Tag: faith
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Undercover Christian
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I can’t believe I’m getting to do what I do for a job. I sit with people who are struggling with mental illness and get to help facilitate change and growth in them. I’m being trained and learning something new everyday. I have to remember a lot of material…
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Hectic Holidays Are Here
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It’s been a good eight days since my last post, as my time has been limited to get to my computer to sit down and write any blog posts. These days are flying by as I am now working full time and moved into our new home. I have to…
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OC87RecoveryDiaries Feature: Finding My Faith Despite Losing My Mind
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At twenty-four, I was hitting the peak of my young adult life. I was a college grad enjoying marriage and working my dream job as the graphic designer for a small business in sunny Central Florida. Yes, I was living with bipolar I, diagnosed at the tender age of sixteen, but…
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Spiritual Warfare In Manic Psychosis: Part 2
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A guest commented on my last post on “Spiritual Warfare in Manic Psychosis” and I wanted to continue the discussion of this state I experienced in my episodes back in 2004 and 2012. Their question was: “I’m very curious – how do you know when it’s spiritual warfare vs brain…
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About That Massacre…(and the spiritual state of our nation)
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In light of recent national events in the past year, I’m inserting an excerpt from my memoir on the state of paranoia I found myself in back in 2012. In context of the story, I am convicted on singing a song that references 2 Chronicles 7:14 because it leaves out…
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Fresh Thought Friday: Joy and Peace and Bipolar Medicine
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Dear Katie, Do you ever struggle with feeling joy and peace? I have. I think some of it may be the medication I’m on but I believe some could be the bipolar illness. I was just wondering how others experience numbing of emotions, etc. -Peace Seeker Dear Peace…
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What Did God Ever Do For Me? (Let Me Tell You…)
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As Job saw his life fall apart before his eyes, so I saw my life crumble into chaos. As David cried out to the Lord to be saved, so I wept numerous times through the darkest nights of my life. As Paul pleaded for God to remove the thorn in…
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Fresh Thought Friday: Suicide And The Bible
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Hi Katie, I have a friend who’s been contemplating suicide, and as a Christian I’m not really sure what to believe. Will my friend go to hell for committing suicide if she’s a Christian? I thought she was saved, but is she still going to Heaven if she does this?…
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Interview with Author & Speaker Amy Simpson
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Introduction Amy, tell me about yourself… Right now I’m self-employed, so what is my position? It depends on the day. I’m a coach, so about half my time is coaching the other is writing/speaking…I have a couple books out and I have another coming out in February and I do…
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Fresh Thought Friday: Feelings vs. Faith
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Dear Katie, I have been on a long journey for about a year now after I had a total mental breakdown last October. I was originally diagnosed with major depression but I ended up having more bipolar-type symptoms. I too have been thinking about what having this disorder means for…