Mental Health Tools

Melody Beattie is famous for her quote about gratitude. "Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow". Much of the struggle we have in life is we are stuck in the past or the future and we are not fully in the present. Gratitude is the thread that weaves through our past into our present and celebrates what can be in the future.   Gratitude is a lifestyle, a way of thinking that helps us refocus on what we have instead of focus

As a potter, Ryan Pederson had been perfecting his work for decades, beginning with an initial curiosity in high school and then as a professional artisan. Never satisfied with simply repeating his prior success or making the next marketable piece, he voraciously learned and honed his craft. But then he met a challenge he couldn't overcome. Even though he sensed there was still untapped potential in both his talent and technique, his work was falling apart. His failures led h

I absolutely love the scaling question.  This is one of my favorite strategies in conversation, working from minor issues in counseling to severe ones.  It is also a great ice breaker in groups.  It is a fun way to ask about your kids day that you get more than “fine” as an answer. So what is it?   On a scale of 1-10- How do you feel about???   1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8....9...10 Here are some fun examples: How important is the super bowl to you? How much do you like snak

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The Narrow Path A Year of Disciplines Last January the Lord gave me the word Discipline  for my word for the year.  There have been...