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This month on Mercy Talk, we’ll be welcoming special guest Jenn Otero as we dive into our theme, “How to Deal”. In this series, we’ll be looking at 5 difficult, yet common behaviors we often encounter in relationships and how to deal with them in healthier ways. In this episode, we’ll be looking at “The Victim” mentality and how it fosters more problems in our relationships than we realize. Also, in this episode:

• Why learning to set boundaries is key to working with those who have a victim mindset 
• How to identify tendencies that enable others 
• Why ownership, responsibility and honesty are key to fighting the victim in us all 

This month on Mercy Talk, we’ll be welcoming special guest Jenn Otero as we dive into our theme, “How to Deal”. In this series, we’ll be looking at 5 difficult, yet common behaviors we often encounter in relationships and how to deal with them in healthier ways. In this episode, we’ll be looking at the “Steam Roller” and why avoiding confrontation, may not be the most effective way of addressing this type of behavior in a relationship. Also, in this episode: 

• Why tolerating certain behaviors says more about you than you think 
• How to have healthy conflict resolution conversations 
• How Self-awareness impacts those around you  

This month on Mercy Talk, we’ll be welcoming special guest Jenn Otero as we dive into our theme, “How to Deal”. In this series, we’ll be looking at 5 difficult, yet common behaviors we often encounter in relationships and how to deal with them in healthier ways. In this episode, we’ll be looking at the “Know it All” and why staying curious in the conversation, is the secret weapon to defusing frustration. Also, in this episode: 

• The underlying issue behind the need for approval  
• Why getting to the root of behaviors is key to addressing them head on 
• Practical ways to show compassion while helping others become more self-aware  

This month on Mercy Talk, we’ll be welcoming special guest Jenn Otero as we dive into our theme, “How to Deal”. In “How to Deal”, we’ll be looking at 5 difficult, yet common behaviors we often encounter in relationships and how to deal with them in healthier ways. In the first installment of this series, we’ll take a look at the “Friendly Sniper” and talk about creating safe boundaries with those who pick on others as a means of deflecting their own pain. Also, in this episode:  

• Why the overuse of sarcasm reveals more than it hides 
• How to have a vulnerable yet safe conversation with someone who continues to belittle you 
• How to be aware of the resentment and contempt in our own lives so as to avoid a critical spirit   

This month on Mercy Talk, we’ll be diving into the book, “The Entitlement Cure” by Dr. John Townsend and examining how entitlement lies to us in 2 primary ways… (1) I am exempt from responsibility; and (2) I am owed special treatment. In the last installment of this series, we’ll look at why doing hard things first and keeping inconvenient commitments makes all the difference in a culture of entitlement.  

• Why the NHT (Next Hard Thing) is so key to getting away from entitlement  
• What Self-medicating behaviors are keeping you from your Next Hard Thing 
• Why the little things are a BIG deal!  
• How to quit making commitments you don’t have the resources to keep 

This month on Mercy Talk, we’ll be diving into the book, “The Entitlement Cure” by Dr. John Townsend and examining how entitlement lies to us in 2 primary ways… (1) I am exempt from responsibility; and (2) I am owed special treatment. In the third episode of this series, we’ll discuss a self-image that actually helps with the entitlement problem and how to replace the phrase, “I deserve” with “I am responsible”.  Also, in this episode: 

• The right way/wrong way to deserve  
• How playing word games hinders our self-improvement 
• Skills for developing a self-image that will serve you both in success and failure 

This month on Mercy Talk, we’ll be diving into the book, “The Entitlement Cure” by Dr. John Townsend and examining how entitlement lies to us in 2 primary ways… (1) I am exempt from responsibility; and (2) I am owed special treatment. In the second instalment of this series, we’ll discuss God’s framework for working through entitlement and how to encourage others who find themselves stuck there. Also, in this episode:

• The hard way principles  
• vulnerable and consequence-based conversations (and what those even are!) 
• Why discipline and structure are more feasible than you think! 

This month on Mercy Talk, we’ll be diving into the book, “The Entitlement Cure” by Dr. John Townsend and examining how entitlement feeds us 2 primary lies… (1) I am exempt from responsibility; and (2) I am owed special treatment. In the first installment of this series, we’ll look at the deeper narrative behind what entitlement actually is. Also, in this episode:

• The universal disease of entitlement  
• The cure for entitlement and doing things the hard way  
• Relational patterns that drive entitlement

This series is meant to explore the church’s response to topics that are often times criticized, belittled or even ignored. This is a forum in which to ask ourselves, “how can we be motivated to better respond from a place of love?” (1 Peter 4:8). In this episode, we’ll discuss the way the church has traditionally approached mental health, common misunderstandings of mental health terms and how we can better serve those asking for mental health help.

This series is meant to explore the church’s response to topics that are often times criticized, belittled or even ignored. This is a forum in which to ask ourselves, “how can we be motivated to better respond from a place of love?” (1 Peter 4:8). In this episode, we’ll break down a basic understanding of what mental health means, how we approach mental health at Mercy and how we can better serve those seeking help for mental health issues.