Teen Depression
Teen depression may look different in every child. If your teen is beginning to withdraw from life, experience problems at school or display negative behaviors how do you know if they are in emotional trouble or just typical teens?
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Counseling for New Moms
There are many worries and concerns after becoming a new mom. Thoughts of guilt, not feeling bonded with the baby, and missing your old lifestyle can often run through your mind.
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Tips for Successful New Year’s Resolutions
According to an Open Al language model trained by Open Al below are some examples and tips for making your new year’s resolutions successful.
- Set specific, achievable goals: Rather than resolving to “lose weight” or “get in shape,” set specific goals such as “lose 10 pounds”. This will make it easier to measure your progress and stay motivated. Read more
Tips on Communicating with Your Spouse
Arguments are bound to happen from time to time but if your house feels like a fighting ring, you may need some communications skills. Here are some tips of how to communicate better:
Expectations
The holidays are here and we all have expectations that we don’t even realize until they cause conflict. For example, suppose you’re spending your first Christmas together as newlyweds and your spouse just came home with tons of decorations for the house. You’re not only thinking about the budget but you are feeling you haven’t even been consulted about the decorations such as the type, color, placement etc. All of a sudden you are feeling angry and you are not even sure why. Your spouse is thinking this is what he/she has always done and can’t understand why you are so upset.
Christian Counseling
What is Christian Counseling
Christian counseling is distinct from secular counseling in that Christian counselors’ have an absolute standard by which to measure behavior. They see the Bible as the source of all truth. 2Timothy 3:16-17 says, “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” The secular counselor tends to use the latest and newest psychological or secular findings as their standard. These of course can change quickly. A Christian counselor uses the Bible for practical wisdom when it comes to marriage, family and life issues.
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Parenting Skills
Parenting Skills with Step Children
1. Parenting 101 is that you and your spouse are on the same page and give a united front towards your teen or tween. If you disagree iron out your differences before you present guidlines to your child.
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Achieving Your Goals
Self Discipline
The key to attaining goals is to be SELF DISCIPLINED, but how do we achieve self discipline, especially in the busy, noise filled world we live in? Here are some tips to help you:
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Addictions
Addictions can come in many forms.
Very often we have some woundedness such as feeling inferior, inadequacy, feeling unworthy, unloved, disregarded, powerless, shame, guilt or feelings of rejection or just some form of hurt. We then want to bring something into the system to make us feel better. For different people it can be different things. It may be perfectionism, anger, retail therapy, drugs, alcohol, gambling, pornography, food, people pleasing, video games, etc etc.
Gaining Control in Uncontrollable Situations
Raise your hand if you like to be in control…
I know I do! However, so often in life, we are faced with the fact that so many things happen that make us feel out of control – a death, a divorce, a medical diagnosis, a job loss, company shutting down, a global pandemic, a tornado that devastates your hometown and destroys homes and businesses. All these instances can bring feelings of fear, doubt, anger, etc. When this happens, sometimes it seems the easiest thing to do is throw up our hands and give up, quit, give in to that sense of helplessness. It can cause us to make decisions based on fear, rather than logic. So, how do we find a way to gain control over something which we have no control? We may not have control over what has happened, but we can control how we CHOOSE to cope and deal with our circumstances.
