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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

3 Ways Consistency Changed My Life

“Sadly, I believe a lot of people stay stuck like I was because we think failure is fatal…” By Karla Hardin, MS LPC

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

What is Your Enneagram Conflict Style?

“Consider how understanding your type can help you resolve conflict faster!” By Audrey Hardin, MS LPC

SOCIALBridget CrowderApril 25, 2021christian enneagram, enneagram exhaustion, conflict styles, harmony patterns, enneagram harmony, enneagram conflict styles, stuck in conflict, enneagram help childhood, Enneagram Story, enneagram social style, enneagram basics, enneagram fears, enneagram needs, how to resolve conflict

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

Where Is the Line Between Helping And Enabling Adult Children?

“Most parents are naturally compassionate and want to help their child at any age. But when does ‘help’ start to ‘harm’?” By Karla Hardin, MS LPC

Bridget CrowderMarch 28, 2021adult children, parenting adults, parenting adult children, enabling, parenting tips, parenting advice for Christians

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

Does Gratitude Really Change Our Attitude?

“Gratitude is the path to a positive outlook on life, but we must practice feeling it.” - Abigail Cole Hardin, CLC; PNLP

Bridget CrowderMarch 7, 2021gratitude, postive, postitive thinking, hardwiring happinessComment

You Can Feel Good from Feeling Bad

“Even if we don’t like our negative feelings or outlooks, we still remain stuck in them because they feel safer and strangely more comforting than unfamiliar, positive feelings.” By Abigail Cole Hardin, CLC: PNLP

Bridget CrowderFebruary 28, 2021Comment

Is It Time to Resolve Your Love/Hate Relationship With Your Sibling?

“Some of our deepest pain comes from our childhood experiences with our brothers and sisters.” By Audrey Hardin, MS LPC

Valentine’s Day –A Good Time to Repair Your Relationship

“Consider seeing Valentine’s Day as an invitation to restore joy and peace in your marriage but also in your close relationships.” By Philip K. Hardin, MA, MDiv, LMFT, LPC

Feeling the Winter Blues? Why You Should Consider Your Gut’s Influence

“Your gut -“the second brain” has more control over your mental health than you realize…” By Karla Hardin, MS LPC

PHYSICALBridget CrowderJanuary 31, 2021sugar addiction, sugar silent killer, sugar woes, sugar the new cigarette, sugar addict, addicted to sugar, mood disorders and sugar, gut health and mood, gut health for mental health, second brain repair, gut repair for mood, integrative medicine for mental health

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

3 Questions to Ask Before You Quit Your Goals

“Ready to quit 2021? Realign and create your best year yet!” By Audrey Hardin, MS LPC

Is Your Subconscious Holding You Back from Achieving Your Goals?

“Consider what lies or vows you made as a child that are shaping your adulthood.” By Karla Hardin, MS LPC

Bridget CrowderJanuary 10, 2021subconscious mind, subconscious lie, subconscious vow, lie and vow, goal setting, life goals, stunted goals, hardin life resources

5 Reasons Why Your Blended Family is Struggling

“Three out of four marriages involving children from a prior relationship will end in divorce. Consider these tips to beat the odds.” By Guest Contributor Rachel Dunne

SOCIAL, Blended FamiliesBridget CrowderJanuary 3, 2021blended family, how to grow your blended family, boundaries with step kids, boundaries for families, blended family boundaries, grow your marriage, christian blended family tips