A free guide to building a sustainable, flexible practice of the most effective self-help tool there is. Half the Psalter is journaling — David writing out grief, anger, fear, and hope in God’s presence until his soul settled (“Search me, O God, and know my heart”, Psalm 139:23). Our guide to mining the Psalms turns…
From the first page of the Bible, God’s way with chaos is not to flee it but to order it — light from darkness, rhythm from formlessness (Genesis 1). Recovery works the same way: structure is grace. Here is a menu of small habits that make big changes for addiction or trauma. Treat this like…
“Let us not love in word or talk but in deed” (1 John 3:18) — real connection is built from small, repeated acts. Here is a menu of small habits that can make big changes in your relationships. Treat this like a menu, not a to-do list. Pick one thing to try at a time,…
God tends to grow big things from small faithfulness — “one who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much” (Luke 16:10). Here is a menu of small habits that can make big changes for depression, anxiety, or anger. Treat this like a menu, not a to-do list. Pick one thing to…
A tool for understanding personal and relationship patterns. “Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life” (Proverbs 4:23). Keeping your heart requires understanding how it actually works — and that’s what this tool is for. The SEEDS Cycle is a helpful way to understand the connections between things that…
Four research-backed, Scripture-shaped tools — AVR, the Daily Recovery Journal, 10-minute breaks, and the circuit-breaker conversation — for saying true things without drowning. Four tools for saying true things without drowning — because “speak the truth in love” (Ephesians 4:15) takes more than good intentions when your heart rate is 110. Why hard conversations feel impossible right…
Parental control applications are increasingly important in children’s and adolescents lives because any app can be used to encourage unsafe sexual activity. Can ‘parental control’ software help recovering sex and porn addicts? The short answer is “yes.” Parental control or accountability software can help sex and porn addicts. Individuals should look for key features when…
No plan is real until it’s written down. Learn the five-circle recovery plan — your sobriety line, foolish compromise, triggers, rhythms of grace, and the vision of who you’re becoming. “For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost?” (Luke 14:28). Jesus assumed that anything worth building…