My daughter, Faith Watkins, the licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and I have written a hopeful, helpful, humorous devotional on mental health issues: Praise the Lord and Pass the Prozac.
Here, you’ll find articles, book excerpts, encouraging music and lots of resources for those with mental health issues.
ADDICTION
KICKING HABITS BEFORE THEY KICK YOU
The Who, What, When, Where and Why of breaking habits.
AGING
ALL’S NOT LOST WITH ALZHEIMER’S
A dreadful poem, attributed to the Alzheimer’s Association, is being spread across social networks in which the author laments, “The best of me is gone.” Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!
TOP TEN WISHES FOR AGE 50
I have in my wrinkled right hand, direct from my home office in Corn Borer, Indiana, today’s top ten wishes for my fiftieth birthday.
DEATH/GRIEF
DEALING WITH DEATH
Here are some excerpts from my book, The Why Files: Is There Really Life After Death?, that I hope will be helpful.
DEALING WITH IMPENDING DEATH
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, the author of On Death and Dying, believes that the terminally ill—and their families and friends—pass through five stages in [leading up to the] death: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance
EMOTIONS
ARE YOU LISTENING TO GOD OR GOLIATH?
One of my favorite keynote talks is “I’m a Giant Killer” based on the classic story of David and Goliath.
DARK CHOCOLATE IS GOOD FOR YOU
University study after university student reveal dark chocolate has real medical benefits!
THE EMOTIONAL STRAIN OF POLARIZATION
People are not all black or white and neither are issues.
EMOTIONS REAL . . . BUT NOT REALITY
The Bible’s psalmists certainly didn’t deny their emotions. (One third all psalms are “laments.”) But neither did that make their emotions their god.
ENCOURAGEMENT
Quick quotations to give you an emotional boost
MOOD ALTERING HUGS
Hugs—not drugs—are actually good for your health.
POST-ELECTION STRESS DISORDER
Depending on who you voted for, you’re either ecstatic or experiencing Post Election Stress Disorder.
LOVE
THE CHEMISTRY OF LOVE
Hallmark movies and Harlequin Romance novels want us to believe that falling in love is all about that magical chemistry between the hero and heroine. In reality, it is chemistry, but not in the heart but the brain!
CHILDREN WHO MARRY THEIR PARENTS
Researchers believe we begin to fall in love even before we’re born. Here’s how they explain it:
CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE
Queen belted out that ditty. Tina Turner pleaded, “What’s Love Got Do with It?” Huey Lewis proclaimed “The Power of Love.” And the BeeGee’s wanted to know “How Deep Is Your Love?” One of the problems is in English, we have one little word for emotions that are as complex as a strand of DNA!
LOOKIN’ FOR LOVE IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES
How do we find real, lasting love? Love that lasts forever!
SELF CARE
DARE TO BE ORDINARY
From motivational posters and speakers to “positive thinking” and “prosperity” preaching, we’ve been taught that we can be whatever we want to be. Jesus, however, would disagree.
FINDING BALANCE IN LIFE
If I hear another pastor, teacher or speaker proclaim, as if from Mount Sinai, “Put God first, your family second, your ministry third and your self last,” my “self” is going to scream! Here’s why:
HAVE YOURSELF AN INTROVERTED CHRISTMAS
It’s not that we hate Christmas and all the Whos in Whoville. It’s simply that the holiday activities tend to suck us as dry as a year-old fruit cake.
TURNING YOUR SHAFT INTO A MINE
We can turn our mental health challenges to our advantage. Here’s how:
SEXUALITY
MY GENDER IDENTITY CRISIS
I went through a time of wondering Am I gay? I didn’t feel any attraction to guys, but why didn’t I like “manly” activities?!
THE HIDDEN HABIT
Ninety percent of males and 8.5 percentage of females have dealt with this: masturbation.
IT’S ABOUT OBEDIENCE, NOT ORIENTATION
We will not be judged on how we identify sexually, but how we obey God’s commandments.
NO HABLO ESTROGEN: BECOMING BILINGUAL IN RELATIONSHIPS
Men and women speak two dialects, so how can they communicate?
THREE SECRETS TO SENSATIONAL SEX
Sexual athletics simply cannot provide long-lasting or deeper satisfactions, and to expect them to is asking for disappointment—disappointment that is destructive to all areas of the relationship.
CAN I BECOME A VIRGIN AGAIN?
Yes! It’s possible!
SUICIDAL THOUGHTS
ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT SUICIDE?
Please know that you are not alone. And please know there is hope and help. Let me share how I’ve walked back from the ledge.
DO THOSE WHO COMMIT SUICIDE GO TO HEAVEN?
Christians are not exempt from depression and, at times, despondency.
CONTACTS
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