A Labor of Love – Aging Parents

Labor of Love for Aging parents: 7 warning signs of health problems Watching an older parent become frail and disintegrate — becoming isolated and depressed — is among the most difficult stresses experienced by adult children today.  They don’t have to mind us or even listen – since they have always been the adult. What prompted … Read more

Getting Married? Pre Wedding Jitters?

Planning on getting married? Congratulations! This is one of the most exciting times in a woman’s life.  From the moment you say “Yes” you begin creating a string of excitement and energy around yourself and those around you. Weddings bring with them good stress and bad stress. You can be excited to commit yourself to … Read more

Ways to Relieve Stress

In case you haven’t heard (you know, because of all the stress in your life) — April is National Stress Awareness Month. It’s wonderful to have family and friends supporting us, but often those people can be sources of stress themselves. Unexpected stresses like a loss of job, a loved one’s death, or health problems … Read more

Nail Biting, Picking and Pulling

Nervous habits like nail biting or hair pulling–why do we do these things to our bodies? Is it out of fear? Boredom? Stress? Skin picking, hair pulling, and nail-biting are labeled as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders. Nail biters often keep their hands hidden behind their backs. They often feel social embarrassment and experience out-of-control feelings at times. … Read more

Stop The Cycles of Domestic Abuse

Your partner apologizes and says the hurtful behavior won’t happen again — but you know and fear it will. At times you wonder whether you’re imagining or exaggerating the silent treatments, the abusive language the put downs from left field; being blamed for something you had no knowledge of control over, yet the emotional or physical … Read more

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