The Biggest Mistake People Make After They Forgive… and What to do Instead
Too many people think that when you forgive, it means the relationship should just go back to the way it was.
But that’s not always a healthy choice.
To have the relationships we want, we need to learn the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation, and know when it’s appropriate (and when it’s not) to reconcile.
Forgiveness is Hard… and Healthy
Forgiveness is hard. When we forgive quickly, we can enjoy life, be more relaxed, and feel freer. Make forgiveness a regular habit.
5 Tips You Can Use to Improve Your Relationship with your Parents
Establishing one’s individuality as an adult can also be challenging for both parents and children. Parents may have difficulty seeing their child as an adult, and the adult child wants to be their own person.
5 Tips to Help Parents and Their Adult Children Improve their Relationship
Relationships are hard. As your child grows and matures the changes you see are challenging. As a parent, changes are hard. Allow yourself to mourn the losses of childhood while embracing the new adventures your adult child experiences
Mentally Exhausted? Lack Willpower? Feel Fresher Fast with these Simple Tips!
In a typical day, each of us makes thousands and thousands of decisions. By evening, it’s easy to be mentally fatigued. As this happens day after day, it’s harder and harder to feel fresh at all.
Welcome to decision fatigue.
The Serenity Prayer Part 3 - Wisdom
In the serenity prayer, the author seeks wisdom to know the difference between what he can and cannot change. This is vital. We also need wisdom to help us in many aspects of decision making – the where, when, why, how, and who of life’s questions.
The Serenity Prayer Part 2 - Change
You owe it to yourself to experience the joy and freedom of change in painful areas of your life.
The Serenity Prayer Part 1 - Acceptance
While there are many things outside our control, the serenity prayer implies we can still find peace, and gives us a great map to help us find it!
The Impact of Family Dynamic on the Mental Health of Children
Parents are responsible for providing the safe environment their children need. In safety, they can see the world from a different perspective and not as unsafe and scary.
Laughter is the Best Medicine
“Laugh and the world laughs with you”. It’s true. Laughing with others decreases our stress. Our relationships grow closer. Being with others and laughter improves our wellbeing. The saying, “laughter is the best medicine” has a lot of truth to it.
Parenting is Heart Work
When we decided to bring children into the world, we did not receive an instruction manual. We had no guidebook to teach us how to care for and raise that child and how to face the challenges parenthood entails. As parents, we are called to provide for all our children’s basic needs, even those needs that are not visible to the naked eye.
Salt Water Heals - The Ocean is More Healing than We Thought
Being at the ocean is relaxing and calming. We feel our muscles relax, the tension in our neck subsides, and we breathe deeper. Our stress and problems recede, like the waves going back out to sea. We feel lighter, our burdens lifting from our shoulders. At night, with the sea breeze blowing over us through open windows, we sleep soundly.