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 The highly sensitive child is often quiet and withdrawn, dislikes noisy groups, is a deep thinker, and has an intuition far beyond their years.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. There are many dysfunctional families families in the Bible Search and [...]
Ways to Cope with Test Taking Anxiety
The process of learning makes up and energizes our days, and if we lose our zest for exploring new things and figuring out better ways to do what we’re already doing, life can get dull. From the time we’re babies, we’re always learning – how to talk, eat, walk, read and write, and so much more. In our relationships, we constantly learn more about one another and how to best relate to those around us. Most of our learning is put into practice [...]
4 Warning Signs Your Anger is Becoming a Problem
Anger is a challenging emotion to control, and it is often more prevalent than joy or happiness. Many things in life can cause it, such as traffic on the way to work, difficult coworkers, gossip, slander, and dealing with job loss. We may encounter several things that make us angry throughout the day, and if we don’t resolve it when we feel it, it builds up until a person wants to explode. This anger is never good for our relationships. 4 Warning Signs [...]
How to Deal With Anger Issues Affecting Your Relationships
Richard and Amy have found themselves at an impasse. Whenever they argue, whether it’s about finances, or about doing the chores around the house, they find themselves in the same pattern. Richard tries to keep calm but eventually finds himself raising his voice at Amy. For her part, Amy withdraws, and she stops talking to Richard altogether, all the while feeling frustrated with Richard, the situation, and herself. Neither one of them knows how to deal with anger. Despite their different approaches to [...]
Asking for Forgiveness: What Does a Good Apology Look Like?
Relationships can be messy in all kinds of ways. A loved one might fail to keep their word, intentionally or otherwise. Sometimes, harsh words are spoken in anger, and things that perhaps ought not be said are uttered. Expectations, legitimate or otherwise, can be disappointed, leading to deep hurt. Betrayals of trust occur, fraying and even breaking the bonds of trust, making a good apology necessary. In all of this, there is a mechanism for repairing relationships that [...]