The Advantages of Being Single
Being single can be exhausting, particularly if you weren’t the one who ended the relationship. It’s easy to let your mind wander back to happier times and fantasize about what might have been. However, allowing yourself to become mired in the past is detrimental to your development and inhibits your ability to move on to better things. To make the most of the opportunities for growth and enjoyment that come with singlehood, you must first accept the reality of your situation. The following [...]
10 Tips to Help You Find Motivation and Achieve Positive Change in Your Life
Often times when a person is struggling to find motivation, they are struggling with some aspect of their mental health. The lack of motivation is a signal that the person may be struggling with a mental health issue or is out of balance on some kind of mental wellness area in their life. The ability to find the energy, motivation, or desire to get things done or to become healthier is just not there. They find it difficult to have the motivation to [...]
5 Ideas for How to Control Your Anger
If you are struggling with anger, it could be a symptom of something deeper. Often, we fail to identify what’s causing our anger in the first place. But it’s an important step in an overall plan for how to control your anger. To find the cause of your anger, however, one must first admit to an anger issue. Some symptoms of a struggle with anger are: Feeling the need to punish or self-harm because you are angry internally. Talking to yourself in your [...]
Bible Verses for Mourning to Help You Process Grief
When you lose a loved one, it can feel like a singular and lonely experience. Our lived experiences are diverse, and we don’t view even similar experiences in the same way, contributing to the impression that we’re alone in what we’re going through. Bible verses for mourning can help. Proverbs 14:10, NIV says, “Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy.” Losing a loved one is bitter in ways we aren’t always capable of expressing, and it’s [...]
8 Tips for Surviving Divorce
When you build a life with someone, losing that takes a toll. If for whatever reason a marriage ends in divorce, that marks the end of one trajectory in life and the beginning of a new path. Though getting divorced will be stressful, surviving it and thriving on the other side of it is possible. Below are a few tips for surviving divorce and flourishing in this new season of life. 8 Tips for Surviving Divorce 1. Mourn your loss The dissolution of [...]
Types of Guilt and How to Deal with Them
There are many types of guilt that can attack someone’s heartstrings. Guilt can make people feel undesirable, unable to move forward, and inadequate because they feel like they will never live up to the expectations of other people. Guilt is a powerful emotion that, if left unresolved, can feel like it is taking over one’s soul. The causes of guilt can look different for each and every person: You missed your nephew’s birthday party to attend a once-in-a-lifetime concert. You forgot your best [...]