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Dating Mistakes: 10 Missteps People Often Make
When you meet someone who you would like to know more about, whether that is through an online dating site or app, at an event, or through friends or family, the first date is more than just a time for you and the other person to learn a bit more about each other; it’s a time to make a wonderful first impression.
If you’ve been in the dating scene long, you’re painfully aware of the different types of first dates.
Emotional Awareness: How to Check In With Yourself During Conflict or High Stress
When you have conflict with someone, do you tend to lash out and stomp off? Do you withdraw? Perhaps you hurry to lean in and clear the air?
Conflict and stress are a normal part of life. However, some people struggle more than others with managing their emotions during times of high conflict and stress.
8 Ways to Motivate Yourself and Move Forward When Your Ambition Stalls
Looking for ways to motivate yourself?
You thought you knew what you wanted. The drive and ambition were there. You could feel them in your bones and your heart. Whether it was completing a degree, working on a project, or implementing a new fitness regime, you were dedicated to your goal.
Yet, somewhere along the line, your ambition began to waver. You lost focus and things just stalled out.
Now you feel stuck, struggling to bring up the drive to get started again.
6 Measures to Make Your Relationships A Priority This Year
From New Year’s Eve forward, we tend to jump into a myriad of resolutions and goal setting activities that fuel to-do lists, which may grow exponentially throughout the year. Resolutions focused on relationships, sadly, tend to get the least amount of attention.
How to Communicate Your Boundaries While Talking Politics
You know how it goes.
Something major happens in government, media, or on the global stage. Then, the next day (after a night of cable news and scrolling through Facebook headlines), you may find yourself with coworkers, or out for a drink with friends, or having dinner with your partner or another family member, when the political topic comes up and the conversation starts to get heated.
Mantras for Meditation: 8 Statements to Boost Your Self-Esteem
Everyone has their own mantras for meditation. Words and phrases you tell yourself routinely. Some serve you well…others, not so much.
What about you? How well do speak of and to yourself?
Are you a friend to the rumpled person in the bathroom mirror? Do you soothe your inner employee after a misstep at work? Are you kind and supportive to your inner self when a friend or loved one lets you down or walks away?
Understanding the Importance of your Family of Origin
Your beginnings matter.
The who and how of your initial life experiences made lasting impressions that ripple through your life today. For better or worse, your family of origin is the place to start for key information about who you are and how you relate to others.
For all of us, the family dynamics in our original family system impact our values, core beliefs, and our self-perceptions.
Burned Out? Stressed Out? On the Edge of a Blowout? How to Stay Calm at Work
Whether you love your job or wish you clocked in elsewhere, burnout happens. “Content” and “calm” are not words that most of us would readily identify with when we are on the clock.
Between busy schedules and demanding projects, it’s easy to feel weighed down by the stresses of the workplace. Unfortunately, many of us don’t handle the pressure well.
Enjoy Every Moment of Life! 3 Keys to Finding Your Path to Personal Growth
There are so many articles around about personal growth and living for the moment. Life would be so much easier if we could just follow their advice and—presto!—suddenly be on the right path. Unfortunately, reality just doesn’t work that way.
So how do you find clarity?
Consider all of the things you do in your life. Are they geared towards your enjoyment, fulfillment, or personal growth?
The Daily Struggle with Traumatic Memories - EMDR Therapy Can Give You Relief
When you scrape your knee, you clean the wound and maybe add ointments and bandages to help it heal.
But, what if that wound appeared to be healed on the surface, but underneath it was still painful and caused discomfort?
Could the problem be what you can’t see? Perhaps some leftover debris, irritating the wound further despite your efforts on the surface?
Don't Agree? Can't Relate? How You Can Gain More Empathy For Others
Are you having trouble relating to others? Understanding your partner and other loved ones? Communicating with your coworkers? Have you started to wonder whether you might be the common denominator in your relationship misunderstandings?
Every relationship comes with its unique set of challenges but relating to others shouldn’t feel foreign. Cultivating more empathy will enhance your relationships and encourage you to forge strong connections with other people. Use the following tools to increase your empathy levels and build successful relationships.
Always Ranting and Reacting? How to Ensure More Effective Communication in Your Relationships
While effective communication may come easily for some, it is far more difficult for others.
What about you?
Does it seem that communicating with others is increasingly difficult and disrespectful? Do your disagreements feel less like interacting and more like overreacting? Are your rants making their way into your everyday conversations more and more?
You’re not alone. Communication can be tough for many of us, especially when our emotions take over.
What gets in the way?