It begins again. The constant fighting, the back-and-forth banter, feelings and emotions of sadness, regret, disrespect. They have all become familiar and routine in your relationship. Subconsciously you are thinking, “Fights are normal in a relationship and rough patches are bound to come,” but when there is a strong inability to be cohesive in a […]
6 Signs Your Teen May Be Depressed
As teens struggle through the tough transition period of childhood into young adulthood, it can be difficult to decipher a teen’s behavior. Are their out-of-control emotions and conduct a result of the natural process of adolescence, or is it something more serious? According to the National Institute of Mental Health, in 2016 approximately 3.1 million […]
How To Grow: Creating Positive Addictions
Do you ever experience moments where you begin to realize that the habits and activities you partake in are no longer serving you? They no longer fulfill you or bring you the happiness and joy you thought it would bring? Often these moments lead to depression, self-doubt, self-guilt, among other negative emotions you may feel. Nevertheless, you find yourself scrolling through Google or Pinterest, looking for ways to better yourself, to improve your self-worth. You find yourself typing in keywords like,
Anxiety vs. Panic Attack
More recently the term “anxiety attack” has been used when people begin to feel an overwhelming sense of anxiety. While the term definitely expresses the intrusive nature the person has experienced, it unfortunately is not a clinically recognized term. Because of this, the use of term has led to misrepresentation and even misunderstanding of what […]
Week 7 Learning From Pain
Pain is universal. Regardless of what is impacting you the most right now, more than likely a similar feeling is being experience by another individual somewhere across the country. I say this to let you know that you are not alone in your struggle. In times of intense sadness, we tend to also experience feelings […]
Week 6 Be Assertive: Say What You Mean to Say
There are times we are put into situations where we are hesitant to tell others what is really on our minds. For most of us, we have no problem expressing to others what we really think. For others, we may bite our tongues and never say what we really want. There may be a fear […]
Week 5 Challenge: How to Avoid Multitasking Pitfalls
Welcome to Week 5 of the Challenge. Whether you are just joining me or have been following this challenge for the past four weeks, I think there is a lot to be gained with this week’s discussion on Multi-tasking regardless of where you are at on your journey. For the majority of us, we feel […]
Week Four Challenge: Believe In Yourself
Identifying and Challenging Core Beliefs We are in Week Four of the Time for Change Challenge. If you have been consistent in taking time for yourself and attending to your needs these past weeks, you should begin to notice an increase in your level of awareness and increased comfort with making yourself a priority. If […]
Week Three Challenge: Negative Self Talk
Welcome to Week 3 of the Challenge! Hopefully after going through the Week 2 Challenge on Thinking Styles, you are more aware of how your perception can be impacted by various mental filters. To piggy back off of that, we are going to look at Negative Self Talk and the impact it has on your […]
Week Two Challenge: Thinking Styles that Get in the Way of Success
Welcome to Week Two! I’m hoping that everyone is feeling a little more self-aware because it is needed to go into this week’s Challenge. So there’s this saying “Don’t put off to tomorrow what you can get done today”. Heard of it? It’s like the anti-procrastination slogan. Even though some of us might know this, […]
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