Feb 25, 2021 | Anxiety, Burnout, Depression, Emotional Health, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Rest
Today a wonderful and timely post from Jaime Hlavin on a most important subject . . . filling our emotional tank. The past twelve months have drained the emotional reserves of many humans. Jaime provides practical thoughts and behaviors that help us fill our tank and...
Feb 23, 2021 | Anger, Assertiveness, Bitterness, Burnout, Depression, Emotional Health, Happiness, Leadership, Ministry Leader
Welcome to the show notes for Episode 74 of the Leading From Alignment Podcast. Today, we want to explore the positive impact assertiveness has on our health. One thing many leaders (especially Christian leaders) don’t know about anger is they have permission to...
Feb 18, 2021 | Abuse, Anxiety, Burnout, Depression, Difficult people, Emotional Health, Ministry Leader, Narcissism, Pastor, Relationships, Uncategorized
During the month of February, we’ve been writing a series of posts on getting/staying healthy mentally and emotionally. Today’s post is part three. Enjoy ~ John According to an article in Psychology Today, the average narcissism score among college...
Feb 11, 2021 | Anger, Anxiety, Bitterness, Burnout, Depression, Emotional Health, Uncategorized
In today’s post Jaime Hlavin and I collaborate to answer the question every human needs to ask: “What can I do with my anger?” How we answer this most important question significantly impacts our mental and emotional health. Enjoy ~ John If you live...
Feb 4, 2021 | Anxiety, Burnout, Depression, Emotional Health, Uncategorized
It’s February and here in the Midwest, Seasonal Affective Disorder is in full swing, So I thought it would be good to focus our blog for the next four weeks on mental and emotional health. The CDC came out with this stunning report last year: In July 2020, 1 in 4...
Jan 14, 2021 | Anxiety, Burnout, Calling, Career, Depression, Emotional Health, Leadership, Ministry Leader, Pastor, Stress, Uncategorized, Workaholism
According to Barna’s most recent stats, 50% of pastors are currently suffering with depression. Yikes. In sixteen years of working with pastors, I’ve never seen them more stressed as a collective whole than I do now. So I thought it might be a good idea to...