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Val Gonzales

Understanding Self-harm and Dealing with It

November 7, 2022 By Val Gonzales 4 Comments

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Self-harm is a growing phenomenon in many developing and developed societies. Self-cutting can be treated with the help of professionals.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Values and Character Tagged With: dealing with self-cutting, self-cutting, self-harm, understanding self-harm

Hope in the Cycle of Life

October 17, 2022 By Val Gonzales 6 Comments

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Ground your hope not in things, ranks, or position but in God’s loving presence who declared: “I will never leave you nor forsake you!”

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Understanding Gaslighting and How to Avoid Being Gaslighted

June 16, 2022 By Val Gonzales 2 Comments

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Gaslighting can be found in all life’s areas. It can exist in marriages, workforce, educational institutions, politics, and religious groups.

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Practice of Integrity

March 3, 2022 By Val Gonzales 8 Comments

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Only when we have integrity will our life’s example become influential to those we have opportunities to influence. Read, pause, reflect.

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Filed Under: Practicing Integrity, Values and Character Tagged With: congruence, discipline, elements of integrity, honesty, undefensiveness

Adulterated Christianity

September 21, 2021 By Val Gonzales Leave a Comment

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I confess that I desire to follow Christ, but I must declare I am a poor imitator of the Man!

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Peril of Narcissism

July 25, 2021 By Val Gonzales 2 Comments

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Introduction  A recent read has inspired me to write this article. Chuck DeGroat’s “When Narcissism Comes to Church” is quite thorough in its analysis of a pervasive problem that needs to be addressed. Several of the thoughts in this article were taken from this timely and helpful material. (DeGroat, 2020. InterVarsity Press).  In Greek mythology, […]

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Filed Under: Values and Character Tagged With: narcissism, narcissism evidences, Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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About the Blogger

Val Gonzales is an educator, minister, psychotherapist, and amateur photographer. He has served in Southeast Asia and North America. He is happily married with two well-adjusted grown-up children.

Recent Posts

  • Mental Illness Realities and Reflections on My Southeast Asia Travel (May-June 2023)
  • Understanding Self-harm and Dealing with It
  • Hope in the Cycle of Life
  • Understanding Gaslighting and How to Avoid Being Gaslighted
  • Origin, Development, and End of Tyranny – A Psychological Perspective
  • Practice of Integrity
  • The Blame Game
  • Adulterated Christianity

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