Self-Care (90 Second Read)
Daniel Crosby • December 19, 2022

SELF-CARE is simple. It’s just a battery recharge.


We go out into the world each day and get beat up and scuffed up.


-      The line at Walmart where there are 2 registers open.


-      The new baby that kept you up all night.


-      The kid running around the house screaming Christmas carols while you’re on the phone.


Usually, we tend to life’s problems well when they need our attention.


-      When the “Low Fuel Warning” light comes on, we pull in and fill up the gas tank.


-      When our phone batteries get to 20% and warn us, then get to 10% and turn red and start yelling at us, we plug our phone in.


However, when it comes to us, our Bodies, Minds, and Spirits, we don’t pay as much attention to the warning lights and alarms.


-      When my eyes get heavy, I don’t go get some sleep, I drink another cup of coffee to keep going.


-      When my irritability is pinging off the charts and small things cause me to explode, I work more hours to get more done and catch up.


-      When my anxiety is causing me to lay awake in bed all night or causing my head to spin uncontrollably, I go grab a drink and scroll on social media some more to distract myself.


SELF-CARE is simply a battery recharge.


This time of year is stressful and draining. This week, commit to pay attention to the warning lights and alarms that you’re Body, Mind, and Spirit are sending you.


Slow Down


Ask For Help


Reset Your Expectations


Do you need some help with identifying the warning signs and knowing what to do to get them to turn off?


Shoot me an email and ask about how counseling can be beneficial. I’d love to help you come up with a new plan of how we can get through this holiday season and start the new year off right with less warning lights and alarms flashing. I’m here to help.

"Uncomfortable" Book Review

By Daniel Crosby • May 7, 2025
“Uncomfortable: The Awkward and Essential Challenge of Christian Community” by Brett McCracken is a great book to read if you’re a church person or if you’ve become somewhat detached and frustrated with the church. McCracken challenges all of us, conservatives and progressives, to think about the WHY behind Christian community and one of the fundamentals of finding the WHY is approaching it with humility. Maybe you having it your way and telling everyone else they’re wrong wasn’t exactly what Christ had in mind when He instituted the church. iPhones and iPads seem to have morphed into iChurch in a sense. American culture has turned Christ’s church into a business that caters to our comforts aesthetically, relationally, and politically. It’s made us consumers, critics, and reviewers of the Church rather than servants of THE Kingdom. It’s not wrong to have preferences and to like some things better than others. Music, décor, and speaking style are all over the spectrum at different churches, but he argues that the point of picking a church and serving in it should be less about does it meet my needs and more about whether I’m showing up and using this place along with this group to glorify God. He annoyed me in parts because he steps on my toes but maybe we need that a little more often. If you’re disenfranchised with the status quo and you feel like it’d be good to be challenged about church then go grab “Uncomfortable” by Brett McCrackin.

Look for Beautiful Things

By Daniel Crosby • April 28, 2025
Look for beautiful things when you're restless, uncomfortable, or on edge. There's something about acknowledging the good around us that helps us reset and realize that it's not all bad. If you're struggling to see beautiful things in the world, come see me and we can talk more about it. www.danielcrosbycounseling.com

"The Needs of the Heart" Book Review

By Daniel Crosby • April 24, 2025
“The Needs of the Heart” by Chip Dodd is a book that will blow your mind. When I picked it up, it’s a very small thin book. Less than 100 pages. I assumed I’d breeze through it in a couple of hours. About a month later I finished digesting it. The truth is we cannot fully live the life God has called us to unless we acknowledge that we do have needs, that these needs are good, and discover the healthy ways of meeting these needs. Chip takes common human needs like Security and Accomplishment and he unpacks what they really are pointing us to in his typical concise but brilliant depth. There’s no fluff here. With chapters just 3-4 pages each, you’re going to want to have a highlighter ready to underline, to ponder these topics, and maybe then to discuss them with someone you know and trust. You’ll come away from this book with a deeper sense what is already fulfilled within you and ones that might be lacking where you need to go do a deep dive with a lot of prayer and introspection. If you liked Chip’s book “The Voice of the Heart,” this is one is your next read. Go grab “The Needs of the Heart” by Chip Dodd.