So I asked chatGPT if there is any evidence that Jesus really did rise from the dead. Here is what it said--
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","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/abracadabra-how-language-shapes-thought-action-and-connection","title":"Abracadabra: How Language Shapes Thought, Action, and Connection","summary":"Words are among the most ordinary tools we use and among the most powerful forces we possess. A word can comfort, wound, persuade, divide, inspire, or heal. It can name a problem, open a possibility, preserve a memory, o...","date_modified":"2026-07-13T02:43:49Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/the-myth-of-narcissus-and-narcissistic-personality-disorder","html_content":"Few psychological terms have entered everyday language as thoroughly as the word narcissism. People use it to describe anyone who appears selfish, vain, arrogant, or excessively self-absorbed. The term itself originates ...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/the-myth-of-narcissus-and-narcissistic-personality-disorder","title":"The Myth of Narcissus and Narcissistic Personality Disorder","summary":"Few psychological terms have entered everyday language as thoroughly as the word narcissism. People use it to describe anyone who appears selfish, vain, arrogant, or excessively self-absorbed. The term itself originates ...","date_modified":"2026-07-11T05:03:00Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/awakening-spiritually-the-dark-night-of-the-soul","html_content":"Spiritual awakening is not a single event. It is a lifelong journey of growth, discovery, setbacks, and transformation. Many people expect spirituality to arrive in a dramatic moment of revelation or a profound mystical ...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/awakening-spiritually-the-dark-night-of-the-soul","title":"Awakening Spiritually: The Dark Night of the Soul","summary":"Spiritual awakening is not a single event. It is a lifelong journey of growth, discovery, setbacks, and transformation. Many people expect spirituality to arrive in a dramatic moment of revelation or a profound mystical ...","date_modified":"2026-06-26T08:25:12Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/expect-anything","html_content":"There’s an old story about a Russian priest who would cross the town square every morning at 4 a.m. on his way to the chapel to pray. The town’s constable had been watching this routine for several days and grew curious ...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/expect-anything","title":"Expect Anything","summary":"There’s an old story about a Russian priest who would cross the town square every morning at 4 a.m. on his way to the chapel to pray. The town’s constable had been watching this routine for several days and grew curious ...","date_modified":"2026-06-24T19:20:05Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/reflections-of-an-overthinker","html_content":"Sometimes I feel like my mind is the loudest thing in the room. One awkward conversation can stay with me for hours. A tiny mistake can feel huge. Even when nothing is happening, my brain somehow finds a way to fill in t...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/reflections-of-an-overthinker","title":"Reflections of an Overthinker","summary":"Sometimes I feel like my mind is the loudest thing in the room. One awkward conversation can stay with me for hours. A tiny mistake can feel huge. Even when nothing is happening, my brain somehow finds a way to fill in t...","date_modified":"2026-06-16T12:54:45Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/an-introduction-to-personality","html_content":"Those of you who know me well know that I am obsessed with the study of human behavior and the problem of human suffering. To understand human behavior, it may be helpful to explore how our personalities are developed.
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/an-introduction-to-personality","title":"An Introduction to Personality","summary":"Those of you who know me well know that I am obsessed with the study of human behavior and the problem of human suffering. To understand human behavior, it may be helpful to explore how our personalities are developed.","date_modified":"2026-06-07T21:19:31Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/living-in-a-cave","html_content":"As a one-time preacher and current psychotherapist, I have seen and heard the most horrific things. While I admit that compared to the world’s population, I have only met a few people, I watch the news and read the n...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/living-in-a-cave","title":"Living in a Cave","summary":" As a one-time preacher and current psychotherapist, I have seen and heard the most horrific things. While I admit that compared to the world’s population, I have only met a few people, I watch the news and read the n...","date_modified":"2026-01-06T07:42:17Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/my-mission-in-life","html_content":"I am a unique spiritual being with a physical body. I am filled with opposites: masculine/feminine; light/dark; etc. I am committed to a life of interdependence . . . community . . . synergy . . . to the connectedne...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/my-mission-in-life","title":"My Mission in Life","summary":" I am a unique spiritual being with a physical body. I am filled with opposites: masculine/feminine; light/dark; etc. I am committed to a life of interdependence . . . community . . . synergy . . . to the connectedne...","date_modified":"2026-01-06T07:39:25Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/change-your-self-talk-change-your-life-your-inner-voice-matters","html_content":"We all carry on an internal conversation—an ongoing stream of thoughts, judgments, interpretations, and predictions about ourselves and the world. Psychologists call this self-talk, and while it may appear subtle or even...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/change-your-self-talk-change-your-life-your-inner-voice-matters","title":"Change Your Self-Talk, Change Your Life: Your Inner Voice Matters","summary":"We all carry on an internal conversation—an ongoing stream of thoughts, judgments, interpretations, and predictions about ourselves and the world. Psychologists call this self-talk, and while it may appear subtle or even...","date_modified":"2025-11-25T23:34:11Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/mitchs-musings-on-suffering","html_content":"I read a story once about a woman whose son had been killed in war. She was out in the street yelling, “why me?” and tearing at her clothing. One of her neighbors, feeling sympathy for the woman, offered this advice, “Fo...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/mitchs-musings-on-suffering","title":"Mitch's Musings on Suffering","summary":"I read a story once about a woman whose son had been killed in war. She was out in the street yelling, “why me?” and tearing at her clothing. One of her neighbors, feeling sympathy for the woman, offered this advice, “Fo...","date_modified":"2025-06-20T07:35:25Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/how-past-experiences-shape-our-present-reactions-triggers","html_content":"Emotional triggers are specific stimuli—be it a word, a sound, a smell, a particular place, or even an internal thought or sensation—that evoke an immediate and often intense emotional response. These reactions are not r...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/how-past-experiences-shape-our-present-reactions-triggers","title":"How Past Experiences Shape Our Present Reactions: Triggers","summary":"Emotional triggers are specific stimuli—be it a word, a sound, a smell, a particular place, or even an internal thought or sensation—that evoke an immediate and often intense emotional response. These reactions are not r...","date_modified":"2025-05-11T03:38:53Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/five-effective-ways-to-manage-social-anxiety","html_content":"Social anxiety disorder (SAD) affects approximately 7% of the U.S. population at any given time, according to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Globally, estimates vary, but studies suggest that 5-10% of pe...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/five-effective-ways-to-manage-social-anxiety","title":"Five Effective Ways to Manage Social Anxiety","summary":"Social anxiety disorder (SAD) affects approximately 7% of the U.S. population at any given time, according to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Globally, estimates vary, but studies suggest that 5-10% of pe...","date_modified":"2025-03-28T03:26:16Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/how-well-do-you-know-yourself","html_content":"For as long as I can remember, I've had a penchant for self-awareness. Self-awareness is a crucial aspect of personal development and emotional intelligence, encompassing the ability to recognize and understand one's emo...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/how-well-do-you-know-yourself","title":"How Well Do You Know Yourself?","summary":"For as long as I can remember, I've had a penchant for self-awareness. Self-awareness is a crucial aspect of personal development and emotional intelligence, encompassing the ability to recognize and understand one's emo...","date_modified":"2025-03-16T01:23:00Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/psychological-principles-to-help-you-talk-to-anyone","html_content":"Use Their Name
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/psychological-principles-to-help-you-talk-to-anyone","title":"Psychological Principles to Help You Talk to Anyone","summary":"Use Their Name","date_modified":"2025-03-03T01:38:52Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/ways-to-alleviate-anxiety-in-daily-life","html_content":"Anxiety is a common and natural response to stress, but when it becomes overwhelming, it can impact your day-to-day life. From racing thoughts to physical symptoms like a racing heart or shortness of breath, anxiety can ...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/ways-to-alleviate-anxiety-in-daily-life","title":"Ways to Alleviate Anxiety in Daily Life","summary":"Anxiety is a common and natural response to stress, but when it becomes overwhelming, it can impact your day-to-day life. From racing thoughts to physical symptoms like a racing heart or shortness of breath, anxiety can ...","date_modified":"2025-01-07T04:04:51Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/how-we-become-who-we-are","html_content":"Those of you who know me well know that I am obsessed with the study of human behavior and the problem of human suffering. To understand human behavior, it may be helpful to explore how our personalities are developed.
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/how-we-become-who-we-are","title":"How We Become Who We Are","summary":"Those of you who know me well know that I am obsessed with the study of human behavior and the problem of human suffering. To understand human behavior, it may be helpful to explore how our personalities are developed.","date_modified":"2025-01-01T06:18:09Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/when-bad-things-happen-to-good-people-part-1","html_content":"I read a story once about a woman whose son had been killed in war. She was out in the street yelling, “why me?” and tearing at her clothing. One of her neighbors, feeling sympathy for the woman, offered this advice, “Fo...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/when-bad-things-happen-to-good-people-part-1","title":"When Bad Things Happen to Good People","summary":"I read a story once about a woman whose son had been killed in war. She was out in the street yelling, “why me?” and tearing at her clothing. One of her neighbors, feeling sympathy for the woman, offered this advice, “Fo...","date_modified":"2024-11-21T20:33:54Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/thinking-about-your-thoughts","html_content":"thoughts are inevitable thinking about them is unnecessary it is not thoughts that cause our suffering but our own thinking about them (thoughts vs. thinking)
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/thinking-about-your-thoughts","title":"Thinking About Your Thoughts","summary":"thoughts are inevitable thinking about them is unnecessary it is not thoughts that cause our suffering but our own thinking about them (thoughts vs. thinking)","date_modified":"2024-11-05T16:37:06Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/what-is-your-attachment-style","html_content":"Attachment theory, originally developed by psychologist John Bowlby in the mid-20th century, explores the bonds formed between individuals, particularly in close relationships. While Bowlby focused primarily on the attac...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/what-is-your-attachment-style","title":"What is Your Attachment Style?","summary":"Attachment theory, originally developed by psychologist John Bowlby in the mid-20th century, explores the bonds formed between individuals, particularly in close relationships. While Bowlby focused primarily on the attac...","date_modified":"2024-10-10T16:31:32Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/going-with-the-flow-of-the-universe","html_content":"Question: How do we find balance between our individual will and the natural flow of life?
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/going-with-the-flow-of-the-universe","title":"Going With the Flow of the Universe.","summary":"Question: How do we find balance between our individual will and the natural flow of life?","date_modified":"2024-10-09T17:37:02Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/a-prayer-for-forgiveness","html_content":"If I have harmed anyone in any way through my own confusions, I ask their forgiveness.
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/a-prayer-for-forgiveness","title":"A Prayer for Forgiveness","summary":"If I have harmed anyone in any way through my own confusions, I ask their forgiveness.","date_modified":"2024-08-28T21:18:27Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/your-brain-anxiety-a-troublesome-partnership","html_content":"Are you keeping up on the news? I've got this weird thing going on where I'm fed up with it, it, makes me angry, and anxious. But I'm not the only one! Many a client wants to talk about the state of the nation or the wor...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/your-brain-anxiety-a-troublesome-partnership","title":"Your Brain & Anxiety: How it All Works","summary":"Are you keeping up on the news? I've got this weird thing going on where I'm fed up with it, it, makes me angry, and anxious. But I'm not the only one! Many a client wants to talk about the state of the nation or the wor...","date_modified":"2024-07-18T04:49:43Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/do-you-manage-your-emotions-or-do-they-manage-you","html_content":"Emotional intelligence, often referred to as EQ, is the ability to understand and manage both your own emotions and the emotions of others. It involves the ability to recognize and regulate your own feelings, as well as ...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/do-you-manage-your-emotions-or-do-they-manage-you","title":"Do You Manage Your Emotions, or do they manage you?","summary":"Emotional intelligence, often referred to as EQ, is the ability to understand and manage both your own emotions and the emotions of others. It involves the ability to recognize and regulate your own feelings, as well as ...","date_modified":"2024-06-19T20:59:16Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/so-you-think-youre-in-love","html_content":"Never say you love someone if you have never witnessed their anger, their bad habits, their absurd beliefs, and their contradictions. Anyone can love sunsets and happiness, only a few can love chaos and decay.
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/so-you-think-youre-in-love","title":"So you think you're in love?","summary":"Never say you love someone if you have never witnessed their anger, their bad habits, their absurd beliefs, and their contradictions. Anyone can love sunsets and happiness, only a few can love chaos and decay.","date_modified":"2024-06-14T15:19:40Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/do-you-sometimes-feel-like-an-imposter","html_content":"Imposter syndrome is a psychological phenomenon that affects many individuals, causing them to doubt their abilities and accomplishments and fear that they will be exposed as frauds. This feeling of inadequacy can be deb...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/do-you-sometimes-feel-like-an-imposter","title":"Do You Sometimes Feel Like an Imposter?","summary":"Imposter syndrome is a psychological phenomenon that affects many individuals, causing them to doubt their abilities and accomplishments and fear that they will be exposed as frauds. This feeling of inadequacy can be deb...","date_modified":"2024-05-27T13:52:01Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/successful-relationships","html_content":"Relationships can be a complex and challenging aspect of life. Whether it's with a partner, family member, friend, or colleague, building and maintaining healthy relationships requires work, communication, and understand...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/successful-relationships","title":"Successful Relationships","summary":"Relationships can be a complex and challenging aspect of life. Whether it's with a partner, family member, friend, or colleague, building and maintaining healthy relationships requires work, communication, and understand...","date_modified":"2024-05-25T12:41:12Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/the-nature-and-treatment-of-post-traumatic-stress-disorder","html_content":"Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event. This article will explore the nature of PTSD, including its symptoms, causes, risk f...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/the-nature-and-treatment-of-post-traumatic-stress-disorder","title":"The Nature and Treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder","summary":"Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event. This article will explore the nature of PTSD, including its symptoms, causes, risk f...","date_modified":"2024-04-11T19:37:36Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/where-anxiety-comes-from","html_content":"Anxiety is a common mental health issue that affects millions of people worldwide. It is characterized by feelings of worry, fear, and nervousness that can be overwhelming and interfere with daily life. While everyone ex...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/where-anxiety-comes-from","title":"Where Anxiety Comes From","summary":"Anxiety is a common mental health issue that affects millions of people worldwide. It is characterized by feelings of worry, fear, and nervousness that can be overwhelming and interfere with daily life. While everyone ex...","date_modified":"2024-02-29T15:21:52Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/borderline-personality-disorder","html_content":"Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental health condition that causes long-term patterns of unstable emotions. These emotions can lead to impulsive actions, self-image issues, and chaotic relationships. Some sy...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/borderline-personality-disorder","title":"Borderline Personality Disorder","summary":" Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental health condition that causes long-term patterns of unstable emotions. These emotions can lead to impulsive actions, self-image issues, and chaotic relationships. Some sy...","date_modified":"2024-02-16T15:56:23Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/how-to-survive-a-panic-attack","html_content":"The first time I had a panic attack, I didn’t know I was having one. I was sitting on a tour bus in the Cayman Islands with my family, about to leave for a day trip.
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/how-to-survive-a-panic-attack","title":"How to Survive A Panic Attack","summary":"The first time I had a panic attack, I didn’t know I was having one. I was sitting on a tour bus in the Cayman Islands with my family, about to leave for a day trip.","date_modified":"2023-07-17T18:38:43Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/mindful-breathing","html_content":"![](\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3cf5de4f-4aba-4e8f-830c-bbc77064b6fe/wooden%20hearts.jpg\"/)
Whether we are suffering from stress, depression, anxiety, or over-thinking, managing your breath is the most basic tool we have available to relieve our suffering. The following is a Mindful Breathing exercise from the ...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/mindful-breathing","title":"Mindful Breathing","summary":"Whether we are suffering from stress, depression, anxiety, or over-thinking, managing your breath is the most basic tool we have available to relieve our suffering. The following is a Mindful Breathing exercise from the ...","date_modified":"2023-02-08T20:49:32Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/mindfulness-meditation-2","html_content":"![](\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3cf5de4f-4aba-4e8f-830c-bbc77064b6fe/mindfulness%20couple%20looking%20up.jpg\"/)
Belly Breathing
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Seated Awareness
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As part of continuing my licensure as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, I have to have 30 hours of continuing education every two years. While intending to write a blog on mindfulness for some time, I ran acro...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/what-is-mindfulness","title":"What is Mindfulness?","summary":"As part of continuing my licensure as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, I have to have 30 hours of continuing education every two years. While intending to write a blog on mindfulness for some time, I ran acro...","date_modified":"2022-09-14T07:55:32Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/why-people-cheat-on-their-partners","html_content":"![](\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/stock/5lb0NKJ\"/)
(Note: This article is referring primarily to people in monogamous relationships. In this day of polyamorous relationships, and other cultural shifts, there are many mindsets that would allow for multiple sexual partners...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/why-people-cheat-on-their-partners","title":"Why People Cheat on Their Partners","summary":"(Note: This article is referring primarily to people in monogamous relationships. In this day of polyamorous relationships, and other cultural shifts, there are many mindsets that would allow for multiple sexual partners...","date_modified":"2022-09-10T09:01:20Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/the-origin-of-suffering","html_content":"![](\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3cf5de4f-4aba-4e8f-830c-bbc77064b6fe/scream.jfif\"/)
It was while he (Buddha) was meditating beneath the tree that he understood the Four Noble Truths in a flash of illumination. People suffered because they insisted on permanent states of being in a constantly changing wo...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/the-origin-of-suffering","title":"The Origin of Suffering According to Buddha","summary":"It was while he (Buddha) was meditating beneath the tree that he understood the Four Noble Truths in a flash of illumination. People suffered because they insisted on permanent states of being in a constantly changing wo...","date_modified":"2022-08-31T21:38:09Z"},{"id":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/mindful-walking-1","html_content":"![](\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/3cf5de4f-4aba-4e8f-830c-bbc77064b6fe/hikers.jpg\"/)
One other method I instruct my students on mindfulness: Mindful Walking
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The first thing we do when we come into the world is inhale, and the last thing we do as we leave this world is exhale. Breath truly is the “breath of life.” Breathing right tells the brain that it can relax. Most of us,...
","url":"https://mitchelldavenport.com/f/your-lifes-breath","title":"Your Life's Breath","summary":"The first thing we do when we come into the world is inhale, and the last thing we do as we leave this world is exhale. Breath truly is the “breath of life.” Breathing right tells the brain that it can relax. Most of us,...","date_modified":"2021-11-10T20:32:29Z"}]}