Healing After a Severed Friendship
Ready to embark on a journey of healing and growth after losing a friend? Jessica Van Roekel and I offer practical insights and encouragement to help you navigate the complexities of severed friendships.
Who Is Your Best Friend?
Who is your best friend? The answer may surprise you! Discover the secret to identifying your true best friend. Learn to cultivate genuine friendships that uplift and inspire as you explore the beauty of vulnerability, forgiveness, and unconditional love.
Five Suggestions to Mend a Friendship
Misunderstandings happen and disagreements occur even in the healthiest of relationships. In a world that seems to thrive on discord, it can be tempting to run from conflict in a friendship. But conflict can bring about growth if we don’t fear or avoid it. Lack of communication, pride, fear, misunderstanding, careless words, being quick to pick up an offense leads to cracks in a friendship. These cracks can potentially lead to broken friendships. Rev. Jessica Van Roekel and I share 5 ways to mend a friendship.
Strategies for Fostering Deep Connections to Reduce Loneliness and Isolation
Moving across country one week before the world shut down due to the pandemic was a challenge for me and my family. The loneliness and isolation that accompanied our move was unprecedented. The pandemic alone was enough to usher in a new degree of loneliness for millions of people, but add on top of that a move, and I was struggling. The last few years have presented a challenge. So, I thought it might be helpful to discuss strategies for fostering deep connections to reduce loneliness and isolation.
Shattered Friendships & Coffee Mugs: Living Free from Rejection’s Fear
We will all likely experience relationship pain at some point. It stings in a different way than any other kind of pain. In this post, Jessica Van Roekel shares about the relationship pain she endured when an unexpected and unwanted email ended a longtime friendship. Learn how she discovered the power to reframe rejection and live life without rejection’s pain.
Surviving A Friend’s Betrayal
Discover practical steps to overcome the pain of betrayal by a friend. Seek healing, forgiveness, and restoration through God’s love and grace. You are not alone in this journey. Read more for how to survive a friend’s betrayal.
Dr. Michelle Bengtson
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