The holidays are a wonderful time of year to get together with friends and family, exchange gifts, and spend quality time with loved ones. However, it can also be a time of stress and frustration if boundaries are not set and respected. Setting healthy boundaries during the holidays is essential for...
Anger, sadness, and fear are all natural emotions that we all experience in our lives. Unfortunately, many of us feel the need to hide these emotions, either out of embarrassment or fear of judgment. So why do so many of us feel the need to conceal our negative emotions in spite of the potential ris...
Gaslighting was chosen by Merriam-Webster as their official word of 2022.
Why?
Well, talk of gaslighting is everywhere these days. That wasn’t always the case.
Gaslighting can happen in any type of relationship, but it is particularly common in romantic relationships and relationships between par...
It's not uncommon for people to be afraid of setting boundaries with their spouse. After all, boundaries are all about creating limits and saying "no," right? And when we say "no" to our spouse, we're usually saying "no" to something they want or something they're used to getting from us. So it's no...
It is easy to blame ourselves for our past failures. We think that if only we had tried harder, or been more careful, we could have avoided the outcome we are now facing. We may even beat ourselves up for not being able to accomplish something that we really wanted. While it is important to learn fr...
When we talk about panic attacks, we examine the medical and psychological aspects of the disorder.
The medical aspects:
Panic disorder is a problem that has a lot to do with the body. Certainly in terms of emotional problems, anxiety disorders are some of the most strongly physiologically- experi...
Ah, people pleasers. We all know the type. Some of us have been the type! And some of us still are.
People pleasers are those who habitually put others' needs and wishes above their own. They may do this to win approval, avoid conflict, or simply because they feel it is their duty. Whatever the rea...
Research tells us that around 80-90% of what you think today will be more or less the same thoughts that you had yesterday. The vast majority of our thoughts happen automatically. The implications of this are very important, because our automatic thoughts may not always reflect such a kind dispositi...
What is the number one most important factor that determines how well you do in life?
Your relationships. Who you choose to be invested in, and who will invest in you. That does more to determine where you end up in every area of life than any other factor.
There is a construct that I like to use ...
What does entitlement mean? The word literally means that someone has the right to something. However, entitled people believe that they automatically have the right to something.
When you go to the store and pick out some groceries, you hand over some money and then you are entitled to those groce...
How do we get past the gap from here to there? How do you reach your goals? How do you even set the right goals? A lot of this comes down to how we think and look at thinks.
Perhaps you’ve heard the expression, ‘The man who thinks he can, and the man who thinks he can’t are both right.’ There’s a l...
The spiritual life is the real life. Everything we see comes from the unseen.
When we see a big skyscraper, it could have started with a little girl who used to like playing with blocks. As she grew up, she developed her interest in design and building. She went to school to study how buildings are...
