While I believe this is a great time to help other people, I also think this is the time we need to pay special attention to our own mental health and specifically how much negative information we will allow/invite into our brains during this crisis. Too little and we may not be facing the brutal facts of our situation. Too much and we may bog ourselves down, hurting our efforts to move, work and/or study in these trying times. For your own mental health, I believe you can take proactive steps during this time…

Anxiety, Mental Health InsightsJeff MoweryMarch 24, 2020Restoring Lives Counseling Services depression, anxiety, hope, peace, mental health, crisis, self crisis Comment

Why I Don't Sweat the Small Stuff

I chase the moments that continuously catch my passion on fire. I’ve heard these times referred to as thin spaces. Referring to when the space between us and God is thin. Like having a baby, getting married, achieving the unachievable, surviving cancer, etc. They close the gap between us and God—not a bad place to be if you ask me…

AnxietyJeff MoweryOctober 30, 2019Restoring Lives Counseling Services depression, anxiety, passion, hope, hopelessness, peace, mental health, mental illnessComment

On Your Mark, Get Set…Wait, I Can't Help You!

I can’t tell you how many times I come across people that say things like, “I’m ripe and ready for counseling, but I can’t get it.” It’s like we live in a vineyard full of mature grapes with no one to pick them. The grape pickers are trained and ready to start a pickin.’ They have the gloves, the machines, the know-how; but, they’re glued to their chairs; only able to pick the grapes within a 3-foot radius of them…

Counseling and TherapyJeff MoweryOctober 21, 2019Restoring Lives Counseling Services mental health, mental illness, hope, grapesComment

Face to Face With Who You Could've Been

Have you ever thought about how life could have been? Of course, you have. We all do. But, do you dwell on this like an ex-lover does “the song?” As the philosopher Plato proposes, is there a parallel universe wherein your perfect self has front row tickets watching you continuously screw things up? I can imagine my split-self now, “what’s wrong with you man? Awesome is spelled A-W-E-S-O-M-E, not Ausome. I literally just tried to spell awesome on my phone for 5 minutes. Never once did I start with Awe…Wow…

Mental Health InsightsJeff MoweryOctober 15, 2019Restoring Lives Counseling true self, authentic self, depression, self actualization Comment

Grief As Fuel

So, I ended up jumping in the car, putting all of my concerns for safety/sanity on ice, packing the boy and his brother, and set sail for Oklahoma. I wasn’t going to let my Paps die alone! Not without my blessing anyway…

Grief and LossJeff MoweryOctober 2, 2019Restoring Lives Project Councelinggrief, autism, death, pain, lost, peace, hopeComment

Autism, and the Harsh Reality of Resentments

If you are the parent or caretaker of someone with autism, you may be like me and must fight off resentful feelings at every turn. I’ll admit, by nature, I tend to hold grudges. Maybe it was the way I grew up. Maybe it’s something in my brain. Whatever the cause, I’ve had to fight off the unhealthy craving to harbor resentments for most of my life. And when it comes to revolving my life around Autism, I especially struggle…

Special Needs, Anger and ResentmentJeff MowerySeptember 23, 2019Restoring LIves Counseling Services autism, hope, disability, family and autism, hopelessness, special needs, special needs kidsComment

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