Clearview Counseling

03/30/2026

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03/29/2026

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03/20/2026

03/16/2026

Stoic thought of the day:

“God will not have his work made manifest by cowards.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do us no harm.” - African Proverb

“No man knows how bad he is till he’s tried very hard to be good.” – C.S. Lewis

“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” – Bruce Lee

When a man begins to pursue discipline, whether in sobriety, training, or character, he quickly discovers something uncomfortable. The enemy was never outside the gates, the enemy was already inside. See trying to become better will expose parts of yourself you didn’t want to see. The parts you cover up, the parts you hope no one else notices and you refuse to accept. That little habit, the overwhelming hurt you cover with anger, or the shame you try to drink away, the enemy is already inside. Most people stop here. They decide the work is too hard. Discipline reveals weakness. Focus exposes distraction. Courage exposes fear. These chains wrap around us slowly over time until we forget what freedom feels like. But f**k the noise, stay focused, breath in, breath out, reaffirm yourself, seek counsel and move. Feel the chains loosen and move again. Refocus, breath in, breath out, move again, reacquaint yourself with what freedom could feel like.

Hold the line.

03/11/2026

Stoic thought of the day:

“Two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds.”- Henry Rollins

“The experience I have had is that once you start talking about shame, it begins to lose its power.”- Carl Jung

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” - Rumi

“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” - C. S. Lewis

Over the weekend I had a bad dream, not a nightmare running from imaginary monsters. It was dream of past trauma…made me feel like a child again. The next day was full of intrusive memories and self loathing. So I called a friend that is also a therapist. Told him “I feel 15 today”. I lamented to him: “I thought was done with this” and I had already “worked though it”. He reminded me that we can we never truly forget what we have endured, but we can carry it differently. I don’t have to carry it as the ashamed teenager or the 21 year old that tried to drink it away. I get to carry it as me now. Scarred, not broken, hard pressed, not destroyed, disciplined, not addicted, loving the opportunity to endure, not complaining. Every man is given a burden. Some are heavy with grief, others with failure, some struggle depression and anxiety and some are blessed with addiction. You do not choose the weight, but you always choose how you carry it. The man who curses his fate grows weaker.

Hold the line.

03/08/2026

03/03/2026

Stoic thought of the day:

“If you think of erything as training, your suffering will disappear .”- Shindo Bunyan Zhenj

“Praise be to the Lord my rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.”- Psalm 144:1

“The iron never lies.”- Henry Rollins

Nothing random, nothing wasted. lt is all training.

The difficult person, this stubborn body, relentless financial pressure, tension at home and doubts at 5 a.m. as the gym calls.

Training.

Do not pray for ease, prepare for winter. Suffering tempers character and tamps down arrogance . Without hardship, there is no depth. Even Scripture frames it this way — hands trained for war, fingers for battle. Preparation becomes sacred. Discipline transcends into devotion. And Socrates reminds us: it is a shame to grow old without discovering the strength you were capable of.

Hold the line.

02/15/2026

300 Jiu Jitsu

02/06/2026

Open Saturday

02/06/2026