How to Become a Pro at Identifying Your Feelings Do you sometimes struggle to identify your needs in your relationships? Do you find yourself making choices that you regret later? It could be because you have a hard time recognizing your own emotions. If you’re interested in learning how to label your feelings, take a look below.</p> <h2>What Are Emotions, …
Do you want to be more motivated but need help figuring out how to get started? Don’t worry; you don’t have to be motivated to get motivated. Contrary to popular belief, motivation actually comes after we do something. We feel motivated to take action when something feels rewarding. For example, You might feel motivated to exercise this afternoon because you remember how good it felt yesterday.
Going through a divorce can bring the worst out of a couple that once promised each other forever. Your world might feel like it’s falling apart, and trying to co-parent when you’re struggling to simply keep going can be overwhelming. Learning to co-parent won’t be easy, but it’s not impossible. Use the five strategies below to start co-parenting with your …
After the tragedy at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado in 1999, certainly no one could imagine that over the next 20 years, 200 more school shootings would occur. In the first 79 days of 2018 alone, there were 12 school shootings, compared to 9 over the entire year of 2017. Sadly, school shootings are becoming an epidemic in the …
When you think about it, modern women are really like superheroes. Not only are they obtaining college degrees and climbing corporate ladders, they’re doing so while also raising families. They may also find themselves taking care of aging parents at the same time. While some women are able to manage juggling all of these big responsibilities, many women, over time, …
How to Navigate Challenging Life Transitions When we’re young, life transitions are fun and empowering. We go from crawling to walking, walking to running. We start with training wheels but soon no longer need them. As we age we graduate into higher grades and become more independent. But as adults, life transitions can feel not so fun and far from …
How to Address Your Partner’s Sexist Behavior or Comments How to Address Your Partner Sexist Behavior? One of the serious issues women face in life is sexism; sadly, we’re not taught how to see it, react to it, or correct it. For heterosexual women, sexism is a problem they will likely face throughout their relationships. Being raised in a patriarchal …
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How to Respond to Controlling Behavior at Work Dr. Melanie Chinchilla, Owner of Approach Therapy and a Clinical psychologist who works with many individuals to improve their work, life, and , offers tips on how to respond to controlling behavior in the workplace. Most people have at least one story or experience as to what it is like to have …
Coping with Working from Home During COVID-19 How many mornings have you shut off that alarm, wishing you could just work from home in your PJs? Well now many of us are getting our wish thanks to the global pandemic. While in theory working from home may seem ideal, the reality for many of us is that it’s, well, kind …
Healthy boundaries in relationships, Relationships can only be healthy when both people have the space to be themselves and maintain their personal integrity. Sadly, many people find themselves in relationships, romantic and otherwise, with people who do not respect boundaries and feel entitled to have their needs met regardless of the other person’s. These people most likely grew up in …
