Anxiety in the Bible: Why We Worry and How to Overcome It
Our bodies are designed to respond to threats and potential threats to our well-being. If you happen to be biking on a wilderness trail and come across a rattlesnake, your body will respond instinctively before you fully process what’s happening. It’s good that the response is automatic because many situations call for a split-second response. While this ability to respond to threats and dangers is helpful, it can also work against us. It’s one thing for your fight-or-flight response to [...]
7 Interesting Date Ideas in Carlsbad that Promote a Mental Connection
In a world full of traditional options, date ideas for couples that stand out in a meaningful way are hard to find. As the years go by, many couples find themselves stuck in a predictable pattern of dating, which hinders their genuine connection over time.Often, couples miss out on unique activities that promote deeper connections, dialogue, and understanding. Unconventional dates are a good way to build closeness between partners, aimed at nurturing your bond on many levels beyond the ordinary.Emotional understanding and closeness between [...]
How to Increase Intimacy in Marriage
Are you looking for a way to affair-proof your marriage? Although you cannot control other people’s actions, you can do your part to increase intimacy in marriage. Often people who cheat do so because they are looking for someone to meet a basic need. These basic needs are rooted in physical, emotional, or intellectual areas of intimacy. Also, if a spouse’s spiritual intimacy is not met, they may leave their current spouse searching for someone who shares the same beliefs. Carlsbad Christian Counseling [...]
7 Ways to Cure Emotional Exhaustion
Stress is a natural part of life. No matter how hard a person tries, it is almost impossible to avoid all stress. Social media and technology fuel our technologically advanced world; technology was meant to improve our lives and make things more efficient. However, technology has allotted us so much time that we fit too much into our day and our minds get overly stimulated. Cell phones also add to our stress because we are constantly online and available. Whether scrolling through a [...]
Is My Child Highly Sensitive?
High sensitivity is a personality trait present in 20% of the population, including children and teenagers. The highly sensitive child is often quiet and withdrawn, dislikes noisy groups, is a deep thinker, and has an intuition far beyond their years. They may have odd quirks, like having an aversion to knitted clothing or labels inside t-shirts. This might simply show that the child feels certain sensations, like itchy fabrics. Highly sensitive children need to be understood and parented so that this trait is [...]
3 Reasons Why Dysfunctional Families are Common
In today’s world, it’s easy to think that your dysfunctional family is the only one in the world. With people using social media feeds and highlight reels, it’s easy to believe everyone else has a better life than you. Unbelievably, dysfunctional families are more common than you think. Whether it’s drug abuse, trauma, infidelity, etcetera. No family is perfect. Here are three reasons why dysfunctional families are common. Carlsbad Christian Counseling offers support for families navigating these challenges. There are many [...]