Welcome To Renewing The Mind

Welcome to Renewing The Mind blog spot.  This is a place where you can go to read and explore helpful options for self improvement engineered and powered by changing your thoughts.  Do you ever wonder how two different people can experience very similar events but react differently?  Do you ever get discouraged because you keep trying to change your behaviors but your feelings just won't let you?  Feelings such as anger, frustration, anxiety, sadness etc.  Many believe that life experiences dictate how we feel and react.  I encourage you to consider the power of your MIND.  Two different people can experience the same event, with different reactions, because they have different perceptions of the event.  Our perceptions and thoughts are the directors of our feelings and the horsepower to our behaviors.  They can break and shake us or they can shape and mold us.  The secret is.....it's our choice.  Although we may have little control over the thoughts that pop into our heads, we can control those we choose to dwell on and give dominion over our lives.  The goal of this blog is to encourage us to choose positive self talk (what we tell ourselves) over negative self-talk.

The author of this blog spot is Dr. Ariel Lloyd.  She is a Clinical Psychologist, Board Certified Professional Christian Counselor (BCPCC), and owner and director of Renewal And Restoration, LLC (renewalandrestoration.com).  Renewal and Restoration, LLC is a private psychology practice that offers traditional psychological and therapeutic services as well as Christian therapy. 

Let's take this journey of renewal together by refocusing our attention to thoughts and behaviors that can build us versus those that can break us.


Please note that this blog is in no way a substitute for therapy or counseling, but to simply serve as regular inspiration for change, reflection, and self awareness.