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Seeing the Beauty in Brokenness: How Perspective-Taking Transforms Challenges
Life’s challenges often leave us feeling broken. Whether it’s the pain of abuse, the trauma of divorce, or the weight of mental illness, these experiences can strip away our sense of wholeness and control. But what if brokenness isn’t the end? What if, instead, it’s an opportunity for growth, healing, and a new perspective? Perspective-taking—the…
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Rising Above Challenges: The Parable of the Divers
How do you handle when someone else wins or gets something YOU want? What are the challenges faced in life and how do you face them with fortitude and perseverance? When life gives you struggles, how can you build resilience instead of resistance? There are so many hard things we face in life, from childhood…
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The Whirlpool Analogy: Teaching Choices & Accountability
Life is all about choices and the natural consequences we receive from our choices. Helping children and others understand this can lead to increased accountability and learning, gaining more responsibility for the outcomes of our choices – whether we like the outcomes or not. Much of our world seems to believe and engage in the…
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The Power of Incremental Improvement: How 1% Gains Lead to Extraordinary Success
In 2021, Michael A. Dunn shared the following story about how choosing to improve incrementally over time increases outcomes astronomically. Rather than making huge changes to our lives or habits and behaviors, and failing because it’s often too difficult to achieve if we choose to make small changes in needed areas over time, we find…
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5 Essential Dating Tips for Divorced Parents: Balancing Love and Family Dynamics
Navigating the dating scene as a divorced parent comes with unique challenges and considerations. It’s essential to balance your needs with those of your children. Here are five tips to help you: 1. Understand Your Kids’ Emotional Capacity Why it’s important: Children are not equipped to handle adult relationship dynamics, especially when they are still…
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Mothering Sunday Blues : Navigating the Emotional Landscape of Mother’s Day
May is noted for Mother’s Day, a day which elicits joys and sorrows for a variety of reasons. Recognize that everyone, despite their past or current circumstances, may struggle to enjoy a day set aside to celebrate motherhood. This may be due to unmet expectations from self or others placed upon motherhood, or children who…
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The Power of Perspective: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities for Growth
Years ago, I saw a video of a toddler climbing a 4’ rock wall. As I watched, I noticed this small girl stopping, looking around, and then often stepping down in order to move forward in another direction. I believe many of us would be searching above or ahead for some better hand or foot…
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Empower Yourself With The Art of Setting Healthy Boundaries
Boundaries serve as the invisible framework through which personal safety, emotional well-being, and mutual respect flourish. They are essential in navigating the complexities of interpersonal relationships and self-management. By learning to establish and communicate your limits clearly, you create an environment where personal growth and empowerment are not just possible but inevitable. This article, presented…
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Embracing Singlehood: How to be Happily Single in a Couple’s Month
How can we find purpose and meaning in being single, and how can we be happily single when the desire for marriage and family is still strong? What are meaningful activities to engage in while being single that might lead to a healthier couple relationship when that time arrives? February, especially Valentine’s Day, can often…
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Successful Co-Parenting: Prioritizing Child Well-being in Blended Families
In today’s society, there is a lot of divorce and remarriage, and blended families. As such, many children will be in situations where biological parents have parted ways, often under difficult circumstances. And yet, these are still parents of mutual children who need and want to be parented. Below are a few tips to make…
