Tag Archives: mental health

A NEW ATTITUDE – ‘…Change the way you think…’

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Sandra Delemare

‘…Change the way you think…’ Romans 12:2 Today’s reading from Bob Gass’ Word for Today is spot on. It endorses many DBT principles: “For things to change for the better, you must ‘change the way you think.’ For example: a) … Continue reading →

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The Bible and Mental Health – 2

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Sandra Delemare

How to calm your mind with God’s word. Adrian Warnock has written an excellent series of posts on mental health. This one deals specifically with using the Bible to calm your mind: “ For God hath not given us the … Continue reading →

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Reading the Bible can be good for your Mental Health

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Sandra Delemare

Here is a copy of an article which I wrote for a local paper, the ‘Lymington Times’, and which was published in October 2004 – 9 years ago but still relevant today. Sunday 10th October was World Mental Health Day. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, mental health | Tagged anxiety, bible, bible and mental health, hope, Jesus, loneliness, mental health, negative thoughts, Philippians 4:6&7 | 2 Comments

More Pillars of Mental Health and Wellbeing

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Sandra Delemare

This came up in my email inbox:10 Rules for Simple Happiness Currently, I’m still sorting ‘stuff’, so this blog seems to have become a series of rebloggs and links to others – but hey, why re-invent the wheel!!?? There’s some … Continue reading →

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The four pillars of mental health and wellbeing

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Sandra Delemare

Here is a link to The four pillars of mental health and wellbeing. This is from Adrian Warnock’s blog. Adrian is a medical doctor, has trained as a psychiatrist, and following eight years of hospital practice, now works in research. … Continue reading →

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My Story 9 – Repentance, it’s not what you think

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Sandra Delemare

‘Most people think of repentance as a heavy, sombre religious duty. In reality, authentic biblical repentance is a life-giving art, renewing the entire soul.’ (John Mark Comer, ‘My Name is Hope: Anxiety, depression and life after melancholy.’) In my last … Continue reading →

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Forgiveness – what to do when we have been hurt

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Sandra Delemare

How to Forgive when the Knife Thrower has Sneezed – Barry Pearman has written a 3-part series on Forgiveness. In part 2 he describes a three part cycle for dealing with hurts. The first step is to embrace the pain … Continue reading →

Posted in mental health, mindfulness | Tagged dealing with pain, emotional pain, forgiveness, forgiving ourselves, grace, mental health, mindfulness, past hurts | 4 Comments

Crochet Saved My Life – book review

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Sandra Delemare

I’ve mentioned this book before: https://delemares.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/a-simple-mindfulness-exercise-for-crochetets/ The latest Talking Crochet online newsletter includes a review at: http://www.crochet-world.com/newsletters.php?mode=article&article_id=2842&key=CWNL ‘A wide range of afflictions are covered in the 304 pages, such as stress/anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder/addiction, Alzheimer’s disease and age-related memory loss … Continue reading →

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LGBT and Mental Health

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Sandra Delemare

Nearly twice as many LGBT people have mental health problems as heterosexuals. Within that group, bisexuals and trans-gender people are even more isolated. More on this at: http://blackdogtribe.com/news-features/lgbt-data-disparities-mental-health More than 43 percent of gay and lesbian students identified having three or more … Continue reading →

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reblog – redeeming the ordinary

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Sandra Delemare

road sign that inspired a Haiku Though autumn wind blows/spring lake in me is greening/fear not winter snows This is a Haiku inspired by a road sign. Frank Cottrell Boyce is a children’s writer who said this in an article…