The Five Tools That Help You Discern Part 3: My heart You have learned the first two tools out of five: Physical Sensations and Emotions and Feelings. The third tool might possibly be the most difficult for you to identify or admit to because it requires you to look at your past experiences and the rejection, wounds, and...
After learning the first tool used in discernment, you are one step closer to being able to differentiate between a distorted thought and an accurate thought. The second tool in the process is your Emotions or Feelings. We can all admit at some point in our lives that our emotions have gotten the best of us. We become upset in...
This mini blog series is based on five tools that are crucial to successful discernment. When these five tools are used together in balance they help you determine whether your thought is rational and healthy, or distorted and irrational. We all know the difference between rationality and irrationality, but we don’t always...
Life has challenges – what an understatement! There are challenges financially, in marriage, dating, parenting, and other relationships. You can have your hopes and dreams dashed and struggle with the resulting negative emotions. Life will have its ups and downs, but the way you deal with life situations will improve...
Dr. Michele was recently interviewed by First Coast News on the subject of “Back to School bullying definition and signs to look for in your child”. Dr. Michele Fleming, says kids should work on standing up for themselves, even if it’s just internally. “You have to condemn the voices that are speaking...
There are many types of abuse, ranging from blatant to subtle: verbal, emotional, physical, sexual, and spiritual. No abuse should be deemed as minor. Subtle abuses are more widespread, as it takes those who are victimized a longer period of time to identify and feel the destructive affects. I use the analogy that people bleed...
Have you ever heard the story of the proverbial frog placed in cool water who doesn’t realize he’s in danger until the water heats to a boil? Many of us in America are like that little fellow. Our culture is so permeated with verbal and emotional abuse we have become anesthetized to its sting, even downplaying and renaming...
The press and society call it “bullying,” but it isn’t the bullying that we think of from the past. We imagine the little boy who wears glasses, gets teased and called four eyes, or the overweight teenage girl who isn’t chosen for team sports. Another example is the bookworm who sits alone at lunch and his books are...