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Do You Show Signs of Codependency?
By
Linda Mintle
Jenny loves Rick, but is showing signs of codependency. She needs Rick’s approval and basis her sense of identity on his reactions. She feels she must care for him at all costs in order to be worthy of his love. When a problem arises, she doesn’t confront because she worries he won’t love her or respond well.…
Breaking the Power of Pornography
By
Linda Mintle
Tom is a healthy 26-year-old male who recently married and is struggling in his sex life due to the influence of pornography. Although he and his wife attend church, Tom is one of the 64-to 68% of young adult men who uses pornography at least once a week (Covenant Eyes). During college, Tom used pornography to address his…
What It Takes to Make Lasting Change
By
Linda Mintle
Through years of failed change attempts, the road of self-effort and control has not taken most of us where we wanted to go. Proverbs 14:12 tells us, “Before every man there lies a wide and pleasant road that seems right but ends in death” (TLB). To stay on this road is to choose further heartache and destruction.…
8 Questions: Are You A Hard Worker or Workalholic?
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Linda Mintle
In the same way a drug addict uses cocaine or an alcoholic downs booze, work can have an anesthetizing effect on negative emotions. People use work to escape and avoid unpleasant emotional states. But because hard work is so sanctioned in our society, it is an addiction often minimized. Our once sacred days of rest…
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