When you go to therapy, start by being honest with yourself and voice your feelings. When you state your feelings aloud, your therapist is clear on how you’re experiencing life at the moment. Sometimes, recognition is the beginning step, however. So...
Knowing your content at your fingertips helps reduce your anxiety because there is one less thing to worry about. One way to get there is to practice numerous times before your actual speech. It’s no wonder why many of us are...
In early childhood, siblings in disordered families are assigned roles as either a scapegoat or a golden child. I lived in an unhealthy family for more than 40 years, but I didn’t make the choice to “break up” with my parents...
Want to read more about the love languages for couples? Creating a routine that reminds you so speak these words of positivity can help you make sure they are being heard in your home. At bedtime and breakfast make a point...
If you are someone who is very practiced at caring for others, it might feel extra hard to imagine how to say no. You are used to thinking about other people and making sure everyone is okay. This is a wonderful...
I am blessed with every lesson I learn from hardships I face. I continue to grow in light of all of the positive and negative things that come my way. I am overflowing with renewed confidence every day. I continue to...
People who have Words of Affirmation as their love language express and interpret love through both spoken and written words. An example of learning to speak your spouse’s love language would be if a husband washed his wife’s car, but his...
For some, it is a highly religious reality. For others, religion has nothing to do with it. For others, myself included, these are all subjects that a parent needs to lay off of and allow an adult child to find for...
Would you hand over your children to someone you felt had abused you in some manner? So just because one’s abusers is their parents doesn’t mean it’s okay to subject them to toxic, dangerous people. As a matter of fact, doing...
But once you embrace it, stage fright will not be as intimidating as you initially thought. Like most people, many of us are not naturally attuned to public speaking. Rarely do individuals walk up to a large audience and present flawlessly...