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As the new year begins, many people start thinking about New Year’s goals and resolutions, or how they can better themselves in the months ahead.
Focusing on taking better care of yourself can make it easier to complete the other goals that are important to you.
Follow these 10 self-care tips as you enter the new year, and you’ll undoubtedly see how much easier it will be to keep up with your plans and goals for the new year and feel great while doing it.
An engagement is one of the biggest and most exciting steps any relationship can make. But oftentimes people get so wrapped up in the wedding planning, they forget about the marriage planning.
Your wedding is a major event, but it’s also only one day in the life of your relationship; marriage is an event that will take place every day for the rest of your lives. Premarital counseling is one of the best things you can do for the success of your marriage. Read these five ways premarital counseling can positively impact your relationship.
The birth of a baby, the start of a new job, the termination of a relationship, becoming an empty nester, selling your home and moving to a new city: these are just a few of the numerous changes life may have in store for us.
Change can be scary, but it’s also an inevitable fact of life. Some changes come by choice, while others may take us by surprise.
By Elizabeth McMahan
We’ve all heard about ‘resiliency’, or the ability to quickly bounce back from a challenging situation. But how does resiliency work in the psychological sense?
Psychological Resilience is defined as “an individual’s ability to successfully adapt to life tasks in the face of social disadvantage or highly adverse conditions”; also “the psychological strength to cope with stress and hardship.”
It’s a common misconception that there is one, fixed way to deal with grief and loss. This is because we see mourning as a problem that needs to be fixed when this really isn’t the case.
As uncomfortable as it is to deal with emotional pain, it’s something that we as humans all experience. It’s natural to search for a resolution that will stop our pain.
By Elizabeth McMahan
Trust is tricky – it’s hard to gain and easy to lose.
It’s also one of the biggest cornerstones of any relationship. When lost, the person betrayed may feel extremely devastated because it can completely alter the path of the entire relationship. We’ve all experienced some form of hurt or betrayal, but to what extent? The nature of the relationship, as well as the level of hurt we feel, will probably determine whether or not we’re willing to forgive the person who betrayed us.
By Elizabeth McMahan
Life. It’s full of beauty, full of fascinating discoveries, full of surprises… and full of responsibilities.
Your education, your job, your bills, your family. Everything is jumping, screaming, and begging for your attention.
And more often than not, those things get your attention first—before yourself.
In the end, your life always revolves around other people and other things
By Elizabeth McMahan
“You don’t make enough money! You’ll never get that promotion! You don’t spend enough time with your kids! You always snap at them! You’re eating way too much! You’ll never lose that weight! You need to have some control! You’re no good! You don’t deserve compassion!”
Have you ever been told things like that?
Could it be the one talking to you so harshly you isn’t someone else, but you, yourself?
