by Susan Barnes | 15 Jul 2022 | Book Reviews
As I have reflected on the issues Bessel raises, these are a few brief thoughts that I found helpful in dealing with past trauma: – Find activities where you feel safe and can completely relax. – Listen to your body, particularly if you feel muscle tension...
by Susan Barnes | 8 Jul 2022 | Book Reviews
The Body Keeps the Score : mind, brain and body in the transformation of trauma is a thought-provoking book about the ongoing effects of trauma. The book is written by Bessel van der Kolk who has spent 30 years researching, studying and speaking with people who have...
by Susan Barnes | 17 Mar 2022 | Book Reviews
In his book, The Thing Beneath the Thing, Steve Carter looks at why we sometimes overreact to certain people or events and how this may be connected to past hurts. Carter encourages readers to become curious about our overreactions particularly when there are patterns...
by Susan Barnes | 13 Feb 2022 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “When I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me, I still had no peace of mind, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said...
by Susan Barnes | 30 Nov 2021 | Quoting Other Writers
Rule 10 / Be precise in your speech In this chapter Peterson uses the children’s story, There’s no such thing as a dragon by Jack Kent to make his point. In this story, Billy Bixbee finds a small dragon in his bedroom but when he tells his mother, she insists, there’s...
by Susan Barnes | 15 Jun 2021 | Devotions
He took Peter, James and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death,” he said to them. Mark 14:33-34I was flicking through some children’s church resources when it struck me that...
