In these days before the celebration of Christ’s birth, I wanted to share a gift with you. I have recently found myself drawn to the writings of a minister and author whose unassuming humility and graciousness belie the depth of his scholarship and insight. Michael Sprague’s LinkedIn posts are consistently thoughtful, edifying and bring a new perspective to a scripture or topic that may not be new, or possibly even so familiar as to seem cliché in meaning. Here, with his per

You can change your relationship with your thoughts This is my final writing in a series of posts re: fear loops. Together, these 5 short pieces build a cohesive journey:  Recognizing the loop → Understanding your biology → Clarifying the emotions → Reframing your thoughts → Practicing strategies This last post will get to the strategies, that when practiced, can guide you from stepping out of the fear loop to nurturing resilience and reframing the pain into purpose. (*Go h

You can change your relationship w/ thoughts This is Part 4 of a series on thought loops that can be formed from fear, worry and anxiety - how we can get trapped in them and how to break free from them. (If you want to read the first three in this blog series go here .) In the previous post (Part 3), I covered the distinctions between the three distress emotions - fear, worry, and anxiety - how each contributes to a fear loop. I also defined ‘feedback loops’ and differentiate

This spooky web can be sticky to get out of! I have been sharing my exploration into fear - its webs and loops, and generally speaking, its power to throw our emotions into dysregulation and our body systems out of the homeostasis for which we were made. My first two posts on the topic can be found here , if you would like to read them. I used the personal story of our family handling the acute crisis of my husband resigning suddenly, to introduce the idea of fear loops as we