When it’s a rainy gray day and you are feeling down do you ever get the urge to pull out the ice-cream and turn on a TV show? Or if you...

I planted purple chrysanthemums in my yard this fall. It was an act of defiance. Because ever since I was 15, just the sight of them made...

I am a survivor of sexual, mental, emotional, and even spiritual abuse. These abuses haunted me throughout my childhood, into my adult...

Abuse can come in many forms. Often we are only familiar with the most egregious cases of physical or sexual abuse. However, according to...

Unlike physical abuse, attacks against one’s psyche, or psychological abuse does not typically make the list of society’s greatest evils....

As a kid I loved watching the Cosby show. It was once a week in the evening, after school and homework, that I could sink into the life...

I was catching up with someone I hadn’t seen in a while. We started talking about mental health, 2020, political landscapes, the dread of...

For many children in the U.S. who are living with a disability, it can be difficult to get involved in a new activity. They may have...

Like the prodigal son, I loathed my rigorous church and home life; I wanted to break free. “Give me my space,” this teenager screamed; so...

What do you think of when you want to achieve a better life? Are you honestly enjoying life? You might be your own worst enemy. When you...

Often those who are closest to us make us upset. They make and break promises, or they act as if our interests and needs don’t matter. We...

It seems that in the days of COVID, computers, technology and TV, our minds are assaulted by this ever present “noise.” Omni-present...

Coronavirus appeared on the scene at the beginning of 2020—what we thought would be a great year. Many of us believed the pandemic would...

What do you think of when you hear the term “OCD?” Do you think of compulsive hand washing? Do you imagine people with meticulously...

I have often joked that Obsessive-Compulsive and Old Covenant have the same initials. Could there be a more than an alliterative...

I was once sitting with a group of friends sharing childhood experiences, when we started talking about being raised by domineering...