Guilt – Do you struggle with guilt? Guilt is often experienced when you have wronged others either intentionally or accidentally. However, some people don’t feel guilty when they have done something wrong, while others carry a lot of guilt even though they haven’t done something wrong, even wallowing in their …
HOW TO MAKE YOUR CHRISTMAS MORE MEMORABLE AND LESS STRESSFUL
Christmas is a joyful time to celebrate Jesus’ birth for Christians. However, people are often too busy with all the various invitations and preparation leading up to the Christmas celebration to make it spectacular and successful. It is the time of the year when many gather together with their family, …
FEELING LET DOWN AND DISAPPOINTED?
Do you feel let down or disappointed lately? Maybe you feel let down by your spouse because they don’t keep their promise or are changing more slowly than you anticipated. You may feel disappointed with your children, who don’t perform well in their studies. Your boss let you down when …
CAN A RELATIONSHIP SURVIVE FROM INFIDELITY/AFFAIRS?
Having an infidelity/affair means you have an extra relationship outside your committed relationship, which involves betrayal, deception, and lies that breaks the trust in the relationship. An infidelity/affair requires secrecy and becomes complicated to deal with. Therefore, an infidelity/affair is one of life’s most painful and often traumatic experiences, not …
THREE PRACTICAL STEPS TO IMPROVE YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO BECOME HEALTHIER
Every relationship has its ups and downs, and sometimes we forget that a healthy relationship will require both parties to work on the relationship to maintain it. However, there are some common issues in a relationship that can make the relationship unhealthy. It is vital to deal with these issues so …
ARE YOU FEELING AIMLESS?
Are you feeling aimless? You may have a lovely house, a good job, a relationship, a family – however, life seems empty. You get up in the morning, get ready, go to work, have a lunch break, get back to work, go home – the same routine day in and …
FAIRNESS – WHY FAIRNESS IS VITAL IN RESOLVING CONFLICTS IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP
Fairness is vital in resolving conflicts in your relationship. The absence of conflict does not define a healthy and happy relationship; in fact, healthy and happy relationships have conflicts that the couple can resolve. Resolving conflict can be achieved successfully when there is fairness within the process – therefore, fairness …
HOW TO BECOME MORE ASSERTIVE WITHOUT BEING AGGRESSIVE
Have you had an experience where you are afraid of raising your opinions, thoughts or feelings to avoid conflict, hence becoming passive? Or perhaps you have strongly expressed your point of view that caused others to be scared of you, and you feel bad about it afterwards. How do you …
EXPECTATIONS – HOW EXPECTATIONS CAN IMPACT YOUR LIFE
How expectations can impact your life. Everyone has some expectations in life. Having expectations is essential because it will give you a sense of achievement and a purpose in life when you fulfill it. Without it, you will end up with a loss of direction and feeling aimless. However, some …
PROCRASTINATION – How to stop procrastinating
Procrastination is the decision of delaying or avoiding the task that you need to complete until the last minute, and instead doing something else that is less important. Do you struggle to finish a task? Do you feel like you have to drag yourself to start a task? Are you …
FEAR OF REJECTION – The Symptoms, Impact and Treatment
Fear of rejection is an unpleasant experience. Of course, everyone wants to be loved and accepted as who they are, but the reality of life is that everyone has been rejected at some point in their lifetime. However, some people are more sensitive to rejection and react quicker than others …
DEPRESSION – Practical steps in dealing with your Depression
Most of us have felt depressed at some point in our life. Feeling depressed can be caused by situations, such as grieving lost loved ones, losing a job, a relationship or marriage, etc., where life returns to normal after a period of time. However, for some this depressed feeling is …
ADDICTION – Is it possible for someone to overcome their addiction?
Is it possible for someone to overcome their addiction? Addiction is a compulsive, obsessive and chronic behaviour where the addict lacks control and ignores the risks and the consequences of their behaviour – impacting on their lives and their relationships with their loved ones. Often they continue their addiction at …
TRAUMA – Reactions, Impacts and Recovery
Trauma is a very complex issue – it is a horrible, disturbing and distressing incident or treatment that causes long-term damage to the person experiencing the trauma. Therefore, dealing with your trauma has to be done carefully and needs an expert. During COVID-19, many experienced the trauma of losing their …
APOLOGY – DOES APOLOGISING MATTER FOR A RELATIONSHIP?
Does apologising matter for a relationship? YES, absolutely! A remorseful apology matters for a healthy relationship. Every relationship will experience some conflict throughout its lifetime. Some people believe that apologising does matter and is essential to mend the relationship. However, others are reluctant to apologise and sweep issues under the …
ANXIETY – HOW TO MANAGE YOUR ANXIETY
Anxiety is an emotion characterised by nervousness, excessive worry and is often driven by fear. It is an unpleasant experience and can vary from mild to severe. One of the common causes include people bringing their unknown future to the present time, as if it is happening right now. Everyone …
HOW TO SET YOUR GOAL IN THIS NEW YEAR 2021.
Christmas is over, and we are entering the new year now. However, what is and how to set your goal in this coming new year 2021? In your work, relationships, personal growth, spirituality, etc.? Or do you go with the flow as if there is no difference between the year …
HOW TO DEAL WITH YOUR ANGER CONSTRUCTIVELY
Have you been feeling angry lately? Does it concern you? Have you ever wondered what to deal with your anger constructively? and why do some people get angry quickly? Often our anger is related to something else than the anger itself. There are many other feelings under the anger, for …
Separation/Divorce – Can Separation And Divorce Be Avoided?
“In 2015, there were 48,517 divorces granted in Australia, an increase of 2,019 (4.3%) from the 46,498 divorces granted in 2014” (Australian Bureau of Statistic). This shows that there are more and more couples who were not able to rescue their marriage. Some people enter into a new relationship after …
A FIGHT – How a fight can give purpose of expressing your deep feelings to build a more unified life together.
A fight can give a purpose of expressing your deep feelings to build a more unified life together. When you are able to resolve a fight with your partner, you will achieve a stronger and healthier relationship/marriage. Therefore, a fight in itself is actually not a bad thing, but it …
BEING NON-JUDGEMENTAL – How to become non-judgemental
Being non-judgemental is very hard to do because we don’t live without any influence from each other, and we tend to judge others more often than not. Interestingly, many don’t realise that being judgemental will make your life unhappy, whereas being non-judgemental will bring happiness. WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF …
DO YOU HAVE FOMO OR JOMO?
FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) seems to have recently become one of the prominent influences in peoples’ lives, where you fear that others might have a better life than you. Whereas, JOMO (Joy of Missing Out) is when you have the joy of not having what others have – you …
BOUNDARIES – Taking control of your life.
You may have heard the word “BOUNDARIES” but not sure what it means or looks like. In fact, many have never thought about boundaries in their lives. Having boundaries is important because it will help you to take control of your life, to have healthy relationships and be able to …