of an inner critic.” By Abigail Hardin, CLC PNLP