Author: Katie
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Make Your Nominations for the Inaugural BipolarBrave Awards 2022
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Who do you nominate for the 2022 BipolarBrave Mental Health & Faith Awards? Consider blogs, influencers, and organizations that have made a difference in the church and mental health conversation. Criteria to aim for: — Been active on blog, site, or social media for at minimum the last 6 months…
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The Case for Reclassification: Serious Mental Illness to Serious Brain Disorder
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What’s in a Name? Recently, the term Serious Brain Disorder (SBD) has been circulating in my Facebook mental health advocacy groups more and more. At first, it seemed as if these circles of advocates wanted the insurance companies to code Serious Mental Illnesses (SMIs) differently so they would issue better…
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One Family’s Recovery from a Suicide Attempt
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Chris Morris is a fellow Christian familiar with the realities of mental illness and psychiatric hospitalizations and reached out to me to collaborate. He guest posts today about his experience of returning home from the psych ward after a failed suicide attempt. I’m honored to have him post about this…
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10 Biblical Principles for Improving Your Mental Health (Part 2)
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If you missed Part One of this two-part post, that may be because it’s on Pastor Brad’s blog for Fresh Hope for Mental Health, and you can read Part One (Principles #1-5) here. Here are the 5 remaining Biblical principles I suggest to improve your mental health: Principle #6: Come…
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Recommended Reading: Not Quite Fine
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Carlene Hill Byron is a friend on the mental health advocacy “webosphere” and she graciously offered for me to read and review her first published work, Not Quite Fine: Mental Health, Faith, and Showing Up for One Another. By just looking at the quality of the cover design, it’s actually…
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A Pit-Stop, Not a Quit-Stop
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The following is a devotional on the importance of enduring the race of life, humor included. I hope it encourages you today to pace yourself and take a pit-stop, not a quit-stop! A Race to Remember Returning to the cross-country running team after a year-long hiatus in eleventh grade was…
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An Anonymous Prayer for a Loved One with SMI
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This post was provided by a reader of the blog. They asked me to post it, to help raise awareness about the reality of Severe/Serious Mental Illness (SMI) within families. Please know you are not alone, and that there are resources out there for you and your loved ones facing…
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Seizing the Season: Being Faithful & Fearless to Spread the Good News
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“Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.” (2 Timothy 4:2 NKJV) Do you ever pray for an opportunity to share the gospel? And then, do you look for it? I am finding more and more lately that these…
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Five Ways the Church Can Do More Than Pray for People Who Suffer from Mental Illness
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Today’s post was written by a friend I made through Hope Made Strong’s Church Mental Health group. Corine graciously exchanged posts with me to share on each other’s blogs. You can check out the post I wrote for her TherapyforChristians.com site here. I’m so thankful for her sharing this practical…
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This American Remembers: Reflections on 9/11/01 and Thereafter
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Today marks twenty years from the day my high school math teacher informed the class of the hijacking on the United Airline flight that flew into the World Trade Center. Many of us can recall where we were when we heard the news. For myself, the entire student body recited…