The ReStory Blog
THE BIGGEST MISCONCEPTION ABOUT UNDERSTANDING STORY
I was a basketball addict when I was younger. I spent my free time in our driveway dribbling, shooting, and imagining all sorts of last second scenarios that resulted in me making some improbable game winning shot. Each summer I counted down the days to the Shooter’s Touch Basketball Camp where we’d receive instruction from awesome coaches and spend five days doing drills and competitions.
2 Great Tips on How to Break the Cycle of Hurting Each Other
You’ve had the experience, right? The one where as soon as the words slip out of your mouth you wish you could somehow reverse the flow of speech. As soon as those words are out there, you know your partner is going to hurt. You didn’t get into this conversation because you wanted to hurt them, but here you are.
When the Dressing Room Triggers all the Feelings
You don’t need to feel surprised or overwhelmed by the tapes in your head when you de-robe, because you know why they are there and how they got there in the first place. When they begin to play, be aware and attuned to what your story is telling you.
How to Survive Grief and Loss
Mourning requires more than I ever imagined, more than I ever wanted to know. Mourning requires a kindness to my fragility. I am weak, and that is okay, I should be, as I have been through hell.
How Your Story May Be At Work This Holiday Season
At ReStory Counseling, we believe that every part of your story matters and every piece of your narrative has the capacity to empower or imprison you. We are aware that food is substance, culture, and nourishment- and it can also be the trigger to a trap.
3 Reasons Why a ReStory Intensive is Worth your Time and Financial Investment
Leaving your daily life and responsibilities affords the space and luxury of staying in what begins to surface inside of you as you linger in the scenes and story longer. There are no children, no job, no outside responsibilities that require you to “pull yourself together” allowing you feel your feelings without having to manage them.
What is Group Therapy and Why is it Beneficial?
At Restoration, we believe that “what is broken in relationship is healed in relationship.” It is in the context of actual human to human contact that our lives shift and change. No amount of study, information or behavior management can invite us to come alive again like a genuine relationship can. And there is no better place for genuine relationships to be formed among people than in the context of a ReStory Group.
We don't just tell stories. We ARE stories.
Often, counseling settles for external change in behavior. And while this is good and helpful, it does not enter the categories of the heart into which Jesus ultimately seeks to bring freedom. We don't settle. We hold out hope for true life-change that comes from heart-change. Our aim is to help you investigate the stories of your life, to see where you have been marred and wounded, and then to take up the pen to re-story your future in new, transformative and adventurous ways.
I Tried Counseling... It Made Things Worse
I went and saw a counselor a few times, but it actually made things worse. I got more depressed, fought more with my spouse. Why did that happen?