Today we are sharing a guest blog from Crystal Paine while Shaunti is in this season of cancer treatments. Enjoy! How I Stopped Yelling at My Kids By Crystal Paine I thought I was a patient person…then I had kids. I said I’d never yell at my kids…and then I had kids. I pictured myself as…
The counselors I have consulted with all agree: Sometimes the stress of work, family, and finances simply leaves spouses too drained to work things out fairly.
Ask yourself, what is the number one thing that is putting you over the edge? People don’t just lose it. There is build-up or a trigger. Change begins when we become hyper-aware of our breaking point.
Think before you speak is one of the earliest lessons we teach our kids, and yet sometimes we forget it as adults.
Recently I wrote “This is what inadequacy feels like to your man” to pull back the curtain on some deep male emotions – and help women see that seemingly “minor” things can trigger painful feelings in our men. But the next step of understanding is just as important. So let me ask you a question: Have you…
Most of us think that letting a little steam out of the kettle now prevents it from exploding later, right? And taking a few minutes to vent just feels quite satisfying when we have steam pouring out of our ears. As it turns out, though, doing this actually hurts instead of helps.
