Meditating isn’t a new idea or a fancy trend. It’s not even new age! Meditation is a biblical principle given to God’s people as a command! Psalm 1:2 instructs that we should “meditate” on the law night and day! The command to meditate—to ponder, muse, or think over—was given to us by God as a way to focus our attention and improve our well-being. Meditating in a safe, healthy way doesn’t involve postures or hand gestures; it simply means filling your mind with the best, not

Gratitude isn’t a new idea or a trend—it’s something people have practiced for a long time. From the very beginning, God made us able to notice good things and say “thank you” for them. Gratitude means seeing the good around us and choosing to be thankful. The Bible reminds us of this too! In 1 Thessalonians 5:18, God tells us to give thanks in all situations, because being thankful helps our hearts stay close to Him—even when things are hard. If gratitude is as simple as bei

Yvonne Smith, LPC, CCTP, CTIC I’ve yet to meet someone who enjoys being called fragile. Fragility—often associated with weakness, instability, or brokenness—tends to make people uncomfortable. Yet, as time passes, I am becoming increasingly convinced that healing and wholeness do not equate to the absence of fragility. Fragility, often wrapped in grief, disappointment, and uncertainty, is a part of the human experience—one we move in and out of, often without consent. Feeling

Dear Anchor, ADHD sounded terrible to me, with the only word I knew from the acronym being disorder. I didn't expect anything good to come from it. I was nervous and scared that ADHD could ruin everything. When I was given an ADHD workbook, it explained what ADHD meant (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), the symptoms (easily distracted, strong impulses), and it gave me ways to cope with it. That book is what told me I had mixed ADHD. The first thing that the ADHD book