Brain Breaks

Brain Breaks

I started creating a youtube channel to share and store short exercises I often do with clients when we are working with issues around stress,…

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Long Game

Long Game

Perfectionism and constantly trying to be the BEST is a recipe for burnout. We know this. We KNOW it. Still, we dress it up. We…

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You Will Be My Witness

You Will Be My Witness

Last night I hosted an advent wreath party at my home. When I lived in Charlotte, North Carolina I started participating in this annual tradition…

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Why I Let My Children Play in the Dark

Why I Let My Children Play in the Dark

One of my favorite Disney movies when I was growing up (not counting “The Parent Trap”), was a lesser known thriller called “Watcher in the…

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Bullying and Persecution

Bullying and Persecution

I have been angsty (Word spellcheck tells me that this is not a word, but I think it IS, so I am not changing it)…

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Tell Me Why

Tell Me Why

A few weeks ago a friend asked me a pointed question seemingly out of nowhere. The text came abruptly: “Why do you love Jesus so…

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My Thoughts Toward You

My Thoughts Toward You

A few years back while preparing to teach a course on trauma, I came across a lovingkindness meditation. I started using it in class. It…

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Just Me, Google and My Bible? Loving a Passionate and Responsive God

Just Me, Google and My Bible? Loving a Passionate and Responsive God

The French speaking Swiss psychologist, Jean Piaget studied the development of thinking in children. As a constructionist, he believed our knowledge is constructed, not acquired….

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Season 2 Episode 2: A Conversation with Helms and Greg Jarrell on Community and Belonging

Season 2 Episode 2: A Conversation with Helms and Greg Jarrell on Community and Belonging

New episode on Unstuck just released. Bet you thought it would never happen again! In this episode I get to share with you a conversation…

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Advent Companions of Hope: Sitting with Darkness

Advent Companions of Hope: Sitting with Darkness

Today is the first day of Advent. On each of the four weeks of Advent, a new candle in the circle, or wreath, is lit….

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I'm Going to Brush Your Hair

I’m Going to Brush Your Hair

This post is for those fearfully sensing depression creeping in with the season change. I see you. I hear you. This is real. I’m WITH you….

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The Curious Occurrence of Generational Hoarding

The Curious Occurrence of Generational Hoarding

Pain travels through families until someone is ready to feel it. Stephi Wagner I am going to describe a series of scenes in a family…

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Intimate Justice: Wild Goose Edition of Unstuck Live From Hot Springs, North Carolina

Intimate Justice: Wild Goose Edition of Unstuck Live From Hot Springs, North Carolina

This summer I had the amazing opportunity to have a brave conversation with a panel of women on the topic of sex and what we…

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Burnt Pancakes (or...Go Ahead and Schedule Failure)

Burnt Pancakes (or…Go Ahead and Schedule Failure)

There are certain seasons…certain spaces…certain days…ok, certain HOURS…when I can start spiraling into a vortex of crumbling self-worth. Like you, I am sure there are…

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Don't Be Squirrelly

Don’t Be Squirrelly

I like squirrels. I think they are cute. Bushy backside, collecting nuts. I don’t experience them as rodents with long tails like some people do…

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