During my freshman year of college, one morning I woke up and everyone sounded like they were talking underwater. The incident was not debilitating as I got used to it over time. However, I did go see an audiologist and I had what was called “sudden hearing loss.”...
Serving or the word service in general has sort of gotten a bad rap because the word connotates doing something for someone out of obligation. Think of service industries like food service or cleaning. With on demand services like Uber, or Postmates, I always wonder...
The following description is from the homepage of Immune Deficiency Foundation, “In medical school, many doctors learn the saying, “when you hear hoof beats, think horses, not zebras” and are taught to focus on the likeliest possibilities when making a diagnosis, not...
I do not accept help well as I have always had the mentality, “I can do whatever the task requires by myself.” Part of this is being an only child as growing up I did chores around the house by myself. I have also found this mentality in some of the client’s I have...
Mental toughness is a term I have heard over the past year but in different concepts. The first is iFit, a subscription-based training program built into an elliptical machine I bought a few years ago during the height of the COVID pandemic. Imagine hiking in a scenic...
Empathy with boundaries The book Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud was a gamechanger for me. At the time I was going through the book with the UNC Chapel Hill staff team when I was on staff with Cru. The idea that revolutionized my thinking is that my feelings are valid....
This is a thing now. Headline Anxiety. Watching the primetime news can seem like a disaster movie only for there to be live footage from the outcomes. The present war in Ukraine, the continuing COVID epidemic and a major hurricane two weeks ago. When COVID become...
“I don’t wait well” was a statement that came from an acquaintance of mine. This person talked about how waiting served as a trigger as the down time allowed his mind to think about milestones in his life he was still waiting on such as having children. I thought this...
Happiness as a goal is certainly attainable, for a little bit, maybe even a while. Should happiness be the end all, be all goal of life? Like many people, the past two years of going to church has been by way of an app like YouTube. Then again, many churches have...
Self-Pity or throwing a “Pity Party” may feel good in the moment but if this becomes a habit can be very toxic down the road. The danger of self-pity is real as the process is slow and subtle. When this thought process is repeated over and over, it is emotional and...
