Create Your Own Traditions This Holiday Season
When life doesn’t match the holiday festivities we see on TV and our social media timelines, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with the holiday blues. Whether you’re unable to spend time with your family this year or you’re choosing your emotional health over stressful family dynamics, you can create your own holiday traditions to spark […]
Help for Handling the Holiday Season
Many of us are dealing with the triple whammy of mood changes with decreased sunlight, stress about the upcoming holidays, and still navigating the pandemic and all that goes along with it. If daylight saving time is affecting your mood in your part of the U.S., you’re not alone. Starting and ending your day in […]
Listening for Love
Communication is a buzz word that’s often used but typically not understood. When it comes to relationships communication is more than listening and talking. In relationships with people we care about communication is a way to connect with another person. It can create intimacy and draw people closer together. This happens by exchanging inforamation (listening […]
You Get the Relationship You Work for, Not Deserve
As human beings were designed to desire connection and relationships. It’s essential to our basic human needs. We all want healthy relationships. We want people to treat us kindly and with respect. We want to feel cherished and loved. Whether the affection and intention comes from a partner, parent, child, friend, or sibling we all […]
Simple Joys
With Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and the “shopping season” it’s easy to get distracted from what pulled us together just a few days ago on Thanksgiving. Many of us were celebrating and were grateful for the time with family and friends. Yet the constant bombardment of what you should buy overshadows the simple pleasures of […]
