Category: Trauma

• Finding Purpose from Our Pain

    In case you don’t know it, I’m transitioning from a counselor to a life coach. Because of that, I’ve been working diligently over the past year and a half to develop my coaching niches. One of the areas I’ve researched has been finding and clarifying “purpose” or “calling” in peoples’ lives. What’s interesting is…

  BethSteffaniak

  July 1, 2012

  Affairs, Choices, Christ-Centered, Faith in God, God’s Redemption, Purpose, Trauma, Trials

• If Only I Had Been There

  Written by Kimberly Green “If I had only been there, it would never have happened.” This was the belief I had for many years that shaped much of my insecurity and fear of the world around me. At 16 years old, after nearly two decades of dysfunction, my parent’s marriage, and life as I had…

  BethSteffaniak

  July 5, 2011

  Affairs, Betrayal, Codependency, Fear, Insecurity, Magical Thinking, Trauma

• When the Crisis Comes

  You’re running late—as usual. You buckle the kids in their car seats and race off to do a long list of errands. The first errand on your list is a dentist appointment for your youngest. You glance at the clock on the dashboard and realize you’re further behind than you thought. So you decide to…

  BethSteffaniak

  February 28, 2011

  Mess Makers, Trauma