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F. Remy Diederich
F. Remy Diederich
How Low Self-Worth Makes Enemies of Friends
faith, mental health, religion and spirituality F. Remy Diederich 10/30/23 faith, mental health, religion and spirituality F. Remy Diederich 10/30/23

How Low Self-Worth Makes Enemies of Friends

Low self-worth can surprisingly make “enemies” of your friends. How is this possible? In this article I look at the problem with the help of Henri Nouwen and offer some practical advice.

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Facing Your Shame - Day 31
faith, religion and spirituality, mental health F. Remy Diederich 3/24/23 faith, religion and spirituality, mental health F. Remy Diederich 3/24/23

Facing Your Shame - Day 31

When you experience a setback, it’s easy to let your shame keep you from making a comeback. If you want to recover from your setback it’s important to face your shame.

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Sabbath Is God's Answer For Our Shame
faith, God, religion and spirituality F. Remy Diederich 2/3/23 faith, God, religion and spirituality F. Remy Diederich 2/3/23

Sabbath Is God's Answer For Our Shame

There is an inverse connection between shame and Sabbath, or the ability to rest. Shame causes us to strive for acceptance and never enter the rest that God has for us. But when you stop to rest, you might hear God’s voice of love.

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Shame and the Coping Mechanisms We Use
addiction, faith, recovery, religion and spirituality F. Remy Diederich 1/20/23 addiction, faith, recovery, religion and spirituality F. Remy Diederich 1/20/23

Shame and the Coping Mechanisms We Use

Shame is a painful emotion. As a result, we resort to a variety of coping mechanisms to cover the pain. But is it worth the trouble?

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I'm SO Offended! Are You?
emotions, faith, religion and spirituality F. Remy Diederich 6/10/22 emotions, faith, religion and spirituality F. Remy Diederich 6/10/22

I'm SO Offended! Are You?

Outrage and offenses seem to be embedded into our culture today. But could our ease of being offended be more about us than our offender? Learn how shame plays a role in being offended and what you can do about it.

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Deep Hurt, Deep Healing: You Are Perfect In Christ
God's love, shame F. Remy Diederich 5/8/18 God's love, shame F. Remy Diederich 5/8/18

Deep Hurt, Deep Healing: You Are Perfect In Christ

This is the final post in a four part series on how to find deep healing from a deep hurt.

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Deep Hurt, Deep Healing: Finding a New Identity in Christ
faith, God, religion and spirituality, mental health F. Remy Diederich 5/5/18 faith, God, religion and spirituality, mental health F. Remy Diederich 5/5/18

Deep Hurt, Deep Healing: Finding a New Identity in Christ

This is part three in a four part series on Deep Hurt, Deep Healing looking at how to overcome the pain of shame. In this post F. Remy Diederich looks at how God’s love and forgiveness starts the deep healing process.

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Deep Hurt, Deep Healing: The Look of Shame
shame, emotions, faith, mental health F. Remy Diederich 5/1/18 shame, emotions, faith, mental health F. Remy Diederich 5/1/18

Deep Hurt, Deep Healing: The Look of Shame

Brene Brown offers insight on the feel of shame and how we try to manage it.

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Deep Hurt, Deep Healing: What is Shame
God, shame, religion and spirituality F. Remy Diederich 4/28/18 God, shame, religion and spirituality F. Remy Diederich 4/28/18

Deep Hurt, Deep Healing: What is Shame

This is one of any posts looking at shame; what it is and where it came from.

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Don't Let Your Shame Block God's Love
faith, God, religion and spirituality F. Remy Diederich 11/17/15 faith, God, religion and spirituality F. Remy Diederich 11/17/15

Don't Let Your Shame Block God's Love

Do you struggle trying to experience or believe in God’s love for you? Despite what you believe about God’s love, your shame might be blocking you from experiencing God’s love.

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Parents Need to Reframe Failure
faith, parenting, family, religion and spirituality F. Remy Diederich 6/26/15 faith, parenting, family, religion and spirituality F. Remy Diederich 6/26/15

Parents Need to Reframe Failure

Parents, how do you handle your child’s failure? What do they see on your face and hear from your lips? How can you become their biggest supporter and the person they turn to in failure? Learn how to reframe your child’s failure.

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Toxic Church People and Their Shame
church, faith, shame F. Remy Diederich 2/11/15 church, faith, shame F. Remy Diederich 2/11/15

Toxic Church People and Their Shame

Toxic church people can dominate your church and ruin the experience for everyone. How do you confront the toxic church member? This post will help you to understand their shame based motivation. Part Two will give you seven steps to confronting them.

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The Toxic World of the Insecure Pastor
insecurity, ministry, pastors, shame F. Remy Diederich 10/29/14 insecurity, ministry, pastors, shame F. Remy Diederich 10/29/14

The Toxic World of the Insecure Pastor

Insecurity drives many people into leadership, including the ministry. What are the toxic characteristics of an insecure pastor. This article mentions twelve of them.

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The Anger of Invalidation - Day 13
faith, mental health, religion and spirituality F. Remy Diederich 11/6/13 faith, mental health, religion and spirituality F. Remy Diederich 11/6/13

The Anger of Invalidation - Day 13

There are many experiences that can cause a setback in our lives (exile). One of them is being invalidated by people in power. This post looks at the anger produced in us from being invalidated.

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faith 9/20/12 faith 9/20/12

Forgiveness Let's You Start Over

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faith, forgiveness, God 9/17/12 faith, forgiveness, God 9/17/12

The Residue of Shame

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faith 8/9/12 faith 8/9/12

Shame Makes You Mistreat Yourself

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faith, God, self worth, shame 7/27/12 faith, God, self worth, shame 7/27/12

Bruce Springsteen's Depression

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Forgiving Yourself - Break the Vow
faith, God, relationships F. Remy Diederich 7/23/12 faith, God, relationships F. Remy Diederich 7/23/12

Forgiving Yourself - Break the Vow

Sometimes we can’t forgive ourselves because we’ve made a vow against it. It’s our way of punishing ourselves. But if you want to move on with your life, it’s important to forgive yourself. You may need to break a vow first.

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Forgiving Yourself - Consider the Lie
faith, forgiveness F. Remy Diederich 7/20/12 faith, forgiveness F. Remy Diederich 7/20/12

Forgiving Yourself - Consider the Lie

Every dysfunction is rooted in a lie of some kind. When you are unable to forgive yourself there are many lies that you might be believing about yourself.

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