The Difference between Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
I was recently asked what the difference between these two therapies are to help a person better understand how they work and what they...
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jeff-k123
Oct 73 min read
The Heavy Burden of Resentment: Why Letting Go is the Key to Freedom
Resentment is one of those quiet emotions that can simmer just beneath the surface, unnoticed, until it spills over into our daily lives....
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jeff-k123
Apr 32 min read
I Went into the Woods: The Healing Power of Experiential Therapy
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what...
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jeff-k123
Dec 13, 20233 min read
Deck the halls with...anxiety? 5 Ways to Have a Mentally Merrier Christmas
Deck the halls with...difficult family members, deadlines, cooking, cleaning, work pressure, crying kids, traditions, lonliness, and...
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jeff-k123
Nov 6, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20232 min read
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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