by Arise Counseling and Coaching | Oct 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
I thought it was a joke! At pre-field orientation before my first year in China, they told us not to be surprised if our host school assigned us to teach classes that were outside of our skill set. Sure enough, we were in the car to the hotel shortly after landing in...
by Arise Counseling and Coaching | Oct 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
One of my favorite movies is “Meet the Fockers”. In this comedy, Robert De Niro plays ex-CIA agent, Jack, who has been deeply influenced by his job experience, and he is on a mission to prove his future son-in-law, Greg (played by Ben Stiller), is not trustworthy....
by Arise Counseling and Coaching | Oct 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Most people have heard that the best treatment for mental health disorders is counseling/psychiatric treatment and medication. While this is true, there are other aids to help in healing those who suffer from mental illness, particularly anxiety and...
by Connie | May 30, 2016 | Couples, Empowerment, Life Coach, Reawakening, Uncategorized
Three Causes of Our Suffering Suffering is a certainty of our existence. It is very real and very personal. We all know the inherent dissatisfaction that comes with living in our humanness. Despite our knowledge that we have a loving God who has written for each of us...
by Connie | May 13, 2016 | Empowerment, Uncategorized
Are you tired of the same old thing? Bored in your routine life? Feel stuck in a rut? Want something to change? But as miserable and bored as you are, you keep doing the same thing? You don’t know what to change or how to change it. You just know you don’t want...
by Connie | Mar 8, 2016 | Empowerment, Reawakening, Uncategorized
The Struggle in the Lie During a recent session, my client said to me in sheer frustration, “I want to trust God. I want to let Him in. I want to know that He’s safe. But I feel myself strong-arming Him because I don’t trust Him. I’ve asked him to come through for me...
