Category Archives: Self-Help

4 Significant Things In Life That We Often Take For Granted

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We are sure that there are a lot of important things in our lives that we need to focus on. However, due to several priorities, most of us sometimes have difficulties with what to prioritize. Since your goals allow you to help yourself and give you the motivation you need to work on things that you have to do, there are still tendencies that you often take some things for granted.

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How To Improve Your Relationship With Others

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“Your environment, both your social and natural surroundings, can greatly impact how you feel.” says Marjie L. Roddick, MA, NCC, LMHC. Having a positive relationship with other people requires a lot of work. It doesn’t just happen overnight, and you must understand that the exertion of effort is needed to make a significant connection. It requires a certain amount of skills that correspond with your behavior towards others. So here is the list of things you can work on to be able to improve your relationship with those people around you.

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The Four People You Need To Talk To In Times Of Struggle

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Are you feeling lonely? Do you find yourself in a heartbreaking situation? Does every single thing in your life feel suffocating? Do not feel sorry if you find yourself in a place where things are falling apart. Having this kind of emotion is only typical, especially if you are welcoming new changes in life. Stop worrying too much about the daily struggles and focus on making yourself feel better. Sometimes, all you need is a conversation with any of these people:

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Losing Focus: How To Get Back On Track

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Staying focused on your day-to-day life is essential so that you will know the direction that you are going to. You cannot just go on without thinking of how every single step will affect the outcome of your future. For this reason, it is necessary that you must never lose focus. However, there are times when you would just end up feeling exhausted with everything. These are the moments when you may think that the world has turned its back on you. You lose focus, and the other aspects of your life start to crumble down.

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Ways For A Better Inner Self Healing

There’s always a time in your life when you’ll feel the need for inner healing. It doesn’t necessarily mean that you don’t have to worry about the things that are happening in your life right now, but self-healing will give you the benefit to overcome instances that you might think you couldn’t handle. There are tons of stresses and problems that might come your way, but if you focus on looking at things from a different perspective, your life would be much more comfortable.

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Things To Know Before Marrying A Lupus Patient 

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So, have you either proposed or thought of proposing to your girlfriend who bravely faces lupus as we speak? 

The fact that you are paying attention to this post must mean that the wedding bells are about to ring for you and your beloved. It is a wondrous thing – love is – and you are lucky to find each other. 

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Therapy For Stressed Parents

 

There are plenty of things that parents can get stressed about. It could be the way the kitchen is so messed up just after the children finish breakfast and head to school. Or it could be that she doesn’t have time for herself that she gets drained and frustrated. Or worse, they may have a child who has mental health or behavioral problems. So they seek help in dealing with these issues, and in the process, they forget about their own emotions. The stress may gradually or quickly increase and overwhelm the parents. Counseling can walk parents through addressing their mental and emotional issues. Here they are provided with support and taught vital skills to help them manage their issues. Continue reading Therapy For Stressed Parents

What Career Counseling Can Do For You

 

If you’re one of those individuals that are worried about their careers and unsure about their future, then you may be a great candidate for career counseling. Career counseling helps individuals like you to face the challenges of the uncertain future by offering sound advice about what you want, what qualities you have best, and what will make you happy. It helps you make sense of your present so you can plan for your future. Continue reading What Career Counseling Can Do For You

Getting Help For Procrastination

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Procrastination, or the act of delaying something that must be done, can become a seriously distressing illness that can cause frustration and dissatisfaction in someone’s life, which may lead to more harmful effects on the quality of one’s relationships. From the Latin word meaning ‘until tomorrow,’ this presents as an evasion of work that must be accomplished or the act of delaying tactics. People become procrastinators because some have not been trained or have not trained themselves at doing and completing easy as well as difficult tasks at hand. Continue reading Getting Help For Procrastination

Help! My Child Is Addicted To Her Gadgets!

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Today’s technology has enabled us to move further into the future. But however this has turned out as a blessing to the world, it has also become a curse – for me as a parent, that is. Even though smartphones have made it easier for my husband and me to communicate via Skype or Face Time, my child has slowly been pulled away from me because of this blessing. Gadgets have changed our lifestyle and have influenced us, including our children, and sometimes for the worse.

How Have These Gadgets Negatively Affected Children?

Family time has been tremendously reduced, that’s for sure (at least for me). I can’t even share 15 minutes of dinnertime with my 8-year-old without us having an argument because she’s watching something on YouTube while eating! It’s so distressing!

Furthermore, based on research, here are some of the most detrimental effects that gadgets can cause on children.

  • Gadgets increase the likelihood of children becoming obese, as they don’t find playing outside more enjoyable than playing video games or watching vlogs. They have a higher risk of becoming lazy and useless.
  • Because most things that watch contain some form of violence in the form of shouting, fighting, or throwing tantrums, children are likely to follow these and may manifest with violent behavior as well.
  • There is less energy and focus on school matters.
  • Too much screen time from television and phones have been found to cause lesser social interaction and may lead to reduced language development. It also causes reduced sleeping hours, as the blue light emitted by the screens somehow prevent the production of melanin, a vital hormone for sleeping.

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So What Can I Do As A Parent?

“Balancing technology use with other aspects of daily life seems reasonable, but there is a lot of conflicting advice about where that balance should be.”  Christopher J. Ferguson Ph.D. in clinical psychology explains. So with that, here’s a collection of answers from parents who, like me, have struggled with their children and have successfully weaned them from their gadgets.

Do Your Job. No matter how rebellious or hostile your son or daughter becomes, you must fulfill your responsibility as a parent. Set rules and show your child that you want these rules to be followed, or else there will be consequences. If the rules aren’t followed, then implement the consequences. You must make hard decisions, as you know that they will be for the best. But whatever you do, make sure you provide an explanation for your child to better understand and take to heart what you are trying to teach him.

Do Other Activities With Him. Encourage your child to read by introducing him to popular books or those that you know will perk his interest. If he likes magic, buy him the Harry Potter Series. Play board games with him or do a sport together. Let him realize that there’s more to life than just sitting at home with a gadget.

Don’t Buy Him A Gadget Unless He Needs It. If you want him to be able to call you from school, you can buy an ordinary phone that can only do call and text. If he’s not yet in the appropriate age to learn via visual aids, then don’t buy him gadgets yet. Actually, don’t buy him a gadget just because the other kids have one. Buy one if it is only necessary. Note that “It has been found that prolonged and unmonitored technology usage can impact children on the cognitive, psychosocial, and psychological levels.” Jyothsna Bhat, PsyD said. Therefore, might as well consider it.

Final Thoughts

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“There is also little doubt that all of the new technologies, led by the Internet, are shaping the way we think in ways obvious and subtle, deliberate and unintentional, and advantageous and detrimental.” Jim Taylor Ph.D. said. I know these tips are better said than done, but they’ve been tested and proven to work so I’ll definitely give them a try. It’s worth doing, and it’s worth the fight.