Forgiveness is a topic loaded with psychological and spiritual implications. 30 years of research clearly demonstrates that it can be good for both mental and physical health. Appropriately implemented, forgiveness has an amazing power to heal the hurts we don’t…
Even the strongest followers of God sometimes experience seasons of overwhelming pain, grief, or suffering. In an instant, all we have taken comfort in can be gone forever, leaving us reeling and wondering, “Where is God?” and “How can this…
Anxiety is a mental illness that is debilitating for many people. Trauma experienced in life often leads to a multitude of mental health challenges, including anxiety. Unfortunately, family members of the traumatized often continue this cycle of anxiety due to…
The demands of the current pandemic world we live in pose a problem for sustaining well-being among ministry leaders and other professionals, as well as laypersons, and care providers alike. Many such care providers have more work than is manageable,…
Globally, human trafficking affects millions of people each year as they are illegally lured into forced labor and sexual exploitation through force, fraud, or coercion. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security estimates that human trafficking is second only to drug…
Pain is pain—whether temporarily acute, chronically persistent, related to terminal illness, psychological, or judged phantom or psychosomatic. It’s been keenly observed that the pain we don’t transform in our lives is the pain we will project, transmit, and ultimately be…
Everyone will experience trauma at some point in their life. Some people will bounce back from it, stronger than ever; others will struggle to move forward, seemingly stuck in the past. On October 27th, 2022, Andrew Duffy, LCSW, discussed this…
People want to be helpful when friends are experiencing grief. However, the fear of saying the wrong thing often limits any expression of compassion at all. On April 28, 2022, at a Bright Tomorrows Breakfast Seminar in the Laureate Conference…
A Bright Tomorrows Workshop with Licensed Therapist and Counselor, Tim Peterson Anxiety is on the rise worldwide and is the most prevalent of mental disorders. On October 28, 2021, Tim Peterson, Outpatient Clinical Supervisor at Laureate Psychiatric Hospital in Tulsa,…
Moral Injury (soul/spirit injury) has likely been with humankind since the beginning of time. Moral Injury (MI) is a relatively new term used in the mental health community to describe the psychological damage people may face when they act in…