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7 Ways to Address Fear and Live in Peace
By
Linda Mintle
This past week has served to be a challenge when it comes to fear. People go to work and die in an explosion. Others attend a marathon and lose their limbs. Every day, we are faced with the unknown. If we aren’t careful, fear can take a hold in our lives and hold us hostage.…
Eating Past Feeling Full? What You Should Know
By
Linda Mintle
It’s the weekend and you are even more anxious than ever. The opportunity to binge eat is greater in the next two days than during the week because you are home all day with food. And when you are around food all day, the temptation to over indulge hits you hard. If fact, you find…
Worried Thoughts? Take Them Captive
By
Linda Mintle
NEGATIVE THOUGHTS =WORRY=HABIT Every day now, I hear so much on media that could make me worry all day long! We live in uncertain times, but are not supposed to worry. Worry is a mental habit and is cued by automatic negative thoughts. When negative thoughts are not dealt with, they develop into a worry…
Getting Unstuck From the Black Dots of Anxiety
By
Linda Mintle
Remember the game, Candyland? In the game, you travel along a multicolored highway to the big candy castle at the top. Along the way, you can land on these black dots and get stuck in what seems like an eternity until you draw the right color. When you draw the right color, you can finally…
Post Boston Explosions: 8 Ways to Respond to Fear
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Linda Mintle
Fear is a normal response to what was witnessed at the Boston Marathon yesterday. The prospect of harm causes fear. Many were harmed and three people are now dead. Yet we cannot allow fear to get a grip on us and cause us to live in anxiety. Our responses to trauma impact us and are…
Teen’s Junk Diet Heightens Risk for Heart Disease
By
Linda Mintle
Is your teen consuming too many processed foods and unhealthy snacks. Well consider this new study. Your teen could be at risk for heart disease. Watch the short interview. Click here for the link:
Tackling Marriage Myths and Making Marriage Work (Video Blog)
By
Linda Mintle
Dr. Linda tackles the marriage myths: . I am a victim of my past I can’t change. Infidelity means automatic divorce. We are just two different people. We’ve grown apart.
Divorce Proof Your Marriage
By
Linda Mintle
Jack Hayford, gifted pastor, teacher and speaker, posed the question: “Do marriage vows matter?” It’s an important question that deserves more discussion. Hayford states that confronting the problem of divorce among Christians is not “a showdown between those who have failed and those who might criticize them–it’s a confrontation needed to face down a mind-set…
Ways to Resist the Cultural Pressure to Be Thin
By
Linda Mintle
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A Christian Response to Suicide
By
Linda Mintle
This past week we all heard the tragic news of Rick Warren’s son’s suicide. Our hearts and prayers go out to the family as they mourn this painful loss. Suicide is not a topic talked about in the church even though Christians can be tempted to see suicide as an escape from life’s pain when…
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