Living separately will soon be a thing of your past. You’re taking the leap. You and your partner are going to move in together.
You’re probably both excited and nervous about your new venture, right?
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Unique wedding ideas aren’t hard to come by in this DIY era with Pinterest leading the way.
What IS hard to come by are unique wedding ideas that won’t break the bank.
You’ll be happy to know that I’ve rounded up a few inexpensive ideas for your special day.
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Planning a wedding can take a lot of your time and energy.
Sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in the hustle of bustle of it all and forget that you’re also preparing for a marriage.
Aside from the flowers and guests, you and your fiancé are getting ready to spend the rest of your lives figuring marriage out together. While “forever” is indeed a very long time to figure out this whole marriage thing, wouldn’t it be nice if the two of you had a jumpstart? Lucky for you there is such a thing — premarital counseling.
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Have you had to deal with bullies at some point in your life?
While most of us have experienced some type of bullying, it’s definitely not a pain we would want our own children to endure.
The reality is that bullying has become a widespread problem. It affects both genders and children of all ages. While there are many positive anti-bullying programs currently at work, how to deal with bullies begins at home.
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Everyone has an opinion. And they just love to give advice. Not just any advice. We’re talking about unsolicited and often questionable advice. This goes double in the social media age. And triple when it comes to advice about babies.
How do you separate the myths from the facts?
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After your last serious love relationship, did you jump on the rebound train for a while?
Lately, though, you’ve been feeling a little dissatisfied and have begun to miss the embrace of a serious relationship.
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The word “accidental” denotes things that happen unexpectedly, actions that were not planned.
Can this expression rightly be applied to an affair?
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Dating online has become increasingly popular over the past few years.
While still a fairly new idea, it’s not taken much time to attract a lot of attention. It used to market only to a certain stereotype, but now online dating targets anyone with an email address.
For good reason, too.
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College can be a memorable time for both parents and children. You might be caught between feeling proud and anxious about sending your child with ADHD to college. Your child, on the other hand, might be overflowing with excitement at this new and independent experience.
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Marriage by itself can prove to be a challenge. Outside stressors like jobs, social obligations, and finances can add difficulty to the relationship. Sources of stress from inside the marriage can also put a significant strain on it. For example, having different parenting styles can be extremely taxing on partners.
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Now is a unique time to be alive. With six living generations, the world is rich with an array of social culture. Furthermore, the term “full house” may have new meaning to many families.
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Self-sacrifice is a familiar term when speaking about parenthood. Not only is it considered to be good parenting, but to sacrifice your own well-being for your child’s is deemed noble. As far as it may be from the daily truth, putting an oxygen mask on yourself before your child should be the standard. Most people ignore this advice, however, and attempt to put the oxygen mask on their child first.
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Co-sleeping comes with many benefits for both parent and child. It does have its pitfalls, though. Let’s face it, three’s a crowd!
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Mental health theories are focused on deficiencies and dysfunctions. Sometimes mental health practice is also mostly about client’s problems and weaknesses. In other words, it’s all about what’s wrong with you.
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Living through a divorce is never easy. And in some cases, in can be an absolute nightmare. For a while, your divorce becomes an all-encompassing experience, and all you want is to get to the other side. You just want the pain and the confusion to be over. But when you are there, when you are, in fact, newly divorced, you realize that the first thing you need to do is to recover from your divorce. And the first step for recovery is a good self-care routine. Here are a few suggestions, based on the experience of ‘those who’ve gone before’.
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We’ve all seen families in public where every person has their attention focused on their phones. Maybe we’ve even been that family ourselves. Turning to electronic media is an easy solution to boredom, waiting in line, or taking long car trips. In the past, families would talk and communicate during these occasions. If that seems impossible now, it doesn’t mean that you’ve lost the ability to communicate as a family. You just need to rediscover and develop those skills.
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If you want to be unhappy, spend more time comparing yourself to others. But even those of us who consciously avoid the comparison trap may find ourselves falling into it.
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Every February 14, we celebrate Valentine’s day as an affirmation and reconnection for romantic relationships. And over time, many traditions have sprung up.
In the 19th century, sending picture cards to your love for Valentine’s Day was the most popular way to mark the occasion.
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People have always been shy. People have always talked about being shy. But now there is a new word on the block. Maybe, more recently, you have heard a term that some people use to describe the experience of being uncomfortable in a group of people and/or in an intense one-on-one encounter: Social Anxiety. What’s the difference? Is social anxiety just a fancy name for shyness? The short answer: No. It’s not.
Social anxiety is a psychiatric disorder. Shyness is a personality trait.
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If you’re not sure where to start, don’t worry: there are so many ways to practice mindfulness, you can start just about anywhere.
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