Be kind to yourself (Part 1) By Mark Soppitt Ever have a day when all that you try and do goes awry, or you forget something important, or you fail at something again, or someone snubs or gaslights you? Or, just at that crucial time of relationship communication when it’s going so well, out pops those same familiar words that kill …
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What If You Were A Bipolar Freak Who Worshiped The Great Hero? by Scott Box I have noticed how people talk about their faith as they go about their lives—It seems to me that many folks believe that while God loves them, He is simply tolerating or waiting around for them to screw things up. They think the sun has set, and God wants them to trip …
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Baby Steps by Peggy Rice In my personal 10-year journey through depression, I often found myself stuck. I would ruminate on negative thoughts – things like “I’m all alone,” “I will never get better,” “This is as good as it’s going to get,” “God can’t see me.” The list goes on and on. I was overwhelmed with …
https://pastorbrad.blog/2024/04/11/baby-steps/

Take off the old clothes and put on the new By Mark Soppitt For some years now I have been following a fairly unpredictable and often challenging path out of long-term mental illness to discover who the ‘me’ of the 2020’s really is. With diagnoses of Bipolar II, PTSD, and a mild cognitive disorder, I have had to navigate some stormy waters. Sometimes it has …
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Bipolar Awareness Day 2024 By Scott Box When it comes to Bipolar awareness, it seems to me that many people don’t want to know anything more than that I’m not going to freak out, embarrass them or do something dangerous that could hurt myself or others. The truth is, I want to know the same thing about people, and …
https://pastorbrad.blog/2024/0....3/28/bipolar-awarene