Overcoming Fear of Commitment ll By Marielle Grenade-Willis

As I near graduation from my counseling program, the word commitment resounds in my head again and again. It’s not a word that I generally cuddle up to. At first blush, it usually instills a sense of foreboding within me causing goose bumps to arrive on my arms, my heart to beat a little faster,…

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Believing in Believing ll By David Hoefer, NLC

A politician claims widespread fraud with no evidence to support his claim, yet many believe him. How can this be?  From birth we are bombarded with dogma: Merriam Webster defines dogma as “a point of view put forth as authoritative without adequate grounds.”  We are conditioned early on, for better or worse, to believe.  Believing…

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My Heart Hurts ll By Dorothy Wallis

Yesterday, my body collapsed and I was shrouded in despair and feelings of hopelessness over how we hurt one another.  The weight in my heart gripped me in a state of grief and emptiness.  Hopelessness and despair is a feeling that so many people live with every day.  When you are constantly being denied, denigrated,…

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