Walking The Tight Rope
Have you ever felt like you are walking on a tightrope?
Maybe you look around you and it seems as if there are some people who seem able to walk that tight rope so well, they seem steady and confident, they are practiced at balancing, they walk in the light.
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Stress and How To Manage It!
You may be in a season of intense work, exam stress or essay writting, so let’s take some time to consider what happens in our mind and body when we experience high levels of stress. Following this, let’s take some time to think about things we can do for our wellbeing to help minimise stress levels.
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Whole Minds Stories: Chris's Story.
I sat down with a friend, Chris, he had spoken openly earlier in the year about his struggle to overcome Body Dysmorphia Disorder throughout his teens and early adulthood.
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In The Doldrums
Sometimes we find ourselves ‘in the doldrums’, spiritually it’s a place that’s feels flat, calm, a bit empty and quiet. We can find ourselves missing previous times of spiritual excitement, passion and adventure, it’s a hard place to navigate. What can we do to help ourselves whilst we wait for the wind to pick up again, how do we keep our strength up so we are ready to move forwards again when the time is right?
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Firing and wiring: the anxiety battle
Maybe you are well acquainted with the feeling; perhaps panic attacks have somehow, somewhere become a regular part of your life. It may be that you have spent a late night or two googling “what does the bible say about panic attacks?” or “bible verses about panic attacks” in a bid to reconcile your very real faith and your very real experience of anxiety.
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Gabriella’s Story
Listen to Matt speak about his mental health journey through anxiety and depression and the wonderful gift of Gabriella at the end of it.
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Unfailing love
Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you. Isaiah 54:10 A psalm of lament and longing for God in times of trouble.
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Health is an investment
As we navigate the current cost of living crisis, our finances are on the agenda. In this article Jonathan asks the question: “Are you investing enough in your mental and emotional health?”
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Wholeminds Stories: Andrew's story
Many people manage to get through life without a devastating life event happening to them, but at the age of twenty five I have already experienced two such events and they have profoundly shaped me.
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THE STRONGHOLD
A poem of lament, longing and ultimate trust in God’s unfailing love.
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Finding Hope in times of depression
The intersection of theology and therapy has a lot to say about hope and the act of hoping. Science is forever catching up with scripture, and it turns out that hope and hoping does exactly what we read in Hebrews 6:19. It anchors our souls - our mind, our will and our emotions
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Creative Ways: Sleepless Musings
A short mediation on finding peace in the night hours.
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In a hurry?
This is a book recommendation. During the 2021 Christmas period I read John Mark Comer’s Ruthless Elimination of Hurry. I recommend reading and reflecting on its wisdom!
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Hope for families living with Eating Disorders
Recently, I arranged to meet with Hazel, the leader of the New ID Course. I wanted to explore with her what families can do at home to help a child suffering from disordered eating.
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Known.
A 3 minute meditation exploring the theme of identity and being known by God.
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