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how to develop emotional maturity

Started by djchuang · 8 months ago

Continuing the series on “Developing emotional maturity - part 2 of many”. [cf. part 1: what is emotional maturity?]
I think I’m (mostly) right there are (practically) no book titles with the words “emotional maturity.” Th ... Continue reading »

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  • Heather Palacios

    8 months ago

    If we walk with God, even when we're emotionally messed up, we still have hope. It's the years that I lived spiritually messed up (far, far from God) that NO messed-up seemed hopeful.
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  • djchuang

    8 months ago

    Heather, thanks for your comment. Agreed that we have hope when we're with God and God's on our side. Another way to say what I was trying to say is, that part of a maturing spiritual life should also include emotional maturity too.
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  • j.

    8 months ago

    not quite directly on point, but david powlison has terrific articles (via the journal of biblical counseling) on how to see the gospel as a crucial part of the way we deal w/ our "felt needs" (to use a counseling term) & become emotionally/spiritually mature beings.

    the thesis in all of his writing is that emotional maturity can't be separated from spiritual maturity b/c how we react to things emotionally is always going to be, at the core, a matter of the heart -- what we truly believe about the gospel. a google of david powlison should unmine some good PDFs.
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  • M. Neuman

    5 months ago

    Good information. Thank you!
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  • anthony

    5 months ago

    nice. i really need this.
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  • anthony

    5 months ago

    hi DJ Chuang! very very nice! all i need now is to practice. by the way mr Chuang. my family name is also Chuang. is that your family name too?
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  • anthony

    5 months ago

    Sir can anyone please explain "Eliminate Magical Thinking". thanks.
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  • djchuang

    5 months ago

    @anthony, yes, my family name is Chuang. My Dad comes from the province of Fujian.

    As for eliminating magical thinking, I think it has something to do with having a reality check. We have to get rid of overly idealistic thinking and realize how things work in the real world, and how things don't work. (This is not to say we don't pursue dreams.)
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  • thony

    5 months ago

    well said DjChuang. now, how can you educate people with that kind of thinking? i know people who choose to hurt (emotionally) people. even married couples does that to each other. right?! any suggestion?
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