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“We all hold scars from past emotional hurts. Consider 3 tips for healing today.” By Philip K. Hardin, MA, MDiv, LMFT, LPC

EMOTIONALBridget CrowderMarch 21, 2021emotional wounds, invisiblewounds, emotional scars, past hurts, how to work through your past, woundstowisdom, wounds to wisdom, childhood wounds, childhood abuse, how to heal, wound care, hardinlife, hardin life resources

How Do You Know If You Have Experienced Trauma? Or Just A Stressful Life?

“Extreme experiences seem to define ‘trauma’ in our minds, but if we think of it as a disruption…we’ve had lots of those.” By Karla Hardin, MS LPC

EMOTIONALBridget CrowderMarch 14, 2021four f's, heal from trauma, pandemic trauma, covid 19 trauma, stress or trauma, pandemic ptsd, trauma therapy, COVID-19 agenda, COVID-19 Grief, covid19 and loneliness, covid-19 division, pandemic reveals emotional health, exhausted from the pandemic, survival mode covid-19, survival mode response

Does Gratitude Really Change Our Attitude?

“Gratitude is the path to a positive outlook on life, but we must practice feeling it.” - Abigail Cole Hardin, CLC; PNLP

Bridget CrowderMarch 7, 2021gratitude, postive, postitive thinking, hardwiring happinessComment

You Can Feel Good from Feeling Bad

“Even if we don’t like our negative feelings or outlooks, we still remain stuck in them because they feel safer and strangely more comforting than unfamiliar, positive feelings.” By Abigail Cole Hardin, CLC: PNLP

Bridget CrowderFebruary 28, 2021Comment

Is It Time to Resolve Your Love/Hate Relationship With Your Sibling?

“Some of our deepest pain comes from our childhood experiences with our brothers and sisters.” By Audrey Hardin, MS LPC

Valentine’s Day –A Good Time to Repair Your Relationship

“Consider seeing Valentine’s Day as an invitation to restore joy and peace in your marriage but also in your close relationships.” By Philip K. Hardin, MA, MDiv, LMFT, LPC

Feeling the Winter Blues? Why You Should Consider Your Gut’s Influence

“Your gut -“the second brain” has more control over your mental health than you realize…” By Karla Hardin, MS LPC

PHYSICALBridget CrowderJanuary 31, 2021sugar addiction, sugar silent killer, sugar woes, sugar the new cigarette, sugar addict, addicted to sugar, mood disorders and sugar, gut health and mood, gut health for mental health, second brain repair, gut repair for mood, integrative medicine for mental health

3 Steps to Take Down Your Inner Critic

“People who claim to be ‘perfectionists,’ ‘hard on themselves’ or ‘their own worst critic’ are usually fighting the voice of an inner critic.” By Abigail Hardin, CLC PNLP

3 Questions to Ask Before You Quit Your Goals

“Ready to quit 2021? Realign and create your best year yet!” By Audrey Hardin, MS LPC

Is Your Subconscious Holding You Back from Achieving Your Goals?

“Consider what lies or vows you made as a child that are shaping your adulthood.” By Karla Hardin, MS LPC

Bridget CrowderJanuary 10, 2021subconscious mind, subconscious lie, subconscious vow, lie and vow, goal setting, life goals, stunted goals, hardin life resources

5 Reasons Why Your Blended Family is Struggling

“Three out of four marriages involving children from a prior relationship will end in divorce. Consider these tips to beat the odds.” By Guest Contributor Rachel Dunne

SOCIAL, Blended FamiliesBridget CrowderJanuary 3, 2021blended family, how to grow your blended family, boundaries with step kids, boundaries for families, blended family boundaries, grow your marriage, christian blended family tips

Reflect Before you Goal-Set in the New Year

“We must look back before we can improve our future.” By Philip K. Hardin, MA, MDiv, LMFT, LPC

Family Code: The Role We Get Stuck Playing

How to avoid your role in the family drama.

SOCIAL, EMOTIONALBridget CrowderDecember 20, 2020family, family code, faking, role, family conflict, survive the holidays, holiday survival, holiday survival with family, home for the holidays, holiday stress, family stress, hardin life, holiday therapy Comments

How to Make the Most Out of a Season of Loss

“The challenge for all of us is how can we daily show up and thrive when loss is part of our everyday reality?” By Karla Hardin, MS LPC

Bridget CrowderDecember 13, 2020ongoing loss, unending grief, death, how God uses death, personal growth through death, growth through loss, grieving well, how to grieve, steps of grief, COVID-19 Grief, systemic loss, exhaustion from grief, exhausted from the pandemic, glass half full, how to see the silver lining

7 Steps to Finding Rest

“If we are to live more meaningful and productive lives, we NEED to build rest into our days.” By Philip K. Hardin, MA, MDiv, LMFT, LPC

EMOTIONALBridget CrowderDecember 6, 2020sabbath rest, how to rest well, restless in life, how to get unstuck, how to grow when you're tired, how to rest, COVID-19

4 Steps to Find Real Connection and Never Feel Lonely Again

“We are hardwired for belonging and connection! Our lives depend on it, especially now.” By Audrey Hardin, MS LPC

What to do When You Feel Lonely

“Loneliness is pervasive in our never-ending pandemic. Combat it with a simple reframe.” By Audrey Hardin MS LPC

EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUALBridget CrowderNovember 22, 2020loneliness, how to stop feeling lonely, how to not feel lonely, feeling lonely in pandemic, covid19 and loneliness, how many people are feeling lonely, christian growth, COVID-19 tips

The Outer Critic: The Enemy of Relationships

“Check and make sure your Outer Critic is not ruining your most important relationships.” By Abigail Cole Hardin, CLC; PNLP

EMOTIONALBridget CrowderNovember 15, 2020outer critic, critc, relationships, politics, pandemic, covid19, judgmental, trust, lack of trustComment

Finding HOPE When Life Seems Hopeless

“5 steps you can take to sustain hope in uncertain times.” By Philip K. Hardin, MA, MDiv, LMFT, LPC

How Should We Act on November 4th?

“Our enemy is not one another or another’s perceived ignorance. Rather, there is only one cosmic enemy and we must stand together against this ruler of darkness.” By Karla Hardin MS, LPC

Bridget CrowderNovember 1, 2020christian voting, biden’s brain, brain and biden, love your neighbor, trump haters