Healthy Relationships
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Vulnerability
VULNERABILITY When you’re building connections with one another, you’re building bridges of trust that can bear the weight of truth. Some of the personality characteristics we have studied thus far, prohibit authentic connection. Our greatest need is relationships where we are safe to be our authentic self. Below is a quick video where vulnerability researcher
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The Spouse Effect
Testimony: Tessia Reeves AUTHOR: Tess Reeves. I’ve loved Our Creator for decades and never grow weary of hearing from Him. I was entrusted with Keith, my husband of 28 yrs. As if that wasn’t enough, he helped me to raise 2 magnificent daughters (Jessica, 25yo and Jalyn, 22yo). I love our nondenominational church in Gainesville,
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Difficult Relationships – Is It Demonic?
How much is our struggle with Difficult People is Emotional, Physical, or Spiritual? This is a very real question that is actually difficult to definitively answer. In a couple of my books such as Marching Around Jericho and Spiritual Enforcer, I share very real struggles that are spiritual in nature. Let me share a real
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How To Communicate Your Needs
Today, I want to share another video from Dr. Sarah Hensley. In this video, she shares how to coach avoidant personalities to meet some of your emotional needs to connect. In future posts we will look at more challenging relationships, and we will also cover the spiritual component and how much our faith in Jesus
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God’s Unique Mix of Traits
Sandra BleserElkhorn, WisconsinMarried 20 years – no children“I’m not short, I’m fun-sized!” “The humble will see their God at work and be glad. Let all who seek God’s help be encouraged.” (Psalm 69:32) Thank you so much for your dedication to this ministry. I can say that God spoke to me through a comment within
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Prolonged Abuse
Kendra Leathen is a mental health counselor at Elite DNA Behavioral Health, where she works with individuals and families healing from trauma, addiction, and relational wounds. With a background in teaching and a Master of Science degree in Mental and Clinical Health Counseling from Palm Beach Atlantic University and Master of Arts in Theological studies
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Long Term Marriage – Dismissive Avoidant
REMINDER: The information shared in this series of posts, Healthy Relationships, is to add to our understanding of our relationships and with some specifics to marriage. The information I share has been vetted to the best of my ability. I may not have the full scope of practices or ministries of which I’ve obtained information
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Patterns of the Heart, Part Two: A Faith-Based Reflection
In part one, I shared some of my personal experiences with relational patterns that left deep emotional and spiritual marks on my life. Circling back to Lynn’s question about a faith-based study on narcissism and personality disorders, while I have spent years researching the clinical aspects of these dynamics, I have not deeply studied the
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Crisis & Resilience
Hi SUM Nation, Lynn Donovan here. Last November I was honored to share with my long-time SUMite friend on her Podcast, Warrior Words, about thriving in a mismatched marriage. You can hear that here. Heather invited me once again to share another story on her podcast. I share how our faith carries us through a
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Seek to Understand; Not to be Understood
During the summer Bible study that Lynn, Ann, and Ian led on the book of Psalms, I wrote a guest blog entitled, King David’s Heart was Like a Pitcher, to show that David poured out all his emotions to God, both positive and negative. (Psalm 142:2) I also told the heartbreaking story of Maria and
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It’s About to Get Very Real
Hi Sum Family, Wasn’t Ann’s post on Monday amazing? I’ve pondered and prayed to try to determine what to share about personalities, emotional health and healthy boundaries. I’ve undertaken hours of review and study from the psychological/educational pundits to gain some small understanding of the vast amount of information available. It’s a lot! What I