by Jennifer Leigh | Mar 9, 2017 | Coping Skills |
Shame. Most of us experience it in benzo withdrawal. For some of us, it comes roaring into our lives like a freight train. It touches every corner of our daily existence. For others, it seeps in slowly, almost imperceptibly, but it’s there, taunting us. Even for...
by Jennifer Leigh | May 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
“I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.” (Psalm 139:13) The biggest danger to recovery, and a healthy spiritual life, isn’t the pursuit of fame and fortune, or the things we chase...
by Jennifer Leigh | Apr 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
“Fear not, for you will not be ashamed; be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced; for you will forget the shame of your youth,” Isaiah 54:4 God said, “Come here.” “I am too dirty.” I replied and hid my face in shame....
by Jennifer Leigh | Feb 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
Isaiah 50:7 But the Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame. Shame is one of the most neurotoxic emotions. It floods the brain and body with chemicals that kill off...
by Jennifer Leigh | Feb 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
Galatians 5:13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. A teenage girl deeply traumatized by unwanted sexual advances and assaults from her boss, began...
