by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 17, 2016 | addiction, Lifestyle Choices
Over the years that I have been working with individuals who are homeless and women in recovery I have learned a lot about the food stamp economy. There are individuals who survive satisfactorily, in their current way of thinking, on the things they can buy with...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 14, 2016 | disappointment, women in ministry, work
Over the last 40 years I have worked in a variety of corporate environments dominated by men- in an office full of cotton brokers, in medical laboratories with male supervisors and owners, in field sales with major corporate organizations, in commercial insurance...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 14, 2016 | miracles, perseverance
Students at Titus 2 and others of us this week have been considering ‘resilience’. Resilience is defined as “the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; ability to recover readily from illness,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 9, 2016 | boundaries, discipleship training
I use the Priscilla Shirer YouTube video entitled “Who’s Your Daddy” (link below) with our Titus 2 ladies as we talk about the attributes and character of God and what each one knows about God. A significant goal for our program is to enlarge each student’s...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 31, 2016 | communication, community, conflict
Fighting Fair Recently I had an incident of conflict with a student whose repeated disregard for instructions had become so critical that she was at risk of being dismissed from Titus 2’s residence, which I knew would be disastrous for her given other circumstances of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 29, 2016 | healing
I have recently read Dr. Chauncey Crandall’s “Touching Heaven”. He, a cardiologist and born again Christian, began exploring the many ways of healing- spiritual, physical, mental, relational, etc.- as he began to see the power of God at work among...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 26, 2016 | addiction, counseling
As I have worked in counseling and spiritual formation with women over the last 10 years, I have observed a particular attitude that it has taken me ten years to wrap my mind around and articulate what it is I am seeing. It finally all came together this past week...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 26, 2016 | conflict
One of the most difficult tasks of communication that we find necessary to work on at Titus 2 is handling conflict. The first principle is “Don’t RUN!” . Others might argue that the first principle is “Don’t get defensive.” If one...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 26, 2016 | Aging
Yippee Skippee! Proverbs 31:25 “She laughs at what is to come!” Aging Is Associated With Better Mental Health by Fran Lowry August 25, 2016 Medscape News Like good wine and cheese, one’s mental health improves with age, new research suggests. In a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
News from Johns Hopkins researchers you’re not likely to see in the main stream media: In the ’70’s the American Psychological Assn. removed homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses. In the 90’s it stated that homosexuality is...
