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Restoration after an affair

Restoration after an affair

RESTORATION AFTER AN AFFAIR A Christian Psychology Perspective By Erich Schoeman (Clinical Psychologist; Trainer & Speaker) Matters of the Soul/Sake van die Siel (www.mattersofthesoul.org) “Sandy is still shaken up. It feels like her world has turned upside down....
Grief and Loss – Two parts of the same coin

Grief and Loss – Two parts of the same coin

“Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim” -Vicki Harrison Loss is an unavoidable part of life and grief is the natural response to loss and part of the...
Healing After Abortion

Healing After Abortion

By Erich Schoeman(Clinical Psychologist, Speaker, Trainer, Writer) 5 min read “I’m a bad person!” Lizzy thought to herself after seeing another mother caress her baby at the mall. This thought had crossed her mind countless times over the last two years. Each time,...
10 Thoughts on Perfectionism with helpful Inputs

10 Thoughts on Perfectionism with helpful Inputs

By Erich Schoeman (Clinical Psychologist; Trainer & Speaker) Matters of the Soul (www.mattersofthesoul.org or www.sakevdsiel.org) 12 minute read Many of us take pride in doing things well and have an aversion to making mistakes or falling short. We want things to...
Navigating the Turbulent Waters of Adolescence

Navigating the Turbulent Waters of Adolescence

Created by Erich Schoeman, Clinical Psychologist, Matters of the Soul/Sake van die Siel Disclosure: Several artificial intelligence programs were used in the process of researching and story writing this chapter (ChatGPT, Co-pilot, Gemini). It’s just after seven in...