Bringing Hope Counseling

04/23/2026

Good truth to remember. 🩵

04/21/2026

We talk about challenging your thoughts a lot here at BHC. It’s true. Our thoughts lie to us. They lie a lot!

We need to invite the Holy Spirit into our minds and thoughts to help us with controlling our thoughts.

Controlling our thoughts = Controlling our emotions = more peace and true joy in our lives.

“If you want to be successful, you have to control your thoughts. “
Dr Daniel Amen

04/19/2026

So true. Trying to control everything is exhausting.🩵

Some of us are carrying things we were never meant to control.

Other people.
Outcomes.
Timing.

And it’s exhausting.

But God never asked us to hold it all together - He asked us to trust Him with it.

✨ Control what you can: your attitude, your obedience, your thoughts
✨ Surrender what you can’t
✨ Trust God with the rest

“Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him, and He will act.” Psalm 37:5 🤍

04/19/2026

People pleasing is a coping skill. You learned it when you were younger and it worked. Unfortunately, it works against you when you’re an adult. 🩵

04/18/2026

Peace. It’s so needed in this world. But we can’t store it up. God designed us to need it daily and only get true peace by going to Him every time. Reach out to Him today.
He will meet ALL your needs. 🩵

04/15/2026

Jesus is calling us to trust Him.
Trust Him with that situation we don’t understand.
Trust Him with that health scare.
Trust He loves you sooooo much that He is working all things out for your good.
Run to the Rock that is higher than all your problems.
Hide yourself in His word and promises.
Take refuge under His wings. 🩵🙏

04/15/2026

Powerful!

04/13/2026

Self Talk

It’s so important.

*We talk to ourselves more than we talk to anybody else all day long.
*What are you saying to yourself in your head?
*What are you saying about yourself in your head?
*What is the tone that you use to talk to yourself?

Change the conversation you have with yourself and you will change your life. 🩵

Be blessed and be a blessing today!

04/12/2026

Some hard truth that may be something that will help in the long run. Alcohol does not just destroy your liver.🩵

Your gut lining isn’t just where digestion happens — it’s one of the most critical barriers in your entire body. It’s a single layer of epithelial cells sealed together by structures called tight junctions. These junctions control what gets absorbed and what stays out. Nutrients pass. Bacteria, endotoxins, and inflammatory compounds don’t.
Alcohol disrupts this system directly. Ethanol and its metabolite acetaldehyde damage epithelial cells and degrade the proteins that hold tight junctions together — particularly occludin and ZO-1. A 2014 study funded by the NIAAA found that even a single binge episode caused bacterial endotoxins to leak into the bloodstream within hours. A 2025 study from Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center confirmed that even short bouts of binge drinking trigger neutrophil recruitment to the gut lining, where immune cells release structures called NETs that directly damage the upper small intestine.
Once the barrier is compromised, lipopolysaccharides (LPS) — endotoxins from gut bacteria — enter the bloodstream. Your immune system responds with systemic inflammation. Research has linked this to liver injury, brain fog, mood disturbances, joint pain, and skin conditions.
What makes this especially concerning is the recovery timeline. A study published in The Lancet found that intestinal permeability can remain elevated for up to 2 weeks after the last drink. Weekly drinking means the gut barrier may never fully reseal — leaving you in a state of chronic low-grade permeability.
Your gut also produces roughly 90% of your body’s serotonin and houses around 70% of your immune system. When the lining is compromised, both systems take a hit. That low, anxious feeling days after drinking isn’t a mindset problem. It’s a gut problem.
The good news: gut epithelial cells regenerate faster than almost any tissue in the body — if you give them the chance. 🧬

04/12/2026

When God speaks…the atmosphere shifts.
Wow.
Let Him speak into you and your situation today.
Take the time to be still…and listen. 🩵🩵

04/11/2026

Try some all natural ways to boost those feel good hormones!🩵🥳