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December 17, 2020
Each one of us have different abilities with different capacities. We all learn throughout our lives what routines and rhythms work for each of us. What works for you may not work for me, and vice versa. That does not mean you or I are less than the other, we are simply created with different capacities.
April 22, 2020
Reframing is terminology in cognitive psychology that’s based on identifying and then changing the view and perspective of thoughts and emotions within a situation. I have recently been doing an online course about Member Care: what it is to support missionaries on the field. One of the first days of the 30 day course was about our own journeys and the seasons that were like detours; needing to take another route due to an obstacle, bump or problem ahead on...
December 10, 2019
Now when a season seems hard, I challenge myself to think about all the things I am thankful for, because I know that being thankful will bring a delightful change of perspective.
November 14, 2019
Know God is faithful, He is and always has been.
October 2, 2019
The layers of burnout are like onions, because though people do not know what’s really going inside, the unhelpful questions and unexpected opinions are like pulling off layers of pain and agony from the core of who I think I am...
September 25, 2019
...Until one day I had this 'strange sense of delight' come to me when I saw a blue butterfly.
September 18, 2019
Burnout is heavy. Restlessness, guilt and shame. Burnout is restless because there is a great need to keep going, doing, and reaching the expectation of someone, whether from self, others or God. Guilt is heavy on the shoulders. A sense of not good enough in the doing, and needing to do better. Shame is connected because burnout makes one want to hide, withdraw and not to be seen. Burnout like grief, is hard to understand, a rollercoaster of emotions. When...
September 4, 2019
Burnout in one perspective could be a gift, a gift which opens an opportunity to explore a life lived at a different pace that is filled with grace and rest.
August 28, 2019
Like grief, many people may not realise someone has burnout unless they know the person’s journey.