Worth the Work: Healthy Habits and Practices for Good Sleep
by Lisa Green, LPC-MHSP, Executive Director There are many daily practices that support our health and wellbeing- both physical and emotional- but few can impact our health as profoundly as sleep. For something that we spend a quarter to a third of our lives on, sleep can be a real struggle for many
Learning from Darkness
by Amber Goodloe, LPC “I have learned things in the dark that I could never have learned in the light, things that have saved my life over and over again, so that there is really only one logical conclusion. I need darkness as much as I need light.”― Barbara Brown Taylor, Learning to
Counterweights: The Quiet Balancing Acts of Cross-Cultural Life
YEAR-END REFLECTIONS FOR YOUR LIFE OVERSEAS by Amber Nicole Steffen, Communications & Design As another year draws to a close, how would you sum up the last 12 months? What defined this year for you? Exhaustion or wonder? Profound joy or unresolved sorrow? For those of us living out our calling
Self Care Means Limits
by Nick Steffen, LMHC I have heard the term “self-care” thrown around quite a bit during my working life. Sometimes it seems like little more than a way to offload the responsibility of toxic systems onto the individuals hurt by it the most. Other times, I feel the shared frustration as people w
AT THE CORE OF IT
HOW OUR CORE BELIEFS IMPACT OUR LIVES Written by Anna Collette, LPCC-S “The greatest sources of our suffering are the lies we tell ourselves.” -Elvin Semrad The word “trigger” has become a buzzword of sorts, but it basically refers to experiencing an intense negative feeling brought on by an
Getting Serious About Change This Lent
by Amber Nicole and Amber Goodloe, LPC “Over time, our hearts and souls, when left unattended, get messy. Lent invites us to deal with the mess. This is not about quickly cleaning things up and pretending they were never there, nor is it about ignoring the mess. Lent invites us to roll up our slee
Balancing Being a Servant & Steward
by Steve Scruggs, Psy.D. Many global workers have a strong desire to serve. They serve their Lord, their host nation partners, and their supporters through the work that they do. The Bible is full of references to serving and is perhaps most epitomized by the words of Jesus in Mark 10:42-45 (NIV): 4
Loneliness
by Corinne Gnepf, LCMHC, NCC We all know that feeling, the sudden experience of loneliness. One conversation, one glance at an interaction between people, one photo, or a memory of a relational loss can be enough to pull us into loneliness. Loneliness can be a shorter and fleeting experience or a mu
Conflict Management in Marriage
by Nick Steffen, LMHC, Pastoral & Clinical Counselor Drs. John and Julie Gottman, a couple who happen to be some of the foremost relationship researchers today, discovered that 69% of all conflict is perpetual. Most of the conflict couples experience comes back again and again over the course of
Lent 2023: Part 2 Re-imagine
“So, here you are.Too foreign for home, too foreign for here.Never enough for both.”– Ijeoma Umebinyuo Life as an expat stretches our imaginations and experiences about people, the world, and God in refreshing ways. But if we’re honest, sometimes it also comes with a cost. For all