I love Christmas shopping (and if I’m honest, I love all shopping). I find it exciting to look for deals starting the day after Thanksgiving (who doesn’t love Black Friday?). It’s also fun to buy gifts throughout the year. My husband doesn’t start shopping until 2 weeks before Christmas and he doesn’t buy anything except for exactly what’s on people’s...
Love them or hate them, we all experience them. Constantly…even when we don’t realize they’re there. Emotions are powerful forces in our lives. All of us, from time to time, have a hard time navigating our relationships when emotions are high. Some of us have gotten good at ignoring them. It’s common to use all sorts of activities and/or substances...
Do you struggle to make decisions, find yourself in dramatic or difficult relationships, or fear letting people down? Do you feel responsible for making people in your life happy? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you might be struggling with creating and maintaining relationship boundaries. A huge component of enjoying healthy, successful relationships is our ability to...
My son has been a terrible sleeper. Recently, he didn’t nap all day and then cried for hours and hours during the night. The next morning at church I saw a woman holding a baby who was fast asleep despite all the lights, lively music, and people. Then there was me. Tired, disheveled with unwashed hair, desperately patting, shushing, and...
Our culture is filled with images, TV shows, movies, songs, and other types of media that are hypersexual. We all know that sex sells. The media creates great sexual expectations—ones that inaccurately portray real life and real sex with real people within a real relationship. Although our culture is bombarded with sex and sexual images, most people aren’t having much...
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