Mental Health

Cultivating Friendships

How good are you at cultivating friendships? A healthy pastor will seek to cultivate and maintain an ongoing connection with others, including other pastors.

Ken Shigematsu: Overcoming Shame and Experiencing True Joy

Ken Shigematsu and Jason Daye explore how God's grace can bring healing to our feelings of inadequacy, shame, and envy.

Growing Stronger Through Struggles: Insights and Tips

When life throws us a curveball, and we manage to hit it, we often end up growing stronger and learning a few things. Going through hard times can actually make us wiser and more resilient.

Embrace Immanuel Imagery for Healing

Immanuel Imagery, as practiced within Neuroscience Informed Christian Counseling®  and Neuroscience Informed Relational Discipleship, is a therapeutic approach that integrates the profound truths of Christian faith with the principles of modern psychology. 

Turning Doubt Into Worship

Let’s look at what David wrote about as he wrestled with the tension of hope and doubt, as well as four lessons we can learn from him.

The Mental Healthcare Gap, Task Shifting, and the Local Church

Task shifting is a viable solution to mitigate the global mental healthcare gap by making efficient use of available human resources, enhancing the capacity of the healthcare system, and ultimately improving access to mental health services for underserved populations.

Masks

Day after day, we dress ourselves up and wear masks to put on the image we want others to see. Meanwhile, we know the real us. To live and lead wholeheartedly, we must remember that God’s love for us is not dependent on whether or not we deserve or have earned it.

Anxiety: Understanding Its Biology

Do you know what it feels like when you have anxiety? Probably so. But do you know why you feel anxiety symptoms or what to do to help your anxiousness?