Carol Peters-Tanksley
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Healing From Loss or Grief at Christmas
Loss of anything significant becomes especially painful during the holidays. Loss of a relationship, a job, even material things. Grief over the loss of a loved one can boil over in “ambushes of grief” with the simplest triggers of holiday sights, sounds, smells or memories. I’m spending my first Christmas without my husband Al, and …
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Go There: How You Can Beat the Holiday Blues
In my neighborhood, many families go all-out with Christmas decorations. Thanksgiving leftovers are still in the refrigerator when the blow-up Santas, twinkling multi-colored lights, huge red bows, and evergreen wreaths appear on many of the trees, doors, roofs and lawns. Tall Christmas trees are visible through living room windows. The only thing missing is the …
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3 Things to Remember When Your Children Break Your Heart
You will always be a parent, even when your children are grown. And sometimes the choices they make are completely inconsistent with the values you worked so hard to instill in them. Or you may see some things you wish you had done differently as a parent, and now that your children are older, it …
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When Judgmental Christians Hurt You
You’re trying to do good. Or at least you want to. Really, you do. You believe (at least most of you believes) that doing things God’s way is the best way. But every time you try to take a step forward, judgmental Christians seem to cut you down, point out your failings and act as …
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Keeping the Faith When Prayers for Your Health Seem Unanswered
God is a Healer. That’s His very nature. And yet there are many believers who are still sick. If you’re one of them, you know the internal heart struggle: He has healed others. Why not me? Am I doing something wrong? Should I pray harder? It’s my own fault. That’s why I’m not healed. Perhaps …
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Dealing With Masturbation and Pornography as a Christian
How do you handle the solo sexual stuff? How do you deal with masturbation and pornography as a Christian? I’m writing about this because you asked. You send me questions about this almost every week, and you deserve an answer. As both a medical doctor and doctor of ministry, I’ll do my best to offer …
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5 Truths About Your Most Important Human Relationship
Recently I talked about the 3 biggest false beliefs people hold onto when it comes to marriage. What you believe about marriage will affect how you approach the challenges that come to every couple. So it’s time to look at the things you should believe about marriage. Uniting two broken people to be as one takes a big investment …
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5 Ways to Sleep Better When You’re Stressed
Have you ever struggled to get a good night’s sleep? If so, you’re not alone. And you may have contributed to the more than $30 billion dollars spent each year on sleep aids. But what you really need are ways to get better sleep that don’t break your bank account—or your health. Most adults know they …
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3 Principles to Enact if Your Marriage Is on the Rocks
It looks like your marriage is about over. Love, intimacy, communication, connection—those are all long gone. What do you do when your marriage is on the rocks? Recently I’ve heard from: A church friend whose husband just moved out after 18 years of marriage A husband who feels no love for his wife and sees …
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40 Safe and Healthy Ways to Feel Better Physically and Emotionally
Have you ever felt like you’re stuck down in the dumps and can’t think of a way to get out? That happens to all of us sometimes. Your “usual” way of coping when you’re in a funk may have been to veg out in front of the TV, grab some unhealthy snack or even worse—drown …
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Where Your Physical Healing Actually Begins
Healing is not something that simply happens to you. Instead, it’s something you work toward, search for and live out. It’s up to you to find healing. That may sound heretical if you’re a believer who is praying for God to heal you—in your physical body, your troubled mind, your broken relationships or your wounded …
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7 Steps to Dealing With Big Marriage Problems
You could handle the little things, or so you tell yourself. You could pick up his dirty clothes now and then, or overlook the times she forgot to tell you about a purchase she’d made. But this time it’s really big. Your spouse has messed up badly. It’s all you can think about, and you’re …
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Kicking the ‘Elephants’ Out of Your Marriage
It’s one thing to have an “elephant in the room”—the big problem that nobody wants to talk about or deal with. But what about when that room is your bedroom? In marriage, the elephants can become so big that there’s no space in your bed for either of you. The time comes when you can’t …
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10 Ways to Show Godly Respect to Your Wife
A marriage without respect will not thrive. But sometimes it’s hard to know how to show respect to your spouse. Where respect falls in the hierarchy of needs and desires may differ somewhat between men and women, but it’s a vital need for both sexes. Not demonstrating respect to your spouse will kill any real …
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What It Means to Be a Healthy Christian Woman
How do you know if you’re healthy? What does “healthy” mean anyway—as a woman, as a Christian? Are you too old to be healthy? As a women’s health physician, I regularly see firsthand the impact of lifestyle, emotions, relationships and spiritual life on a woman’s health. Every day I am privileged to help women find ways …
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