The Connection Between Mental Health and Being in the Woods
It seems every time I post a blog recently, the common thread is the world in which we currently live. The fast-paced never-ending cycle...
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jeff-k123
- Sep 21
- 3 min
Anxiety and the Benefits of Working with Your Hands
Throughout our history anxiety has served a purpose. We have needed it. It has kept us alert and safe in the wilderness, helped us stay...
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jeff-k123
- Sep 5
- 3 min
Unveiling the Link: How Pain and Trauma Sow the Seeds of Addiction
Addiction. What a powerful word. Even hearing it can cause us to question ourselves or bring up memories of others who have struggled...
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jeff-k123
- Aug 8
- 3 min
Why am I thinking this way? Cognitive Distortions
Do you ever feel like your emotions are out of control or out of sync with others around you? Do you ever see yourself critically despite...
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jeff-k123
- Aug 7
- 3 min
Exploring the Nuances of Isolation and Solitude
We are at once so connected to others and yet at the same time so disconnected. We are always only a few screen touches away from hearing...
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jeff-k123
- May 4
- 2 min
Hopeless? How's Your Spiritual Practice?
Sometimes I wonder at the deeper things in life. We have so much surrounding us (information, technology, social media, news, updates,...
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jeff-k123
- Apr 12
- 3 min
Meaning from Suffering
At times, to live life is to suffer. This is a hard world that has been described as a savage garden...and all too often we have...
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jeff-k123
- Apr 4
- 3 min
Why is this happening?
There are times we ask ourselves why something is happening. It can be a sickness, cancer, an injury, being laid off, having a child who...
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jeff-k123
- Mar 30
- 2 min
Exercise and my Mental Health
We all know the benefits of exercise for physical health. But, if you're like me, the time it takes to exercise can be a burden. The work...
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jeff-k123
- Mar 28
- 3 min
To eat or not to eat...that is the question!
"That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God." Ecclesiastes 3:13 Pizza,...
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jeff-k123
- Mar 22
- 3 min
Is this Depression?
Have you ever been struck by profound sadness, severe energy loss, hopelessness, or insomnia and thought to yourself, is this depression,...
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jeff-k123
- Mar 16
- 3 min
Sunlight and Depression...What's the Connection?
"And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it." John 1:5 Depression and its affects can be a devastating...
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jeff-k123
- Mar 15
- 3 min
Do What You Can...With What You Have
Pumpkin pie is my absolute favorite Thanksgiving dessert. I know, it's kind of lame, but it is. There is nothing better than pumpkin pie...
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jeff-k123
- Mar 13
- 3 min
Anxiety...do I not have enough faith??? That’s not the issue.
We have all had someone tell us that "anxiety is a totally normal human emotion that everyone has sometimes...", and while true, what...
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jeff-k123
- Mar 10
- 3 min
Adversity...What's up with that?
"Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith...
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jeff-k123
- Mar 7
- 2 min
Mental Health and Substance Use: What's the deal?
Mental health and substance use are closely intertwined. Like branches of a gnarled tree, they pull on each other--especially when storms...
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jeff-k123
- Mar 3
- 2 min
Marriage and Therapy: How It Works
"8 and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh.9 What therefore God has joined together, let not man...
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jeff-k123
- Mar 1
- 1 min
What if you did something different? Self-Efficacy
Is it hard for you to complete a task? Do you find yourself struggling to reach the goals you have for yourself? Do you feel you can...
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jeff-k123
- Feb 27
- 2 min
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy--Renewing your Mind
"Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the...
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jeff-k123
- Feb 10
- 2 min
New Year, New Skills
New year, new you…Sometimes it’s easier said than done. Here we are in February 2023, and we have had a little time to implement, or not,...
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