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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

How to Redeem Loss in Blended Families

“Loss is an unavoidable part of blended family life, but redemption can also be a part of the story.” By Guest Contributor Rachel Dunne, of spiritualstepmom.com

SOCIAL, Blended FamiliesBridget CrowderNovember 15, 2021blended family boundaries, how to grow your blended family, christian blended family tips, ongoing loss, systemic loss, purpose of grieving, grieve to thrive, grieving well, why do I need to grieve, blended family, blended family conflict, spiritual stepmom, spiritualstepmom, stepfamily coaching, blended family coach

Could Grief Be the Reason You Struggle with Self-Confidence or Anxiety?

“Failing to grieve can affect more things than you think.” By Audrey Hardin, MS LPC

Bridget CrowderNovember 7, 2021grief and anxiety, purpose of grieving, why do I need to grieve, grieve my childhood, unmeet needs, unmet needs, unmet longings, hurts and losses, childhood hurt closure, childhood wounds, proactive healing, how to heal from childhood trauma, grief works, grief work childhood, boost self-confidence, alleviate anxiety, emotional healing, self-compassion

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

Boundaries: Why Your Blended Family Needs House Rules

“When it comes to blended families, setting strong boundaries is nonnegotiable.” By Guest Contributor, Rachel Dunne

The Boundary Most of Us Never Learned How to Set

“Did you know we are to set boundaries in THREE areas of our life? Which have you neglected?” By Karla Hardin, MS LPC

Bridget CrowderOctober 17, 2021Boundaries, boundaries for families, boundaries in dating, work boundaries, tips for boundary setting, biblical truth about your worth, biblical truth about boundaries, bible and boundaries, boundaries in the Bible, over-responsibility, self-responsibility, skin boundary, love the skin you're in, pinch skin boundary reminder, example of boundaries and responisbility

Top 5 Reasons We Don't Set Boundaries

“Every relationship needs limits to grow…so why is setting them so hard?” By Audrey Hardin, MS LPC

SOCIALBridget CrowderOctober 10, 2021Boundaries, boundaries in dating, family boundaries, work boundaries, how to set limits, how to set boundaries, relationship tips, relationship repair, deepen your relationships, how to grow your marriage, strengthen your relationship, strengthen your marriage, relationship stress, hardin life

Does Your Family Struggle with Codependency?

“Codependency: The undetected bad family pattern that can take a good family down!” By Philip K. Hardin, M.A., M. Div., LMFT, LPC

Bridget CrowderOctober 3, 2021family code, family conflict, family boundaries, over-responsibility, Henry Cloud Boundaries, James Dobson, Codependency in families, codependent mom, codependent relationships, how to take responsibility, how to let go, Christian family growth, bad family patterns, break the codependency cycle, enmeshment in families, break codependent cycles

Women: Break These 3 Patterns and Your Family Will Call You Blessed

“Women: What are we doing so wrong, when we attempt to do what’s right?” By Karla Hardin, MS LPC

SOCIALBridget CrowderSeptember 26, 2021unhealthy patterns of women, unhealthy mom, christian women struggles, top 3 struggles of females, 3 struggles of wives, wives love your husband, controlling women, how to stop micro-managing, women micromanagers, stop disempowering others, struggle to control, hardin life, christian counselors advice

Top 3 Patterns Men Get Stuck In and How to Get Out

“Men, we must learn to see the problem, face the problem, and attack the problem to be the men God designed us to be!” By Philip K. Hardin, M.A., M. Div., LMFT, LPC

SOCIALBridget CrowderSeptember 19, 2021struggles of men, mens issues, top mens struggles, stuck in life, how to get unstuck, how men grow, challenges of men, life change, christian men, Man of God grow

How to Not Repeat Your Unhealthy Patterns

“Six Tips to get free from un-wanted patterns once and for all.” By Abigail Cole Hardin, CLC; PNLP

Bridget CrowderSeptember 12, 2021how to change how we hurt others, hardinlife, breakinghabits, dallas, addiction, getfree, breakingfreeComment

What to Do When Your Adult Children No Longer Share Your Values

“There is nothing more painful as a parent than when you see your adult children turning away from the values that you worked so hard to instill.” By Karla Hardin, MS LPC

SOCIALBridget CrowderAugust 29, 2021parenting adult children, challenging adult children, opposite values of your child, LGBTQ and christian parents, different views in the same household, different views under the same roof, different sides same roof, parent-child arguments, navigating new season as parents of adult children, love your neighbor, boundaries with adult kids, autonomy adult children, parenting advice for Christians, christian parenting for adult kids

A Wake-Up Call for Believers in these Confusing and Divisive Times

“If we cannot choose to love each other above the narrative of division this culture is pushing, we have no witness.” By Audrey Hardin, MS LPC

UNEQUALLY YOKED: How to Maintain Relationships When You are in Different Places in Life

“Consider these three steps to maintain relationship when you’re in different places.” By Karla Hardin, M.S. LPC

SOCIALBridget CrowderAugust 15, 2021unequally yoked relationships, when to leave a relationship, how to maintain a hard relationship, how to move forward, relationship obligations, struggles of caregivers, hard relationship advice, unequally yoked, Biblical relationships, what the Bible says about marriage, what the Bible says about relationships, christian conflict, stuck in relationship, political division

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

Addiction: Reclaiming Your Life

“Real recovery is the RECLAIMING of the life God intended.” By Philip K. Hardin, M.A., M.Div.

Bridget CrowderAugust 1, 2021addiction due to pandemic, recovery model, reconnection, reclaim your life, community healing, hardin life

Is Your Need to Escape Leading You to Addiction?

“Our invitation to escape lies in our current feelings of exhaustion, overwhelm, and anxiety.” By Audrey Hardin, MS LPC

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

Are We Going About Treating All Addictions All Wrong?

“Neuroscience is radically challenging old models of understanding and treating addiction!” By Karla Hardin, MS LPC

Bridget CrowderJuly 11, 2021new addiction treatment, neuroscience and addiction, 12 steps, emotional addiction, how to treat emotional addiction, best addiction research, best addiction treatment, recovery model, anti-recovery model, anti-twelve steps, alternative addiction treatment, christian neuroscience research, biblical truth about addiction

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