Making Your New Year’s Resolution Stick—However, it is important to remember that the New Year is not meant to serve as a catalyst for sweeping character changes. It is a time for people to reflect on their past year’s behavior and promise to make positive …Read More
Loving Yourself as a Condition to Love Others
Loving others requires that you love yourself. Loving yourself entails the discovery, knowledge and appreciation of the true wonder of you that is consistently evolving. It is not only accepting and loving the present you, it also involves loving the many possibilities of you. It …Read More
Self-Love Creates Personal Growth
Self-love and self-worth is an area many struggle with. Seeking approval and love from others is not going to replace the self-love that needs to be cultivated from within. The more you love yourself and trust that life will take care of your needs, the …Read More
Powerful and Transforming Affirmations
Each moment and every day offers a new beginning. The present moment is powerful and transformative when we allow ourselves to release the past and let go of worries pertaining to the future. Focus on the now and you will find yourself enjoying the sweetness …Read More
Acceptance As a Way to Promote Personal Growth
Each one of us is seeking happiness and personal fulfillment. As humans we often inaccurately think we know what we lead us to happiness. Engaging in joyful and whole-hearted living is a conscious experience. It is an experience we actively and mindfully cultivate and practice. …Read More
Tips to Handle Holiday Related Stress and Enjoy the Beauty of the Holidays!
Whilst this may be a special time of year for many, it can also be very stressful, emotional, hectic and frustrating time period for individuals and families. Some individuals and families are wrought with worries surrounding finances, having to deal with difficult family members and …Read More
Coming to Terms with an Unhealthy Relationship
Do you find it difficult to acknowledge the unhealthy behaviors in others? If this is your experience in relationships, you may be setting yourself up to be hurt and disappointed. Individuals whom you may be surrounded with may not share the same values of honesty, …Read More
The Important Distinction Between Being Nice and Kind
Being nice and being kind may be used interchangeably. As personal characteristics, they stem from very different places within an individual. Mental professionals see perceive kindness as being a healthier attribute for individuals. In contrast to niceness, kindness emerges from someone who is secure, self-confident, …Read More
Tips to Resolve Conflict Constructively and Successfully
Conflict is inevitable and unavoidable in any social community. Developing constructive conflict resolution skills is essential in having satisfying and loving relationships. All conflict is not negative. Conflict can be constructive to relationships, situations and personal growth. Conflict does not need to be judged as …Read More
Maintaining Optimism in Spite of Life’s Challenges
Life’s circumstances are not always what you may wish them to be. Part of life’s natural progression is to send curve balls our way. We cannot control every aspect of our lives. Believing that we can control our lives is an illusion. The pattern of …Read More