What Are The Causes And Symptoms Of Depression?
Clinical depression is a medical condition that doesn’t just affect your outlook and mood, but it affects your marriage too. According to WebMd, depression doesn’t cause divorce; it’s not dealing with the consequences of depression that can lead to divorce. Depression is often called the “blues.” Someone who is depressed feels…
Five Ways to Have Your Needs Met in Marriage
No one wants to stay in a marriage where their needs aren’t met. In fact, according to an article on MarriageSavers.com, “Astonishingly, there seems to be a much higher risk of divorce in marriages where spouses are not meeting each other’s emotional needs than there is in all the marriages that…
Six Tips To Make Fear An Ally Instead Of An Enemy
Fear can be an enemy or a friend. It can hold you back and keep you stuck or propel you forward in an attitude of determination and resourcefulness. Fear can overwhelm you with worry and uncertainty, making you dread tomorrow. Or, it can make you say, “I’ve had enough!” motivating…
5 Ways Loving Your Life Makes Things Better
What you think and feel about your life is something you get to decide. It’s a choice. And it’s an important one because it determines your reality. Maybe you’ve made a few mistakes, and things haven’t always (or rarely) gone as you hoped or planned. But deciding life is a…
Is There Science to the Perfect Marriage?
Please enjoy this week’s guest post written exclusively for Mad About Marriage by Sophia Emma! Having a good – if not perfect – marriage is something many people are interested in. In a report on the current state of marriage, researchers highlighted a long-held social belief that the best marriages consist…
5 Lessons Conflict Can Teach Us
We all want emotional and mental peace, especially in our most important relationships. No healthy person enjoys or thrives on conflict. If they do, avoid them. And although we know we can’t escape conflict because it’s a part of life, we tend to avoid it because it makes us feel…
5 Reasons Why You Should Forgive Yourself
It’s hard to forgive ourselves, especially if we’ve hurt someone we love deeply or feel we were the cause behind a painful situation or outcome. But withholding forgiveness only makes things worse and harms our emotional, physical, and mental health. According to therapists, we will experience these five wonderful benefits…
6 Warning Signs You’re In An Abusive Relationship
You can be in an abusive situation and not even know it. Abuse doesn’t always come in the form of physical or verbal violence; abuse is about manipulation and power. And freeing yourself from that life and starting over isn’t always easy either, especially if you’re worried or terrified about…
Self-Care Strategies for Parents with Caregiver Fatigue
Please enjoy this guest post by Gwen Payne from Invisible Moms! Parenting tips are everywhere you look these days, but for those who are caring for children with special needs, there are often few resources that can help with the mental and physical toll it takes. Exhaustion is a common…
10 Benefits of Forgiveness
There are over three hundred million Google searches on “forgiveness.” We’ve all hurt someone and been hurt. Everyone needs forgiveness. According to Mayo Clinic, “Forgiveness means different things to different people. Generally, however, it involves a decision to let go of resentment and thoughts of revenge.” Letting go of resentment and…