Faith Ann Coates
Bio
Faith is a writer, artist, photographer, counselor, designer, and entrepreneur. She holds a degree in Psychology. Faith operates as a Teacher of the Gospel and also walks in a prophetic Anointing. She loves nature and loves to laugh.
Stories (3/0)
Can Gut Bacteria Cause Anxiety?
Many people all over the world are suffering and struggling with anxiety and depression. Most people don’t know why they can’t shake the nerves or sadness. It’s a mystery. Hundreds of thousands are on prescription medication to control symptoms. Many people self medicate with things like alcohol, marijuana, or some other substance to temporarily pull them out of the rut. There are also those who go a holistic route, eating healthy, getting adequate rest at night, exercising is famous for relieving anxiety due to the release of endorphins after a hard workout, yoga trains to calm the mind, and then there are various forms of meditation to attempt to soothe the dis-ease. How to handle such an issue is different and personal for everyone. Why is even occurs could be different for each person as well.
By Faith Ann Coates3 years ago in Psyche
I Died to Myself
I knew there was a life breathed within me. I was led to such truth in the perceived highs of my life. Status held in corporate America, good education, good income, highly desired and respectable career, a home I lived in a neighborhood I loved, time, freedom. Those highs can actually be the lows when you're digging deep to find something inside, seeking to capture the worldly things becomes so shallow. Though I was always in tune with the creation and that still small voice within, it led me to another way, a deeper one that blessed me with more intimacy and love for and from the life within me. I was drawn near to the deeper parts inside myself, my heart was ravished, my soul was watered, as I listened to that still small voice inside. I was disciplined and taught obedience. I learned to listen, hear, and follow the still small voice, the yearning heart, and that gut instinct.
By Faith Ann Coates3 years ago in Humans
Overcoming the mind
The mind is a tool. A renewed mind is a gift. The mind contains many different faculties and imagination is a place where creation is born. New ideas come to life here. Even current situations are entertained here and decisions are made, bringing a new path is birthed. Here you can find clarity and you can learn discernment. We were gifted this imaginative faculty of the mind. The word imaginary is defined as only existing within the imagination. The ego is not a creator, it can only copy and twist the truth. All worldly things are a mere twisted version of the truth. The world is full of lies that have become “real” to us. It’s a deception. Somewhere down the line someone chose to limit the creative power and expression of our imagination by creating a defining line in which this idea exists strictly in the mind and never outside of it. But the word imagination, broken down into Latin roots, is actions perceived in the mind. What you perceive is the reality of the world. Your imagination is a gift of sight, possibility, and a means to make decisions regarding what you want in your life experience. We were raised with the idea that to be imaginary is to be unreal. The truth is that the imagination is just as real then this life as we know it, within this physical reality.
By Faith Ann Coates3 years ago in Humans
