When Doors Open (or Shut)
My prayer has been of late Lord, shut any door not of your making and fling wide open those that are; however, here is the truth, prayer...
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Michelle R Hammer, LCPC
- Jan 14
- 4 min
My Journey to BREAKTHROUGH
Recently, I've been asked the same question repeatedly. What would I say is thee one key to BREAKTHROUGH so I decided to share.... Here...
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Michelle R Hammer, LCPC
- Nov 30, 2022
- 2 min
When Holidays are Hard
Sometimes the holidays can be really hard. For a bazillion reasons. We're "supposed" to be thankful at Thanksgiving but, let's be...
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Michelle R Hammer, LCPC
- Aug 27, 2022
- 1 min
Purpose For Our Pain
Of all the things I have learned through the years as licensed clinical counselor, one thing has proved true time and time again. Pain...
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Michelle R Hammer, LCPC
- May 28, 2022
- 1 min
YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT MIMI
You're gonna love it....You get to give them back. That's what I heard over and over again when people found out I was gonna be a Mimi -...
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Michelle R Hammer, LCPC
- Apr 18, 2022
- 1 min
The Four Seasons
I just love how the four seasons in nature mimic our very lives. The youthful vibrancy of spring, the hard and unrelentless heat of...
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Michelle R Hammer, LCPC
- Mar 8, 2022
- 2 min
Pain Filled Roads
Road trips don’t always go as planned. Sometimes the unexpected happens and we need to re-route our course. We have a flat tire and our...
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Michelle R Hammer, LCPC
- Jan 23, 2022
- 2 min
Resting in His Grace
Despite the best of intentions, sometimes things don't work out quite the way we hoped or planned. It's inevitable. We live in a fallen...
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Michelle R Hammer, LCPC
- Dec 28, 2021
- 3 min
An Unlikely Christmas
As I sit here writing, the house is unusually quiet. Not our normal Christmas Eve hustle and bustle. We have COVID-19 to thank for that...
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Michelle R Hammer, LCPC
- Nov 27, 2021
- 1 min
Boundaries for Breakthrough: Live as God Designed- 8 Essential Tools for Emotional Well-being
I can hardly believe it's almost here. FINALLY! My book, Boundaries for Breakthrough, arrives Cyber Monday and I couldn't be more...
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Michelle R Hammer, LCPC
- Nov 1, 2021
- 2 min
Toxic Parents
WE have been doing a lot of talking about toxic parents in my trainings this past week. It is hard to know sometimes whether our parents...
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Michelle R Hammer, LCPC
- Sep 17, 2021
- 4 min
B-O-U-N-D-A-R-I-E-S Are a Girl's Best Friend
10 years ago, this was me. And this is me now..... How did I get from there to here/ BOUNDARIES. And I can't wait to share all the deets...
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Michelle R Hammer, LCPC
- Aug 28, 2021
- 4 min
I Just Need It to Matter
Have you ever said - or thought - I just need it to matter? Well, I have. Friend, I so have. I was, in fact, just saying it the other...
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Michelle R Hammer, LCPC
- Jul 25, 2021
- 1 min
Complaining is Draining
Complaining is draining for sure! AND... God cares about our attitude. Yes, he does. And guess what! He considers complaining a sin...
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Michelle R Hammer, LCPC
- Jul 3, 2021
- 2 min
Have the Disease to Please?
How often do we get caught up - in the trap of doing for others - at the expense of ourselves? Certainly, for many of us, more than we...
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Michelle R Hammer, LCPC
- Apr 11, 2021
- 3 min
Between the Ears - Our Struggle Appears
I love what this image says. As a therapist, I have found it to be completely true. "Between the ears lies the problem and the...
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Michelle R Hammer, LCPC
- Jan 28, 2021
- 1 min
RESIDE
You were there all along as you are human too
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Michelle R Hammer, LCPC
- Dec 3, 2020
- 9 min
BROKEN to B - Less
It wasn’t intentional. This message on my rock. Our retreat leader simply suggested we mark this day with a creative momento - an object...
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Michelle R Hammer, LCPC
- Oct 20, 2020
- 3 min
LOVIN' LIKE THIS.......
Some things have happened in my life bigger than my ability to comprehend; yet, I try to anyway. Some things I've done, I knew were wrong,
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Michelle R Hammer, LCPC
- Sep 4, 2020
- 2 min
Slaying the Dragon
"Dear GOD, please, please, please help me slay the dragon" began my journal entry today. (Of anxiety, that is). Not my own, mind you,...
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