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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...

Michelle Rene' Hammer, MS, LCPC
Jan 23, 20222 min read
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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...

Michelle Rene' Hammer, MS, LCPC
Dec 28, 20213 min read
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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...

Michelle Rene' Hammer, MS, LCPC
Nov 27, 20211 min read
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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...

Michelle Rene' Hammer, MS, LCPC
Nov 1, 20212 min read
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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...

Michelle Rene' Hammer, MS, LCPC
Sep 17, 20214 min read
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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...

Michelle Rene' Hammer, MS, LCPC
Aug 28, 20214 min read
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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...

Michelle Rene' Hammer, MS, LCPC
Jul 25, 20211 min read
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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...

Michelle Rene' Hammer, MS, LCPC
Jul 3, 20212 min read
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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...

Michelle Rene' Hammer, MS, LCPC
Apr 11, 20213 min read
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RESIDE
You were there all along as you are human too

Michelle Rene' Hammer, MS, LCPC
Jan 28, 20211 min read
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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...

Michelle Rene' Hammer, MS, LCPC
Dec 3, 20209 min read
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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,

Michelle Rene' Hammer, MS, LCPC
Oct 20, 20203 min read
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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,...

Michelle Rene' Hammer, MS, LCPC
Sep 4, 20202 min read
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P'r'aying Hide & Seek
GOD wants to be found and is the seeker of all souls

Michelle Rene' Hammer, MS, LCPC
May 11, 20203 min read
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Prayer Journal Glimpse- Lies of the Enemy
SOCIAL DISTANCING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Michelle Rene' Hammer, MS, LCPC
Apr 30, 20206 min read
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MICHELLE'S MENTAL HEALTH MINUTE
Whew! What a time our world is having. Our entire world! Fighting the same invisible enemy with the only weapon we know. Social...

Michelle Rene' Hammer, MS, LCPC
Apr 22, 20204 min read
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Snap, Just Like That
Snap, In An Instant Just Like That
The Whole World Changed It's Habitat

Michelle Rene' Hammer, MS, LCPC
Apr 2, 20201 min read
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Thee Unraveling
When I started this blog at the height of the "#MeT00" movement, I promised to circle back to pieces of my own struggle. Today's blog...

Michelle Rene' Hammer, MS, LCPC
Mar 12, 20204 min read
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STOLEN IDENTITY
I woke up three weeks ago to a dozen Uber texts. Each one saying, "Your Uber Code: xxxx. Reply STOP to unsubscribe". I thought, "This...

Michelle Rene' Hammer, MS, LCPC
Mar 2, 20202 min read
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2020: The Year of the Vision
2020, Living the Vision

Michelle Rene' Hammer, MS, LCPC
Jan 2, 20202 min read
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