Can Chronic Emotional Stress Affect Your Physical Health? Have you ever noticed that during a prolonged season of grief, relationship conflict, fear, financial pressure, or emotional stress, your body seems to feel the strain too? Our minds and bodies are not separate systems operating independently of one another. Researchers continue to study the relationship between chronic stress, emotional well-being, immune function, inflammation, and physical health. That doesn't mean

Can You Trust Your Feelings as a Christian? Our emotions can feel incredibly convincing. Fear tells us something terrible is about to happen. Rejection tells us we're unwanted. Shame tells us something is wrong with us. Anger tells us we've been wronged. And because those feelings are real, it's easy to assume the thoughts behind them must be true too. But can we always trust what we feel? The answer requires us to understand what emotions are—and what they aren't. Your Emo