Jamie Norton

Making Peace & Beyond Podcast

Religion EN ↓ 30 episodes

Have you ever wondered how to make sense out of your messy life? Or wondered how to live in peace in the middle of a stressful world? Welcome to the Making Peace & Beyond podcast where Cleveland-based counselor and author, Jamie Norton, talks with guests about life's struggles and how to live in the peace, joy, and freedom Christ died to give us.

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Jamie Norton

Episodes

Shame: The Great Isolator 24.03.2023 42:29

Shame is the universal emotion and perhaps the most difficult to understand and manage. Shame is more of an experience and is very difficult to define in words. It is the experience of vulnerability, helplessness, and inadequacy. It makes us want to hide or disappear and live in secrecy. In its’ various forms, shame isolates us from each other and prevents us from becoming all that God gave us the...

Mental Health…Really? 22.02.2023 45:16

Did you know that the number of people in the US that were diagnosed with a mental illness jumped from 600,000 (.003% of the population) in 1955 to 50 million (almost 20% of the population) in 2022. Two significant influencers for the dramatic increase have been the creation of the community mental health system and the development of psychoactive medications. Both have grown prolifically since th...

The Price of Unforgiveness 25.01.2023 33:07

Are you still living like a victim because of something that happened to you in your past? Would you like to have the freedom to move beyond? Perhaps the biggest barrier that keeps us trapped in yesterday is unforgiveness. Unforgiveness not only keeps us stuck in the negative experiences of our lives, but it is mentally, physically, socially and emotionally damaging to us-not the other person. For...

Family Recipes 14.12.2022 43:35

Do you find yourself doing some of the things your parents did even though you said you never would. Of course you do! Our first understanding of ourselves, our world, and how we fit into it are learned from our family and becomes the foundational lens through which we view ourselves and others. Whether we like it or not, our perception is influenced by the people we grew up with. We are all born...

Making Peace & Beyond 16.11.2022 41:31

Take a moment and ask yourself: Am I enjoying fulfilling relationships and living a life filled with joy, meaning and purpose? Or am I living a life of struggle, discontentment, stress and difficult relationships? Am I doing things that I vowed not to do or condemning myself for my perceived imperfections? Am I trying to survive life as a set of problems to overcome or see experiences as opportuni...