Foundations of Emotional Health January 2021

    My husband Rick will be teaching Foundations of Emotional Health in January through Cebu Graduate School of Theology.  This class will give you a strong biblical foundation in dealing with the emotional and relational struggles you face.  This is also a great opportunity to strengthen relationships and get to know another person at a much deeper level.  It's great for spouses to take together or friends who are looking to deepen their relationship with the Lord together.

    There are 2 sections:  Friday mornings or Thursday evenings

    You can find more information about how to register at this FACEBOOK EVENT

    Jesus said that he can sum up all of Scripture in 2 sentences:  Love God and Love your neighbor as yourself.  Yet, Christians are following society and becoming so busy, so numbed and so distracted that we are not loving well.  And if we are not loving well, then we are not maturing as Christians.  The whole point of Emotionally Healthy Church is that spiritual and emotional maturity are inseparable.  It is impossible to be spiritually mature and remain emotionally immature (meaning that we are unable to love well those who are around us – the people closest to us don’t feel loved).

    Often Christians ignore their "negative" emotions (anger, sadness, fear, pain) for fear of sinning.  This is called denial and it has long term impacts on a person's physical and emotional health.  These “negative” emotions are meant to tell us something and should be brought to God so He can deal with our hearts.  If we are ignoring them, we are missing what God wants to do inside of us. 

    It is difficult to break off from the powerful patterns of our past until we know what they are and how they impact our present lifestyle and our walk with God.   Jesus' life-transforming power needs to penetrate and change many of the patterns of relating that we learned growing up in our families.  These patterns are expressed not only in our current family relationships, but also in our relationships in the workplace and in ministry. 

    Foundations of Emotional Health looks at 7 principles to help us experience deep transformation through our relationship with Christ.

1. Looking beneath the surface of our lives at the things that are tripping us up

2.  Breaking the power of past experiences that have shaped our emotional lives and behaviors in ways that are not loving

3.  Learning to live in vulnerability so that we can openly express our hurts and our love.

4.  Realizing our limits as human beings so that we will not burn ourselves out

5.  Grieving our losses before the Lord instead of pretending everything is ok

6.  Paying attention to others like Jesus did so that they feel loved

7.  Slowing down the pace of our lives so that we are spending quality time with the Lord and our cups will overflow.   Then we will be able to love others well and lead with integrity.  

The course is interactive and reflective.  We will learn skills and do activities that will help us to understand ourselves so that we can love better – both the Lord and those around us

        I will be teaching Emotionally Healthy Woman in 2 parts at Asian Theological Seminary in Quezon City, Metro Manila. 

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        In The Emotionally Healthy Woman book, Geri Scazzero provides you a way out of an inauthentic, superficial spirituality and a way to experience genuine freedom in Christ. This seminar is for every woman who thinks, ‘I can’t keep pretending everything is fine!’ (when it’s really not) The journey to emotional health begins by stopping.  As an overloaded pastor’s wife, Geri quit being afraid of what others think. She quit denying her anger and sadness.  She learned to stop overfunctioning and to quit living someone else’s life. When you stop those things that are damaging to your own soul and to the souls of others, you are freed to choose other ways of being and relating that are rooted in love and lead to life. Breaking these habits of relating will not only put you on the path to emotional health, but also help you uncover the true purpose of your life.

        The seminar will consist of lecture, video instruction, journaling, group processing and partner sharing.  This enables participants to not just listen to good principles, but to take the time to process your own feelings and experiences and apply the principles to your life.

        Emotionally Healthy Woman 1 – Stop Being Afraid of What Other People Think will be December 14 from 8:30 am til 4 pm.  This session will cover the tendency to ignore and stuff uncomfortable feelings because we are afraid people will think less of us and our tendency to not tell the real truth of what we think and how we feel.  We will learn the Biblical basis for facing our fears of what other people think about us so that we can begin to live the life that God has called us to. 

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        Emotionally Healthy Woman 2 – Stop Overfunctioning and Doing for Others What They Can and Should Do for Themselves will be January 25, 2020 from 8:30 am til 4 pm.  This session will examine the tendency to take the responsibilities of other people and overload ourselves so that we miss out on our responsibilities or end up frustrated and blaming the people we are trying to help.  We will examine the faulty thinking that can keep us doing everything that everyone else thinks we should be doing instead of living the life that God has laid out for us.  In the end, many of us end up burned out and hurt by the people that we want to love.  How can we change the pattern?

        This 2-part seminar is filled with practical application as it integrates emotional health and spiritual maturity by rediscovering Biblical truths and quitting certain habits that are detrimental to your mental health, overcoming guilt, dealing with frustrating relationship, and developing emotionally and spiritually healthy lifestyle.

SEMINAR OBJECTIVES:
At the conclusion of this seminar, the participants will be able to:
1. Demonstrate competence recognizing symptoms of unhealthy and unbiblical practices in our lives.
2. Demonstrate understanding and discernment when to say “no” and how to say,”no”.
3. Demonstrate skill in quitting habitual attitudes and wrong belief system.
4. Becoming aware of personal issues and begin the healing process

When Depression Hits Home - Finding Help Through Depression

Dr. Jiji Harner has developed this one day seminar using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques in a way that is psychologically sound, consistent with Biblical principles and extremely practical to help people begin to develop a game plan in their personal struggles with depression.

When Depression Hits Home is meant to help people working through depression.  If someone you care for is struggling with depression, it can be very helpful for you to attend the seminar and participate together with them.

       Saturday November 23 - 8:30 am-4:30 pm

Venue: Olive Grove Center. Subangdaku, Mandaue 

The day will consist of 4 sessions.  Each session will consist of approximately 35 minutes of lecture and education about depression:  its symptoms, its causes and how to overcome it.  The lectures are biblically based and bring in current psychological information and research to open our understanding of what is really meant by the word depression and its psychological impact on a person.  

After the lecture, there will be about 1 hour for participants to process the information in a small group setting.  Questions will be presented to engage participants with the information and techniques of the lecture.  The purpose here is for participants to gain self-awareness of how depression strikes them personally and its roots, along with skills for self-regulating and self-soothing when they are on their emotional roller coaster.  The group process follows the rule - Invite, not inflict - meaning you are always invited to participate with questions, but never required to or forced to participate.  After the time of group process, there will be a short break before the next session.   

You can register at Olive Grove with Tinan –

REGISTRATION – P500  

(Early Registration by Thursday Nov 21 Discounted price P400 )  

If you pre-register with a friend,

there is an additional discount - only P300 each

To pre-register deposit at BDO 
Acct name: Sistaine Ann Rosas. Acct no. 002450094187. 
Pls send the deposit slip with your names to Sistaine Ann Mendoza Rosas 

Venue: Olive Grove Center. Subangdaku, Mandaue north of the Wireless flyover. 2nd flr of East and West Bank and PS Bank accross Petron and BDO. 

2019 Asian Christian Counselors Association Conference

I will be speaking at the Asian Christian Counselors Association Conference from October 17-19 in Bali, Indonesia on Emotionally Healthy Spirituality

https://www.nacc-malaysia.org/events/3rd-asian-christian-counselors-association-acca-conference-2019/?fbclid=IwAR3r6YYubXVgvXNFi_p56zcY2AJHK-LGXa_HmV4XclqiFTexW2gWaN3zrvc

Mental Health Awareness Workshop

Do you have questions about depression, anxiety or perfectionism?  Our increasingly stressful and isolated world can have a bad effect on our emotional health and our relationships.  Take the opportunity to learn to deal with these issues in a Biblical way before they become more serious.   

• Learn what you need to know about Depression and Assessing Risk for Suicide.  
• Learn how your faith in God can help you self-soothe the anxieties in your mind
• Learn how to live your life in a way that reinforces you against attacks of depression.
• Learn simple steps to take when you are battling depression
• Learn how to deal with stressful situations in a healthy way that will make you stronger
• Understand perfectionism and its connection to self-esteem and how it impacts your relationships
• Learn how to renew your mind with Scripture and truth in a way that strengthens you against these mental health risks

The skills and methods you learn are basic and fundamental to a Biblical perspective that also takes into account basic principles of psychology

March 30, 2019

8:30am-4pm

Speakers:

Dr. Jiji Harner – RPsy, DODT, MAMHC, MAPsych, BSW

Pastor Effem Amancio

Noelli Amancio

Venue:  Olive Grove Christian Ministries

2nd floor of KINA Building

Subangdaku, Mandaue City

Registration Fee:  P400 (Includes 2 snack/lunch/notes)

Early Registration Fee:  Only P300 before March 28

Prepay by Deposit at BDO

Account Name: Sistaine Ann M. Rosas

Account No: 002450094187

Please send the deposit slip with your name & age to Sistaine Ann M. Rosas via Facebook Messenger

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Course at Cebu Graduate School of Theology

Cebu Graduate School of Theology in Mandaue will be offering the Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Course as a modular class this coming April 1-6.  The course is designed to address the crisis in discipleship in the Church and lead people into a deeper spiritual walk with Jesus.  The course will be led by Ptr Rick Harner and his wife Dr Jiji Harner 

The author of the EHS Course, Pete Scazzero outlines the course below:

Below are some testimonies of people who have experienced life transformation through the EHS Course.

For more information regarding this class, please contact us via e-mail at rickandjijiharner@yahoo.com

OMF has published Emotionally Healthy Spirituality locally in the Philippines!

OMF recently published the 3 books of the EHS Course (through permission from Zondervan):

1.  Emotionally Healthy Spirituality

2.  The EHS Workbook

3.  EHS Day by Day

They are now available at very good prices here in the Philippines.  Quantity discounts are available.

Contact us via e-mail at rickandjijiharner@yahoo.com to find out pricing and ordering information

The Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Course is an 8-week course that explores 7 Biblical pathways to discipleship that lead to lives that are transformed by the Holy Spirit and flow over in love for those around us.  Though one of our deepest desires is to love well those closest to us, our emotional reactions often get in the way of being able to freely express that love.  EHS applies Scripture and gives tools to help us to express our emotions in a healthy way so that our emotions do not control our reactions to those that we love