Why Reflecting on the Past Can Be Dangerous | Therapy & Theology #lysaterkeurst #grief
Why Reflecting on the Past Can Be Dangerous >> No doubt. And um I really had to work hard on this. So I I just kept making mental notes. Like Lisa, don’t go back and romanticize the past and think like, wow, I just want to return to that, you know? And that’s a very [...]
Read more..Overcoming What-If Thinking | #anxiety #lysaterkeurst
Overcoming What-If Thinking We have to protect our minds from the myriad of messages that our world wants to put on us. And if we stay completely open to everything, not everything is good for us, right? The scripture talks about that, >> you know, um everything is permissible, but not everything is >> beneficial. [...]
Read more..When Life Feels on Hold and God Seems Late | Therapy & Theology | Lysa TerKeurst
When Life Feels on Hold and God Seems Late How can I keep from feeling like my life is stalled out while waiting for my divorce to be finalized? I feel like I can’t move on or function because I’m afraid of my husband’s retaliation until we’re legally divorced. >> I really relate to this [...]
Read more..How To Co-Parent With Your Ex | Therapy & Theology | Lysa TerKeurst
How To Co-Parent With Your Ex Divorce, especially when unwanted or resulting from destructive circumstances, initiates a process of deep grief and pain, often compared to the ripping apart of a protective, core bond. Successfully navigating co-parenting after separation requires intentional steps focused on personal healing, strategic emotional strength, and prioritizing the well-being of the [...]
Read more..Navigating Disagreements in an Election Year | Therapy & Theology #lysaterkeurst
Navigating Disagreements in an Election Year as a Christian how do I respond when my family or friend group is split politically my short answer announced right here Lisa turkers for president well I mean hey is there anything else okay that one came out of the blue shocked all of us on that one [...]
Read more..Why Pick Sides in a Divorce? | Therapy & Theology #lysaterkeurst
Why Pick Sides in a Divorce? is it possible to not pick sides in a divorce I’m going to go first with this one I really can’t stand it when somebody says you know well there’s two sides to every story yeah that statement for whatever reason was hugely triggering for me because my thought [...]
Read more..Why Do I Feel So Angry | Therapy & Theology #lysaterkeurst
Why Do I Feel So Angry Even if you don’t consider yourself an “angry person,” we have all experienced situations that get us fired up…or even fed up. The truth is our feelings are trying to tell us something. So rather than just “manage” our anger, we can interview our anger and find out what’s [...]
Read more..I Don’t Want To Be an Angry Person | Therapy & Theology #lysaterkeurst
I Don’t Want To Be an Angry Person well okay let’s say someone comes to you and they say I am really having an issue with anger there’s nothing major going on in terms of like one incident that’s making me so angry but rather I’m finding myself quick-tempered and I’m angry about a lot [...]
Read more..I Don’t Understand What God Is Allowing | Therapy & Theology with Lysa TerKeurst
I Don’t Understand What God Is Allowing is it okay if I make an honest confession yeah please confession I love confession time we talked in the previous episode about betrayal and the last layer of betrayal we went through six layers of betrayal the last layer was how could God have seen this happening [...]
Read more..The Steps to Repairing Trust | Therapy & Theology with Lysa TerKeurst
The Steps to Repairing Trust \ now I do want to say that Jim taught me something really important here details are not always helpful we don’t want to go shopping for pain and and if we need a detail then fine ask for it but I found the details just compounded my hurt I [...]
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