God’s Word says that conflict with another person starts in your heart. When selfish desires are not checked, you try to get your own way, which leads to resistance on the other person’s part. What causes fights and arguments among you? They come from your selfish desires that fight to control you. You want what [...]
What is emotional baggage? In simple terms, it is unresolved emotional issues from the past. For some, emotional baggage goes back to childhood. For others, it may be of a more recent origin. The primary characteristic of most emotional baggage is that it involves some type of abuse and/or trauma. Because these painful experience(s) have [...]
Type A personalities are known for their ambition, perfectionism, competitiveness, and go-getter attitudes. Yet, research shows they can often struggle with stress and anxiety, aggressive communication, and relationship troubles. Use these 7 actionable tips to optimize your Type A personality so you can be unstoppable at work while maintaining balance in your personal life. What [...]
Signs of an Authoritarian Parent: “It’s my way or the highway” It’s characterized by rigid rules and high demands. Authoritarian parents have high standards and can be highly critical when those standards aren’t met. They also tend to offer less emotional warmth compared to authoritative parents. You have little patience for misbehavior Authoritarian parents don’t [...]
Breaking free from porn addiction requires commitment — to yourself and to the process. But in the heat of temptation, we need more than just resolve. We need spiritual tools and practices that will work to not only choose well in the moment, but to retrain our brains. We don’t want to simply repress feelings [...]
Many Christians are discouraged because they are unable to conquer impure habits. Impure habits are a by-product of impure thoughts, and only as the battle is won in the thought life will there be hope of victory over impure actions. Satan wants you to believe that you’re the only one who has this problem and that [...]
Use deep breathing exercises. Breathing exercises can be very beneficial for those with anxiety, especially those that hyperventilate. Hyperventilation is very common for people that have panic attacks and often causes physical symptoms that create more anxiety on their own. So to prevent that from happening, breathing exercises can be used to calm the [...]
