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Articles by Ingrid Weiss Slikkers

  • Have No Fear

    Have No Fear

    Fear. So much fear. Fear can take over our minds and body systems. Maybe it starts with situations in our personal and family life. Then with a flash of a news report, events in our world feel like things are closing in — fires, plane crashes, safety concerns, school shootings, leadership, the economy, …. need…

    Ingrid Weiss Slikkers
  • ‘Is There Someone You’re Missing?’

    ‘Is There Someone You’re Missing?’

    It seemed we had been preparing (if there’s such a thing) for her death for some years.  The initial cancer diagnosis had a life expectancy of 5-8 years, and we were entering year 12.

    Ingrid Weiss Slikkers
  • Eliminating Hurry

    Eliminating Hurry

    Although I am trained to “be a listener” as a licensed mental health therapist and work at this within my professional relationships, I have realized over the last couple of years that I have not been practicing this art with those closest to me— my family.

    Ingrid Weiss Slikkers
  • A Different Question

    A Different Question

    My college son was in the hospital. He had experienced a spontaneous pneumothorax, risk factors being male, young, tall and thin, all criteria that he fit completely. Due to complications surfacing from inserted chest tubes, his hospital stay was extended.

    Ingrid Weiss Slikkers
  • Support for Abuse Survivors

    Support for Abuse Survivors

    “I wish I had known the importance of educating my children about sexual abuse,” the young mom shared in tears. “I didn’t feel I could say anything as a child because I feared no one would believe me,” said a young adult male, due to the perpetrator being a church leader.

    Ingrid Weiss Slikkers
  • Wrestling with Prayer

    Wrestling with Prayer

    As you start to read this, let me give you a disclaimer: If you are looking for a nicely wrapped piece of writing, skip this one and move on to the rest of this periodical. This piece of my journey is raw.

    Ingrid Weiss Slikkers
  • Making our homes a place of healing

    Making our homes a place of healing

    Late last fall a colleague and I were trained as practitioners through the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development on Trust-Based Relational Intervention, thanks to a grant from local community partners.

    Ingrid Weiss Slikkers
  • Reducing Stress in Our Homes

    Reducing Stress in Our Homes

    Traumatologists frequently use the words “toxic stress” to describe what prolonged adversity and its subsequent impact to the brain, especially the developing brain, does.

    Ingrid Weiss Slikkers
  • Improve Your Mental Health

    Improve Your Mental Health

    The vagus nerve (pneumogastric) is receiving focus of late as mental health experts are becoming increasingly more interested on the impact this far-reaching nerve has on the body and subsequent mental health.

    Ingrid Weiss Slikkers
  • Memory and the Pursuit of Jesus

    Memory and the Pursuit of Jesus

    We want our children to “stay in the Church.” Discussions arise that it is more than just membership, that it is about relationship with Jesus, and on to what might be ways by which we can encourage this growth.

    Ingrid Weiss Slikkers