Posts by Uduak Afangideh
Dealing with Grief
November is one of my favorite months of the year, as it ushers in a season of reflection; most needed moments to pause and count our blessings during Thanksgiving before the frenzy of the Christmas season. It always seems to be a month filled with nostalgia for me. As I watch the leaves fall from the trees, I tend to slow down a bit more and think about the fact that those leaves were once the source of nourishment for…
Spiritual Dimentions of Trauma
In my work as a mental health counselor, I have come to realize that trauma is not just an isolated event or a series of events that people have to deal with but that there are spiritual dimensions of trauma. Some facts that inform this concept are: • The well known and widely accepted notion that we are not just human beings having brief moments of spiritual experiences; we are spiritual beings having brief moments of human experience. • The…
When Self-care Is A Struggle
As we battle the current global pandemic, physical self-care seems to have become a “buzz word” among individuals and with health care workers. While people often associate physical self-care with having a massage on a regular basis or treating themselves to a movie regularly or buying new outfits on a regular basis, there is much more to itthan this. In my private practice, I often walk clients through what I call the four pillars of physical self-care. These are: Eating nutritious foods consistently It…
What I Feared the Most
In Job 3:25, Job says “the thing that I greatly feared has come upon me.” Anyone who knows the story of this great man in the book of Job will attest that Job’s greatest fears had indeed become reality. He literally lost everything in a matter of hours. This reminds me of a statement that I heard a long time ago likening fear to a magnet, attracting to us the things we do not want. In these days of uncertainty, it…
Take Every Thought Captive
by guest author Dr. Uduak Afangideh How do we keep our minds healthy in uncertain times? Two steps to taking every thought captive. If there is one thing that psychologists, behavioral scientists, natural scientists and Christians agree on, it is the power of the mind in directing the affairs of the human individual. There is an abundance of evidence based on empirical research to support what scripture says in Prov. 4:12 that “as a man thinks in his heart, so…