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 The highly sensitive child is often quiet and withdrawn, dislikes noisy groups, is a deep thinker, and has an intuition far beyond their years.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 [...]
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 [...]