Splankna Blog/Testimonials
Strengthen Your Knowledge, Your Skills, and Your Faith
Years ago when I was disciplining my son, he said, “I know you hate me and think I’m stupid.” In the moment, I thought he was just being dramatic. Then I noticed a pattern over the next couple weeks. Every time my husband or I disciplined him he would repeat that same sentence.
...
For years now, I’ve noticed a pattern. I have this self-sabotage thing going on. Whenever I make a plan to get healthy, to get in shape, or do something that will improve my health and livelihood. Something always happens. Some kind of physical symptom… years ago when I was running,...
“Imago Theory” is about attraction, about chemistry. It’s a theory about why we’re attracted to one person and not another. It was developed and popularized by Harville Hendrix in his book, “Keeping The Love You Find.” The theory asserts that we all form...
Do you want to be healed? Could you be your own block to freedom?
Jesus asked, “Do you want to be well?” in John 5. Why, because even when it comes to healing God is not going to override our free will. We need to be on board.
The question is… Do you want to change? Do...
We live in a world that responds to emotional problems with medication. The plethora of anxiety medications can be helpful to varying degrees but they also come with their own lists of side effects.
There is another way to cure anxiety; resolve it at the root.
Mind-body psychology can help a...
My youngest son has changed a little over time until he started to become very different and not in a good way. He has always been defined by his loving, caring, tender nature. However lately he’s been rude, quick to anger, and disrespectful. I’ve been talking to him a lot about...
“Inner Healing” is a term used for the emotional healing of old traumatic memories. Inner healing as opposed to physical or “outer” healing.
Scripture references the “inner man,” and the “secret places” of the heart throughout the old and new...
Any time you can see a family pattern, there is a generational issue in play.
Anything can “go generational.” Health issues, personality disorders, addiction, suicide, anything can be passed down generationally. If you can see it in the parents or grandparents, or if many siblings...
Your “buttons” have nothing to do with other people. They are yours and you’re responsible for them.
So the first thing to do when someone pushes your “buttons” is to stop and ask yourself, “What just happened here? What trigger just went off in me?”...
ALL patterns are meaningful. If you notice an emotional cycle or pattern in your life, it comes from somewhere important.
Patterns don’t occur accidentally.
Beneath every emotional cycle is a significant issue that needs to be addressed. If you noticed a romantic cycle for instance, where...
