by Jodie Stevens | Apr 25, 2014 | Fear and Anxiety, Patience |
I want Gods will for my life, I really do. I want to live for him and be an on fire Christian who does amazing things. I want to be victorious over my negative emotions. I want to be the ‘light of the world.’ I want God to change me from the inside out and make me...
by Jodie Stevens | Apr 7, 2014 | Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Happiness, Humor, Love |
Before I met my husband a friend invites me to a seminar called “How to Find a Date Worth Keeping” hosted by well-known psychologist Dr. Henry Cloud. I don’t really want to go and I think to myself: “I’m educated, I have a minor in psychology and I don’t...
by Jodie Stevens | Apr 1, 2014 | Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Hope |
It’s the best day of my life. I’m seventeen years old. It’s English literature class and the papers have just been graded. The assignment: to write an essay using irony based on Judy Brady’s famous essay ‘I Want a Wife.’ I’m an average student at best and having been...
by Jodie Stevens | Mar 30, 2014 | Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Fear and Anxiety, Happiness |
Are you the person you want to be? As a child you believed. Did you let fear, self-doubt, or the opinions of others crush your dreams? “You can’t be an astronaut, you’re not smart enough,” “You can’t be a fireman, it’s too dangerous.” By seeking love and approval, we...
by Jodie Stevens | Mar 16, 2014 | Fear and Anxiety |
Usually my dreams are terribly perplexing and run like one of those experimental avant-garde movies from the 1920’s or 1930’s where nothing seems to make sense. But every once in a while I have one I can discern. I’m sitting on the sidewalk; feet on the ground,...
