Tag: thoughts
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Your Spiritual Address: Moving Into a Peaceful Mindset
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Following the concept of the last post on “A Fixer-Upper Mind Renovation,” I want to talk about finding true peace of mind as a Christian. I opened up my Bible App this morning and returned to an Oswald Chambers devotional about peace. The verse it referenced was 1 John 1:6-7…
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Writing From The Heart Today
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Changes Are Here I wanted to write more frequently and regularly here on BipolarBrave, so today I’m writing from the heart. There’s a lot of changes going on in my life lately. Not working full time is one of them. I think there is no right or wrong answer, but…
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Voices: Whose Are You Listening To?
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Whose Voice? Impressionable human beings hear voices every day from different sources. Aside from our own thoughts, the human mind is susceptible and able to “tune in” to different “channels,” if you will. As a taboo and touchy topic, when I say “hearing voices”, I don’t strictly mean in an inner-ear of…
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…On Turning 30
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It was a sweet day, spending my 30th birthday on Sunday in the company of church family and my husband. It’s now been a whole five days of being 30 (as I write this) and I’m beginning to actually feel like I can act my age and adult. Chris inspired…
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New: Fresh Thought Fridays
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I’ve been contemplating what else I could offer on my blog for Fridays. And then I got the idea: Dear Abby but for bipolars! So I’m challenging you: send me your craziest, weirdest, most serious (or not so serious) questions in regards to bipolar disorder, living with mental illness, recovery…
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What Are Your Triggers?
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A trigger, according to PsychCentral.com, is “something that sets off a memory tape or flashback transporting the person back to the event of her/his original trauma.” Triggers can set your symptoms off if the elements of your environment are just right. Of course, you have to be in a semi-unstable…
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God Never Gives You More Than You Can Handle, So You Say?
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I used to think I had to fight my spiritual battles. I would find an opportunity to slip an intentional God comment into a conversation…like that would determine if I won the “battle” for someone’s soul or not. I realize now though, that’s not how you fight a spiritual battle.…