S5 E16 | How to Cultivate Contentment with Niro Feliciano
In a society that pursues happiness at all costs, how do we cultivate contentment? Niro Feliciano, psychotherapist and author of This Book Won’t Make You Happy, talks with Amy Julia…
Asking for Help Is Hard
It sounds like a simple formula: Acknowledge your need. Ask for help. Participate in healing. I noticed this pattern in Jesus’ healings a while ago, and I repeated it to…
To Be Made Well Is Going to Be an Audiobook!
For the first time ever, I got to record myself reading my own book! A Good and Perfect Gift and White Picket Fences are both available as audiobooks, but this week…
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“I Don’t Want Anyone to ‘Fix’ My Kid”
I listened to Heather Kirn Lanier and Bishop Curry in a beautiful conversation about disability and parenting and what it means to believe that we each are beloved as we…
David Swanson Endorses To Be Made Well
One of the riskiest messages of To Be Made Well is that healing is available for everyone. Every single person. In every body and every place of distress and disease…
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Waking Up Disappointed With Myself
I woke up feeling despondent about the second glass of wine from the night before. Feeling worried about the tightness in my jeans. Feeling disappointed in all the things I…
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Alcohol-Related Deaths Are Up
Alcohol-related deaths were up 25 percent (compared to an average annual increase of 3-5 percent) during the pandemic, the New York Times reported. That’s a huge increase. For people under…
“I’m Not Enough” and “I’m Too Much” Are Both Catch Phrases for Shame
I’m not enough. I’m too much. It took me a LONG time to realize that both of these statements are catch-phrases for shame. It also took me a LONG time…
To Be Made Well | Discussion Guide
Do you want to be made well? Jesus asks this question of a man who has been lying by a pool with supposed healing powers. Jesus asks this question of…
5-Book Giveaway: Contentment and Wholeness
This bundle of books in the 5-book giveaway is a multi-faceted look at how we can live with greater contentment and wholeness as parents, as individuals, in community, and in…
