Jennifer Jill Schwirzer LPC – Life & Health Network https://lifeandhealth.org Your Health Simplified Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:01:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://lifeandhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cropped-lhn-favicon-32x32.png Jennifer Jill Schwirzer LPC – Life & Health Network https://lifeandhealth.org 32 32 The Power of Love https://lifeandhealth.org/mindfulness/emotional-health/the-power-of-love/0722527.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-power-of-love https://lifeandhealth.org/mindfulness/emotional-health/the-power-of-love/0722527.html#comments Thu, 22 Jun 2023 14:35:16 +0000 https://lifeandhealth.org/?p=22527 Laci* grew up in a quaint farming community in Wichita Falls, Kansas. Her father’s transfer to Beaumont, Texas in the middle of the school year faced her with difficulties making new friends. Cliques had already formed at Beaumont High, so Laci ate lunch alone. When her parents then placed her in a private school, she…

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]]> https://lifeandhealth.org/mindfulness/emotional-health/the-power-of-love/0722527.html/feed 1 Breaking Free From the Chains https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/healthy-habits/breaking-free-from-the-chains/0722517.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breaking-free-from-the-chains https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/healthy-habits/breaking-free-from-the-chains/0722517.html#respond Thu, 22 Jun 2023 14:12:39 +0000 https://lifeandhealth.org/?p=22517 After World War I, Second Lieutenant Bill Wilson failed to graduate from law school because he was too drunk to pick up his diploma. Years later a severely alcoholic Bill entered the Charles B. Towns Hospital for Drug and Alcohol Addictions in New York City four times, receiving no help. His doctor eventually told him…

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]]> https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/healthy-habits/breaking-free-from-the-chains/0722517.html/feed 0 Finding Hope in Despair https://lifeandhealth.org/mindfulness/emotional-health/finding-hope-in-despair/0622508.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finding-hope-in-despair https://lifeandhealth.org/mindfulness/emotional-health/finding-hope-in-despair/0622508.html#respond Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:33:27 +0000 https://lifeandhealth.org/?p=22508 Famous author and theologian C.S. Lewis once said, “Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say, ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say, ‘My heart is broken.’” – C.S.…

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]]> https://lifeandhealth.org/mindfulness/emotional-health/finding-hope-in-despair/0622508.html/feed 0 Try Social Stretches for Anxiety https://lifeandhealth.org/mindfulness/try-social-stretches-for-anxiety/0821061.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=try-social-stretches-for-anxiety https://lifeandhealth.org/mindfulness/try-social-stretches-for-anxiety/0821061.html#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2021 15:51:47 +0000 https://lifeandhealth.org/?p=21061 Life and Health Network and I recently developed an online course called Anxiety and Depression Relief. There’s an individual course you can take at home as well as a group course that can be run by clinics, community groups, and churches. I’ve started to personally run a group workshop on Zoom. So far, the workshop…

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]]> https://lifeandhealth.org/mindfulness/try-social-stretches-for-anxiety/0821061.html/feed 1 Perceived Value Syndrome (And Why You Can’t Seem To Commit) https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/perceived-value-syndrome-and-why-you-cant-seem-to-commit/119110.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=perceived-value-syndrome-and-why-you-cant-seem-to-commit https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/perceived-value-syndrome-and-why-you-cant-seem-to-commit/119110.html#respond Thu, 19 Apr 2018 18:41:39 +0000 http://lifeandhealth.wordifysites.com/?p=9110 So often in love, particularly romantic love, we want those who don’t want us and don’t want those who do. Pairing failures are inevitable, having to do with taste, personality, education level, looks, and other randomness, but some pairing failures are actually based on a self-defeating aversion to what is available simply because it’s available.…

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]]> https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/perceived-value-syndrome-and-why-you-cant-seem-to-commit/119110.html/feed 0 Getting Help For Anxiety https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/getting-help-for-anxiety/159848.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=getting-help-for-anxiety https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/getting-help-for-anxiety/159848.html#respond Tue, 27 Mar 2018 22:28:27 +0000 http://lifeandhealth.wordifysites.com/?p=8699 Originally published in November, 2017 on Lindsey Gendke’s blog, Writing to My Roots. Life held no joy. I dreaded every day. I didn’t understand my behavior, so I couldn’t help myself. And I was making my family miserable. Three weeks ago, I finally sought medical help for over eight months of what I’ve learned was uncontrolled Anxiety…

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]]> https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/getting-help-for-anxiety/159848.html/feed 0 Self-Care Or Self-Giving? Or Both? https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/self-care-or-self-giving-or-both/079847.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=self-care-or-self-giving-or-both https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/self-care-or-self-giving-or-both/079847.html#respond Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:52:18 +0000 http://lifeandhealth.wordifysites.com/?p=8674 Self-care is everywhere we look these days—images of tanned, beautiful bodies in cross-legged yoga bliss; blogs about taking time to unwind written by the overextended; day spas and smoothie bars promising health and renewed energy. For many, self-care messages prompt no moral or ethical conflict. But people committed to living sacrificially for the good of…

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]]> https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/self-care-or-self-giving-or-both/079847.html/feed 0 Implicit Bias Playlist: Why Our Prejudices Keep Singing the Same Songs Over and Over https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/implicit-bias-playlist-why-our-prejudices-keep-singing-the-same-songs-over-and-over/129831.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=implicit-bias-playlist-why-our-prejudices-keep-singing-the-same-songs-over-and-over https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/implicit-bias-playlist-why-our-prejudices-keep-singing-the-same-songs-over-and-over/129831.html#respond Mon, 16 Oct 2017 19:20:53 +0000 http://lifeandhealth.wordifysites.com/?p=8005 One sunshiney Florida day, my family took a ride in our speedboat. The boat’s construction placed the passengers in the bow and the driver in the back. I’d jumped into the driver’s seat at the beginning of the ride, but later handed the wheel over to my brother. The family, looking out at beautiful scenery,…

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]]> https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/implicit-bias-playlist-why-our-prejudices-keep-singing-the-same-songs-over-and-over/129831.html/feed 0 7 Psychological Pitfalls And How To Fix Them https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/7-psychological-pitfalls-and-how-to-fix-them/118011.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=7-psychological-pitfalls-and-how-to-fix-them https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/7-psychological-pitfalls-and-how-to-fix-them/118011.html#respond Tue, 11 Jul 2017 18:55:43 +0000 http://lifeandhealth.wordifysites.com/?p=7512 Normally I like to dwell on the positive and be upbeat, constructive, and solution-focused. Just for now, though, I’m going to list seven deadly psychological sins that, if left to themselves, will undo all the good that your better habits may be accomplishing in your life. Solomon said, “Catch the foxes for us, the little…

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