The Serenity and Health blog is authored by Donna Chacko, M.D., and topics include stress, resilience, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), meditation, prayer, Centering Prayer, health habits, the human condition, God’s mercy, and more.
The idea of surrendering your life and will to God sounds impossible, until you realize you really don’t have to do it all at once.
Are you surrounded by people but in reality isolated or lonely? Read how soup (and other things) can help.
No good cause, no matter how worthy, justifies using language that strips others of their dignity. Why are our politicians having success with this kind of language?
Pleasure and therapy combined. Keep reading to see how this could work for you.
This might be the life-changing miracle you are seeking.
Join more than 10 million others and learn 4 tools to help you solve problems.
To change the world, you must first change yourself. Read on to help you embrace and live this counterintuitive message.
Do you control your phone habits? Or does your phone control you?
Here's is a powerful example of what we can learn from history--enemies becoming friends.
Read more to learn about a remarkable free online program that will help you grow and deal in more healthy ways with life’s stresses.
Think how much better the world would be if we all took time to “pause and ponder.” Here is a fun and easy way to do just that.
Are you intrigued by the idea of a “Divine Therapist?” If so, keep reading.
It is not crazy to sit in silence doing nothing. Wise and holy men and women have always done it.
Do you struggle with burnout, busyness addiction, ineffective conflict style, blaming others or replaying old narratives? The truth is, the world we live in is messy. Join us in navigating the messiness together!
"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity." Learn who said this and one way to deal with war.
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It took me years to grasp these three simple, yet powerful, truths.