Laci* grew up in a quaint farming community in Wichita Falls, Kansas. Her father’s transfer to Beaumont, Texas in the middle of the school year faced her with difficulties making new friends.…
After World War I, Second Lieutenant Bill Wilson failed to graduate from law school because he was too drunk to pick up his diploma. Years later a severely alcoholic Bill entered the…
Famous author and theologian C.S. Lewis once said, “Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal…
Life and Health Network and I recently developed an online course called Anxiety and Depression Relief. There’s an individual course you can take at home as well as a group course that…
So often in love, particularly romantic love, we want those who don’t want us and don’t want those who do. Pairing failures are inevitable, having to do with taste, personality, education level,…
Originally published in November, 2017 on Lindsey Gendke’s blog, Writing to My Roots. Life held no joy. I dreaded every day. I didn’t understand my behavior, so I couldn’t help myself. And I was…
Self-care is everywhere we look these days—images of tanned, beautiful bodies in cross-legged yoga bliss; blogs about taking time to unwind written by the overextended; day spas and smoothie bars promising health…
One sunshiney Florida day, my family took a ride in our speedboat. The boat’s construction placed the passengers in the bow and the driver in the back. I’d jumped into the driver’s…
Normally I like to dwell on the positive and be upbeat, constructive, and solution-focused. Just for now, though, I’m going to list seven deadly psychological sins that, if left to themselves, will…