by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 20, 2026 | Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Counseling, Psychotherapy, Sacred
What it’s like to have a therapist who has vision into unseen realms. Modern psychotherapy presents itself as a scientific and clinical discipline—grounded in diagnosis, evidence-based modalities, and professional ethics. Yet beneath the language of manuals,...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 19, 2026 | Joy, Love, Relationships, Sacred, Spirituality
When I was 16, I spent a fall weekend on a Church retreat on the South Side of Chicago with about 30 other teenagers. We stayed at Hyde Park Union Church with pastors from our local Church. Late Friday night, several of us went out and walked around the Church’s...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 18, 2026 | Joy, Love, Passion, Relationships
The gentle revolution of a soft heart in a hard world. We live in a world that glorifies the hard charge. The hustle. The grind. The relentless pursuit of more—more success, more intensity, more fire. We’re taught to push through, to power up, to never let them see us...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 17, 2026 | Men, Premarital Counseling, Relationships, Sexuality
It’s all about the explosive release after the discipline ends. Love is not about losing control. It is about choosing—every single day—to trust instead of grip, to listen instead of lecture, to hold instead of fix. It’s the art of knowing when to stand firm,...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Mar 15, 2026 | Men, Relationships, Sacred, Women
A world of pillars is a fortress, but a world with you is a sacred space. Here is the absolute steel truth: If men are the pillars that hold up the roof of the world, women are the Spirit that turns that structure into a sanctuary. A civilization of pillars alone is a...
