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Category Archives: self-help
Fight within to win without!
If you’re looking for a fight, fight to overcome your attitude of hostility toward people. Real victory doesn’t come from arguing with and trying to overcome people. It comes from overcoming your inner enemies. Fight within to win without! When … Continue reading
Posted in a healthy mind, harmful thinking, mental health, mental health note, mind, peace of mind, positive thinking, renewing your mind, self-help, thinking, thoughts, tormenting thoughts
Tagged abortion, guilt, I'll fight, inner battle, mental battlefield, quote, resist the devil, spiritual warfare, suicide prevention, William Booth
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Discriminate in your reading–plant seeds of hope
All reading is not created equal. Discriminate. Find reading material that is hope-giving, uplifting, challenging, and healing. Read books that fill up your heart with love, compassion, and understanding, not books that trash your heart. Everything you read puts a seed … Continue reading
Posted in American history, discrimination, healing racism, history, Off the RACE Track, Oprah Show, Oprah Winfrey, positive thinking, racism, reading, self-esteem, self-fulfillment, self-help, self-improvement, Uncategorized, wrong side of history
Tagged black history, books, heart care, mental health, Oprah, optimism, race, reading
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Temptations are life’s train wreckers
Temptations are life’s train wreckers. They attempt to steal your identity and to make you a prisoner of desires and feelings. People who always cooperate with temptation never realize what a strong force has control of their life. If you don’t … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, courage, heroes, inner Light, light, overcoming temptation, self-control, self-discipline, self-esteem, self-fulfillment, self-help, self-help group, self-improvement, self-mastery, self-respect, self-restraint, self-worth, slogans, Uncategorized, walk in the light
Tagged AA, identity, NA, recovery, resisting temptation, selfidentify, sobriety, sobrietyslogans, temptation, tempted
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When life gives you lemons (16 alternatives to lemonade)
We’ve all heard the popular phrase about what to do when life gives you lemons. But what if you don’t want (or like) lemonade? Perhaps we could learn from inventor, George Washington Carter, (who came up with hundreds of things … Continue reading
Posted in celebrate recovery, creativity, depression, encouragement, finding meaning, finding purpose, hope, innovation, meaning, mental health note, optimism, overcoming depression, positive attitude, positive thinking, purpose, purpose of life, recovery groups, recovery quotes, self-help, self-help group, self-improvement, self-respect, sobriety, Uncategorized, wisdom, words
Tagged George Washington Carver, lemonade, make lemonade, mental health, quotes, recovery, slogans, ways to use lemons, When life gives you lemons
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Ekklesia, like a support group, helped me heal
(I first wrote this for ONE Body Life’s blog @ this link.) Too many people feel like Alejandro Jodorowsky, a Chilean-French filmmaker. He said: “I am not a normal person. I am living in a normal body, but my mind … Continue reading
Posted in Christ-centered recovery, Christian recovery, emotional honesty, honesty, Isaiah 53, recovery groups, recovery quotes, self-discovery, self-esteem, self-help, self-worth, small groups, Uncategorized
Tagged 1 Corinthians 10:13, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Joe Ancis, normal, quotes, recovery, walk in the light, What is normal
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Need a Christian, life coach?
My wife, Ernie Froedge Simms is a Christian coach. Most of her clients are women in their 20s-30s, who want to improve their relationship skills, and who need prayer and direction. She loves to work with any women who are … Continue reading
Posted in advice, Brentwood, coaches, cost of discipleship, dating, disciple making, discipleship, human relations, inner coach, making disciples, marriage, Nashville, prayer, prayers, self-help, self-improvement, spiritual relationships, Tennessee, Uncategorized
Tagged Christian coach, Christian coach for women, coaching, Ernie Froedge Simms, Ernie Simms, life coach for women, relationship coach, women's issues
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Nashville church that meets like AA, Al-Anon, & NA
Millions of people have found comfort, help, & serenity from various types of support groups, such as, AA, Al-Anon, and NA. Al-Anon’s web site states: “Everyone at the meeting shares as an equal.” It also says: “We help each other … Continue reading
Posted in Berry Street, celebrate recovery, Christian recovery, recovery, recovery quotes, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Berry Street, Salvation Army Nashville, self-help, self-help group, simple church, Uncategorized
Tagged AA, Al-Anon, Alcoholics Anonymous, church, NA, Narcotics Anonymous, Nashville, recovery, support groups
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Seeking self-satisfaction is an endless whirlpool of “me, my, and mine” — a downward spiral, swirling with discouragement, depression, and despair. The search for self-fulfillment is a misery making myth that sucks the life out of people, throwing them into a raging stream of self-sedation and mindless medication. The only rescue is the recovery of self-denial — passionately following a cause that is greater than self — losing yourself in serving others.
Posted in despair, discouragement, finding yourself, me my mine, self-control, self-denial, self-destruction, self-destructive behaviors, self-discovery, self-esteem, self-focus, self-forgiveness, self-fulfillment, self-hate, self-help, self-image, self-importance, self-improvement, self-indulgence, self-interest, self-justification, self-mastery, self-promotion, self-respect, self-restraint, self-sacrifice, self-surrender, self-worth, selfish desires, selfishness, Uncategorized
Tagged addiction, alcoholism, depression, doping, drug abuse, quotes, recovery, self-medication
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Express yourself or suppress yourself?
Contrary to popular opinion, continual self-expression leads to depression, stress, and duress. For example, contemporary culture has opened the door to almost unlimited self-expression, yet, rather than producing widespread happiness and fulfillment, we have some of the highest depression and … Continue reading
Posted in accept yourself, broadcast yourself, deny yourself, love yourself, self-denial, self-destruction, self-discipline, self-discovery, self-focus, self-forgiveness, self-fulfillment, self-hate, self-help, self-image, self-importance, self-improvement, self-indulgence, self-interest, self-justification, self-medicating, self-regulation, self-respect, self-restraint, self-righteousness, self-sacrifice, self-surrender, self-talk, self-worth, selfish desires, selfishness, Uncategorized
Tagged express yourself, Freud, Janet Jackson, Oscar Wilde, quotes, self-esteem, self-expression
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