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I’m continuing to share my story with you all in this new vlog release.

I’ve shared already how while living abroad I went to visit a counselor in a nearby country to get help for my relapse with depression and anxiety, and how in those sessions I was diagnosed with having PTSD and needed further help from a trauma specialist.

Well in this vlog, I begin to share my experience with trying medication to help with my issues. I do have to say that for myself, I had to continue to unravel before it started to get better. Soon enough these vlogs will reveal my healing.. so stay tuned.

 

 

Overcoming a victim mentality…

In this video, I will continue to speak on the “victim mentality” and, specifically, how to overcome this negative mindset. After we identify when we are falling into this unhealthy way of thinking, then we can make a healthy choice to change either our perspective of our challenging situation or choose to respond in such a way that helps us feel free from feeling stuck within it.

Be sure to watch part 1 where I explain more of what a “victim mentality” really is and why we end up thinking this way. Find that video here: https://thebarbes.com/how-to-not-be-the-victim-in-your-story-part-1/

This video was filmed at Dory’s Gardens here in Tyler, Texas! Thank you Dory for allowing me to use your beautiful garden as a backdrop for my video. If you are in the Tyler area go visit her! Learn more here: dorysgardens.com

Always the victim and never a victor?

In this video, I will be sharing with you how to define what having a victim mentality looks like and why we find ourselves stuck in this unhealthy mindset in the first place. A lot of times we take on a perspective where we quickly become a victim within our difficult circumstances without realizing it.

We do this out of habit, out of learned behavior, or as a result of ongoing trauma or difficult situations in our lives. Once we realize what we are doing, I believe that we can take back our power and discover how to respond in a healthy way with what has happened to us.

Be sure to catch part 2 coming soon! In part two, we will discuss how to overcome this unhealthy way of thinking and believing. It will be amazing! Find that video here: https://thebarbes.com/how-to-not-be-the-victim-in-your-story-part-2/

This video was filmed at Dory’s Gardens here in Tyler, Texas! Thank you Dory for allowing me to use your beautiful garden as a backdrop for my video. If you are in the Tyler area go visit her! Learn more here: dorysgardens.com

Learning from the Pharaoh’s pride…

In this video, a lesson taken out of my Moses Bible study, we will learn how pride and an inflated ego works to harden the heart. We will also learn how to guard ourselves from allowing pride to make its’ home within us.

Much of the filming of this video took place at and around Tyler Innovation Pipeline, the place where I record my podcasts and office out of! Check them out if you’re in Tyler, Texas: https://www.tylerinnovators.com

 

Curious to learn how to stop the negative thinking patterns of mental filtering and labeling?

In this video, we will continue our discussion with these two cognitive distortions as I share practical ways of how to stop falling into these unhealthy ways of thinking.

If you haven’t watched the first part, definitely do so! Within part one, the discussion on defining mental filtering and labeling, as well as, some good examples will help you recognize if you are thinking in these ways.

Check out part one below after watching today’s part two! Here’s part 1 here: “Mental Filtering and Labeling, HOW TO STOP Part 1” https://youtu.be/vgwHQrQqoU4

Have you found yourself taking on these negative thinking patterns called mental filtering and labeling?

In this video, we will define and hear examples of what mental filtering and labeling are. Perhaps we think we have a grasp on these unhealthy patterns of thinking, also known as cognitive distortions. However, it is always wise to be reminded of these mental traps that only aim to worsen mental health issues.

I will be releasing the second part of this video series very soon, and in that video I will continue to share how to keep ourselves from such negative thinking. So keep an eye out!

I’m finishing out this part of my mental health story!

I have been sharing my experience with receiving intense therapy abroad and continue to do so in this video. I also share how the Lord used my counselor in a life changing way, so much so, that I have been able to heal tremendously as a result.

And touch on what I believe to be a season of great despair, possibly the greatest I’ve ever experienced thus far in my life. Yet, I walked through it with the grace and mercy of God.

I’ll continue sharing my healing journey in the months ahead!

In this episode, I continue to share my experience of receiving therapy abroad.

I share how going through nearly two weeks of intense counseling sessions impacted me, and how finally receiving what would eventually reveal itself as the correct diagnosis for my mental health made me feel.

God’s faithfulness only continues to become more real as I share this journey. Next week I will release the third telling of this part to my story!

I am bringing back my mental health vlogs!

In this episode, I share how my decision to get help again with my mental health landed me in a counselor’s office in a nearby country from where we were serving the Lord. Our best option for getting me help without returning all the way back to the States was for Josh and I to take this short flight so that I would receive intense therapy for nine days.

It was a difficult experience to say the least.. but it was moving me in the right direction. I will be releasing two more vlogs of this part of my story within the following weeks!

Have you taken things personal when you probably shouldn’t have?

In this video, we will take a look at Moses assuming the enslaved Israelites did not want to listen to him because of his lack of speaking skills. However, that assumption was incorrect!

And not only that, Moses also used his perceived offense as an excuse to not want to follow through in obedience to God. Perhaps this is something we tend to do as well. Enjoy this teaching coming straight out of my Bible study on Moses!