by NuWELL Online Counseling | Nov 17, 2022 | NuWELL
The winter season is a time for family, football, and seasonal depression. Many Christians suffer from what is known as SAD, or Seasonal Affective Disorder. SAD is a pattern of significant depressive episodes that appear during a seasonal change and then disappear in...
by NuWELL Online Counseling | Nov 14, 2022 | NuWELL
The Covid pandemic caused an influx of stress for pastors across the country. So much so, in fact, that 38% have even considered leaving ministry altogether. What is pastor burnout, and why has it become so common? The answers to those questions are a complex...
by NuWELL Online Counseling | Nov 14, 2022 | NuWELL
Pastors and addicted congregants have a historically rocky relationship. On the one hand, a general lack of knowledge and understanding has led the relationship to be more problematic than beneficial. On the other hand, there’s great potential for educated pastors to...
by NuWELL Online Counseling | Nov 14, 2022 | NuWELL
Election seasons are stressful, and another midterm election has come and gone. Regardless of which side of the political aisle you sit on, most believers are facing politically-induced stress in some way or another. Throughout our democratic history, fear and stress...
by NuWELL Online Counseling | Nov 14, 2022 | NuWELL
Stress is “a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances.” Pastors understand the concept of stress very well, though often in a different light than those not of the clergy. Pastoral stress is a unique...
