by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 18, 2022 | churches, Emotional Literacy, love
Wisdom from Dr. Henry Cloud: “Denying our sinfulness is natural. Who wants to claim something that makes us uncomfortable? It’s not easy to own. But what about negative feelings that are not sinful — the ones that result merely from living in a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 23, 2022 | Addictions, Emotional Literacy
The “crazy cycle”……repeating the same behaviors over and over again, in spite of brokenness, grief, disastrous consequences, and attempts at bargaining with God. I’ve described this cycle many times to students through showing them how it...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 4, 2022 | Emotional Literacy
Feelings Wheel link (at bottom of document) and emotional literacy materials from Titus 2 women’s ministry residential program Emotional Literacy- Knowing and Managing Our Emotions (Sept. 2017) Jesus sets an example for us of healthy emotional...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 31, 2022 | Emotional Literacy, healing
In Scripture we see regular references to “remembrance” and directions to “remember”. Memories can hold keys to self-awareness, healing, and peace with God, within one’s self, and even with others. Below is a link to an excellent...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 2, 2022 | Emotional Literacy, Teaching
Why we include emotional literacy, values education, sharing our lives as well as our testimony, and the importance of interdependent living at Titus 2: The Most Private is Often What Resonates the Strongest The pyschologist Carl Rogers, a person who would know quite...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 16, 2021 | Emotional Literacy
Happiness is a temporary, transient state dependent upon the circumstances in which one finds herself. Joy is a growing consistency of positive emotional well-being, that transforms into an eternity-minded state of being, that incorporates the peace, gratitude, and...
