The Strong Connection Between Self-Care, Work, and Stress Management
With how busy and stressful your daily life can be due to work, family, and personal relationships, it always helps to take a break and prioritize your needs. As such, a previous post recommends adopting self-care practices to not only benefit your mental health but also foster deeper relationships, including…
The Impact Of Positive Habits On Personal Transformation & Your Marriage
It’s easy to feel like a failure and that you’re not enough when you’re suffering in an unhappy marriage, causing you to feel helpless and hopeless. This can lead you to say, “Why bother?” making you give up on yourself and the marriage. Instead of taking charge of the situation,…
Six Ways To Nurture Your Relationship With Your Spouse
If you don’t invest in your marriage by giving it your attention and nurturing it, your relationship with your spouse will die slowly. Denying your marriage is in trouble doesn’t solve anything, neither does shrugging your shoulders and walking away. Another thing that never works is waiting for your spouse…
Why You Must Put Negative Self-Talk Into Perspective
We’re constantly thinking about the situations we find ourselves in as we go about our daily lives. Our inner voice—our self-talk—determines how we interpret and feel about these situations. The problem with our inner voice is that it can be untamed and unruly. Self-talk includes conscious thoughts and unconscious/subconscious assumptions…
Recognizing Negative Self-Talk & Stopping It
We all talk to ourselves about our marriage… “internal conversations” that we keep to ourselves and don’t share with anyone. But did you know your internal voice could be harming your marriage because it guides and shapes your perception of your spouse and your relationship with them? When this voice…
4 Must-listen To Audiobooks for Married Couples
Staying married is no easy feat. Factors like emotional withdrawal can predict divorce, and the average couple waits six years before seeking help for marital problems. To prevent minor issues from snowballing into insurmountable ones, married couples can engage in shared learning activities, such as reading, to foster an honest…
How to End 2020 With a Happier Relationship
The pandemic has caused most couples to spend more time than usual with their partners. While some saw this as a re-introduction or an opportunity to discover so many amazing things about their partners, others saw otherwise. Some grew sick and tired of spending so much time with their partners…