8 Ways You Can Better Manage Your Emotions…Starting Today
Regulating our emotions has many benefits. Our relationships improve. We are calmer and more at peace as we better manage ourselves. We know to admit we were wrong and ask forgiveness when we go out of control.
Stop Making This Big Mistake When You Feel Strong Emotions…and Do This Instead.
Taking responsibility of our emotions empowers us and gives us control over our lives. Recognizing this responsibility frees us to discover more about ourselves and heal from old wounds by seeing where our triggers come from. We see choices we can make in relationships and frees us to express ourselves.
False Guilt Holds Us Back from Healthy Relationships
There’s a difference between true and false guilt. Often, we don’t recognize the difference. When we don’t recognize false guilt, we treat it like it’s true. We believe we have done harm and we beat ourselves up. We put extra pressure on ourselves. We aren’t always sure what to do and how to fix it.
What To Do When You Can’t Forgive Yourself
Our physical and mental health improves when we forgive ourselves. We are more at peace with ourselves and others. Our relationships improve as we have a more positive outlook. Our thinking is clearer.
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!