Motives: An Awareness of Codependency

by | Oct 16, 2023 | Inspirational

Codependency – when your motive is to avoid someone’s anger or disappointment Selfishness – when your motive is solely to please yourself rather than God regardless of how it affects others Inter-dependency – when your motive is to be genuine and give support...

3 Questions Before Giving Up

by | Jul 23, 2022 | Inspirational

Sometimes we don’t give ourselves a chance to succeed.  How many of us have made New Year’s resolutions only to barely remember what they are now?  So many times, I have written goals and keep them in a drawer as if they would magically produce results on their own! ...

5 Reasons You Must Forgive

by | Apr 17, 2021 | Inspirational

Forgiving isn’t easy. When someone you love, who you feel is supposed to love you, hurts you and has no remorse, it’s very difficult to forgive. It’s happened to me many times. I’ve had to forgive family members, friends and coworkers. It is hard because whether...

9 Results of Codependent Pain, 4 Steps Out, Part 3

by | Feb 28, 2021 | Inspirational

In the first of this three part series, 9 Results of Codependent Pain and 4 Steps Out, I revealed how my counselor helped me see that I was carrying around a lot of unnecessary emotional pain. In part 2 of this series, I described in more detail, nine types of pain...

9 Results of Codependent Pain, 4 Steps Out Part 2

by | Jan 30, 2021 | Inspirational

  Since the Bible says, God opens His hand and satisfies every living thing, (Psalm 145:16), and “my God shall supply every need” (Philippians 4:19), we can know that only God can satisfy our souls. In my last post, I explained that when our emotional needs of...