Nature vs. Nurture- Renewing the Mind {The Grove: Personality}
I believe in asking the question, “Who am I?” It is a good question to ask and information from personality inventories can spur on conversations about our inner selves....
Author: Joy Smalley
When In Doubt, Choose Something
Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a special process that aided in discernment? I’d like to have a special prayer that I could pray, or maybe a unique...
Hold Fast to Hope
As a kid there was this boy in town that we called Baltha Dorch. Baltha means "stupid" and it was easy to tell that he had some mental difficulties....
When the Body Speaks {The Grove: Body}
In therapy a few months ago, while I was re-telling a traumatic story, my therapist asked me if I had feeling in my feet. Taking a deep breath, I...
Loneliness My Old Friend
Loneliness and I are old friends. The kind of friends that, no matter the time spent apart, when we meet again it’s as if no time has passed....
Let’s Drop the Cliché
Have you ever wondered who you really are? Have you ever said something and wondered if you truly believe those words are true? Have you ever wondered how...
Journeying Through Trauma
A few months ago, I was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder primarily as a result of my childhood as a TCK in Outer Mongolia. Early 90’s Mongolia was not...
Finding Life in the Tension
A couple months ago I was diagnosed with PTSD. I didn’t want to accept it. I wanted to be stronger than that. I wanted more faith than that....
Anger Integrated
I am angry. I am nervous just writing that out and the thought of posting it online where the world could see it is scary. In my...
Choices For the Good of My Routines {The Grove: Routines}
I was in Costco the other day, taking up way more space in the aisle than I should, trying to decide on which type of meat I should buy. Chicken?...
