5 Signs your child needs help managing anger. Everyone gets angry sometimes. In fact, anger is a normal, healthy emotion when expressed appropriately. But some kids are frequently angry and struggle to enjoy life. They get into fights when they play games and argue when they’re doing something fun. Their …
Is it just us or does the statement, “Don’t get so defensive!” seem to have the same effect as when someone tells you, “Just try to relax!” In other words, it makes you feel the opposite of what’s intended – more defensive, less relaxed. Unfortunately, defensiveness can be a catalyst …
One of the greatest obstacles to our happiness is that we believe we actually understand the cause of our anger. Our mistaken perception makes all anger management techniques ineffective. Our most common belief is that other people and circumstances make us angry. We demonstrate that belief daily when we say …
“The child is in me still and sometimes not so still.” – Mr. Rogers Understanding the Inner Child Out inner child is representative of our subconscious emotional and mental pain. He is derived from people and events in our lives that resulted in trauma and/or neglect. The inner child, who …
An angry brain is one that has programmed you to do some or all of these things: Consciously and subconsciously get angry at moment’s notice Become very excited and agitated when you do get angry have trouble thinking or planning because your anger is so strong Act impulsively on your …
Who hasn’t felt anger? We all did. Anger is an emotion necessary to our survival and yet when it is out of control we get sucked right into the anger trap. And when we get sucked in we do and say all kinds of things to our loved ones and …
Understanding your partner requires the capacity to listen. Really listen. Couples are advised to hear each other’s complaints without feeling attacked, and as great as this sounds, it’s often unrealistic. When something you said (or didn’t say) hurts your partner’s feelings, there’s a strong impulse to interrupt with, “That wasn’t my …
Relationships are a two-way street. We strive to make our partner happy and be someone they can rely on, and in turn we hope they’ll do the same for us. But that doesn’t mean that our happiness in the relationship is completely out of our hands. In fact, there are …
Hello Everyone, It’s that time of the week. Another week goes by and your relationship is kinda…there. You’re not exactly thriving and you’re not getting worse either. This pandemic is prolonging this sense of uneasiness and future is so unpredictable. You may be hoping that things will get normal again. …
This past week a client of mine had an amazing breakthrough. As she was sharing her week she start talking about her life of faith. In all of our meetings she shared most of her pains and childhood traumas. But this week she must have had an amazing quiet time …
