Having a healthy gut can help your moods. 

Some foods that I have learned that can help improve your mood are:
Oily fish
Seeds
Fresh leafy vegetables

You will want to eat foods that are high in vitamin D and B 12. You can also take these vitamins in a supplement.

Also, drinking Kombucha tea can help you to have a healthier gut and over all health.

Further, taking a probiotic supplement can also help your mood because it helps you to have a healthier gut.

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   Diane Davidson 
                               Gammon M.S.
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Diane Davidson Gammon MS is clinically supervised by Michael Loftis LCSW as she pursues  LPC-MHSP licensure

                    Self-Care! Brunch! 
Organic brown rice, organic red beans, organic carrots, organic celery, organic quinoa, organic millet, organic onions, organic tomatoes, and fresh organic kale! Yum!
 

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   Diane Davidson 
                               Gammon M.S.
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Email- Diane@LivingWithHopeCounseling.com

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Diane Davidson Gammon MS is clinically supervised by Michael Loftis LCSW as she pursues  LPC-MHSP licensure

So much of life is a desert.  It saps our energy, time, and spirit.  We’re left beaten down.

If you’ve neglected feeding upon the Word of God, now is a good time to return and drink deeply from the living waters.  

Make the new year a time for renewal.

Charles Spurgeon writes, “A man’s life cannot be sustained without renewal from God.  As it is necessary to repair the body  by the frequent meal, so we must repair the soul by feeding upon the Book of God or by listening to the preached Word or by the soul-fattening table of worship and praise.  How depressed are our Christian lives when spiritual food is neglected!”

Spurgeon goes on to write, “If we permit the good to grow weaker, the evil will surely gather strength and struggle desperately to master us.  Let us draw near to the footstool of divine mercy in humble prayer.”

As the apostle James wrote, “Come near to God and he will come near to you.”

Don’t let this be the year where you neglected to return to the living waters and renew your strength.

Source:  Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening 

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   Diane Davidson 
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Diane Davidson Gammon MS is clinically supervised by Michael Loftis LCSW as she pursues  LPC-MHSP licensure

As we look forward to 2018, some of us leave behind a great year and others of us leave behind a not so great year.

The past recedes much like the image in the rearview mirror. The past will always be back there somewhere, getting more and more distant.

Regardless what comforts or difficulties we leave behind, we need not look to our performance for comfort and assurance.

We can look to the finished work of Christ for our only hope in life and death.

“And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ,” said the apostle Paul. 

  By a contributing blogger, David Mueller

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Diane Davidson Gammon MS is clinically supervised by Michael Loftis LCSW as she pursues  LPC-MHSP licensure

Happy New Year! 








May you have a Blessed New Years Day and New Year! 

Your life matters! 
There is always hope!
Seek help. 
Seek support. 
Pray. 
Have hope! 
You are not alone! 
You are worthy!

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Diane Davidson Gammon MS is clinically supervised by Michael Loftis LCSW as she pursues  LPC-MHSP licensure

There are comparatively few mountain top experiences in the life of the believer.

Instead, much of life is spent in the valleys.

It is in the valleys where God lets us experience difficulties and hardships.  And in those difficulties we find out what we are really like.

We find out how sinful we really are and of our great need for a redeemer.

While we may be surprised by our sin, God is not.

God opens our eyes to our sin and uses it to teach us more about ourselves and of our great need for humility, grace, and repentance.

“The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope,” writes author and pastor Timothy Keller.

After traveling through a particularly deep valley, God may lead us to a mountaintop. It is a time for refreshment and enjoyment. But God is too kind to leave us there for long.  We have another valley to traverse, and He has more to show us about our hearts.  
  By a contributing blogger, David Mueller

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Diane Davidson Gammon MS is clinically supervised by Michael Loftis LCSW as she pursues  LPC-MHSP licensure

Whether you had an enjoyable Christmas or not, there can be a feeling of a 'let down' after Christmas for many individuals.





It is important to up your game on self-care to help during this time!

The best things that you can do is:

Positive self-talk- tell yourself over and over that you are okay

Slow deep cleansing breaths 

Walk outside and get fresh air, exercise and sunshine- yes- even if it is cold

Drink more water

Seek support/ reach out to others and do not isolate yourself

List your passions in life - and then write down small steps to work on pursuing them

Get adequate sleep

Pray

Start a gratitude journal

Stay active with exercise and/ or relaxing activities such as reading or drawing 

Have a sense of humor

Join a support group or small group at church

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Diane Davidson Gammon MS is clinically supervised by Michael Loftis LCSW as she pursues  LPC-MHSP licensure

2018 is almost upon us.  Many people use the new year to commit to making changes in their lives.

They may resolve to show up at the gym everyday.  They may resolve to eat less or better, learn a new language, or get out of debt and save more money.

Many of these resolutions are commendable.  But many of them are unachievable.

They are unachievable because they are too big.  We start down the path of doing them only to find out they take far too much time and effort to implement.

They fall by the wayside within days or weeks of first implementing them.

But there is a way to achieve big goals and that is to break them down into small, measurable, achievable parts.

Small changes add up over time and become big changes.

The big goal of the alcoholic is to stop drinking and stay sober the rest of his life.  But that is overwhelming especially for the alcoholic who has been struggling for years.  

But the goal becomes more realistic if the alcoholic stops thinking about the rest of his life, the next year, or the next month and instead focuses on getting through the next minute, the next hour, or just today.

Small consistent victories add up to big victories over time.

If there is a big change that you want to make this year, start by breaking it down into small parts and make it your goal to achieve those small parts.  When you achieve the first part go onto the second part and finish that.  Keep achieving the small parts until the big goal is achieved.   

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   Diane Davidson 
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Disclaimer- I am not a doctor and I am not giving out medical advice. My blogs are for information and inspirational purposes. Please consult your doctor before starting a new health regimen.

Diane Davidson Gammon MS is clinically supervised by Michael Loftis LCSW as she pursues  LPC-MHSP licensure

Have you ever wondered why God allows some things to happen? 


Have you ever gotten upset with God? 

Do you ever think to yourself- but why God?

If so, you are not alone. 

It is normal to think this way, especially if you are going through a difficult time.  

My personal interpretation of God's Word is that we live in an imperfect world, there is sin and God gives us free free will.   

Further, the Bible tell us the following:

  And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.Romans 8:28New International Version (NIV)

 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. — Genesis 50:20 NIV

I know it is difficult but we need to trust in God's promises.

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   Diane Davidson 
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Diane Davidson Gammon MS is clinically supervised by Michael Loftis LCSW as she pursues  LPC-MHSP licensure

 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. (John 15:5-8, MSG)

After setting the table for Christmas dinner, I thought some Christmas greenery on the table would add some beauty.

At the end of the table I laid some branches that I’d cut off from the base of the tree when I attached the tree stand.

While the tree has had water over the last few weeks, these branches have had no water.  They are dry and will soon be crispy fuel for the fire.

Whatever beauty these branches added to the table, they did so because they remained faithfully attached to the trunk until they were cut off.

As Christians, we don’t necessarily like to be reminded that our sanctification rests entirely with the power of God.

We like to believe that we play some independent part.

But the hard truth is that Christ said, “I am the vine; you are the branches.”  And lest there be any misunderstanding, He add, “apart from me you can do nothing.”

Life flows through the vine and nourishes the branches and the fruit.

Barbara DuGuid writes, “Indeed, a key part of that maturing fruit is itself an ever-deepening awareness of the branch’s utter dependence upon the vine moment by moment.”

The Holy Spirit works in the life of the believer on His own time table and in His own way.  Without the constant sustaining power of the Holy Spirit, Christians would have no power to obey in even the smallest thing.

In some people, God is pleased to produce much fruit and in others, seemingly little.

Wherever the Christian is on the path of sanctification, the Christian remains utterly dependent upon God for that work.

We have this promise from Philippians, “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.”
 

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   Diane Davidson 
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         Clinical Mental Health Counselor

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615-556-8406

Email- Diane@LivingWithHopeCounseling.com

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Free Support Groups for: Depression, Anxiety, Panic, Hopelessness, Trauma, PTSD, Abuse, and Grief and Loss (Including Miscarriage/ Stillbirth/ Infant loss)

Disclaimer- I am not a doctor and I am not giving out medical advice. My blogs are for information and inspirational purposes. Please consult your doctor before starting a new health regimen.

Diane Davidson Gammon MS is clinically supervised by Michael Loftis LCSW as she pursues  LPC-MHSP licensure