Live Bold and Bloom | Healthy Relationships

7 Ways Your Choices Have Consequences

October 20, 2020October 19, 2020 by Barrie Davenport

How do bad decisions affect your life? Do you look back to a time before a particular decision and wish you could go back and choose differently?

While not all of your choices have negatively impacted your life, you sometimes wonder why a single ill-advised choice should hold so much power.

Some choices affect more of your life than others.

But every time you face two very different options, your choice is likely to impact one area of your life more than others.

How does that work? Read on to find out.

61 Of The Best Zen Quotes For Mindful Living

October 16, 2020 by Barrie Davenport

How can a bunch of zen quotes on life help you with your mindfulness practice? And what does zen mean, anyway?

Though we could dive into the Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism and the value of intuition and meditation, the short answer is that zen means feeling peaceful and calm.

Nice, right? We could all use more of that.

And one way to bring more peace and calm into your life is to meditate on zen proverbs like the ones in this post.

Get ready to write down or copy your favorites and check out our ideas at the end of the post on ways to use them in daily life.

13 Top ENTJ Personality Traits You Must Know

October 14, 2020 by Barrie Davenport

How much do you know about the ENTJ personality type?

If you know what each letter stands for in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) lexicon, you can at least identify the four key ENTJ characteristics:

Extraverted
Intuitive
Thinking
Judging

But there’s much more to each type than those four letters can say.

And if you’re an ENTJ, or you know someone who is, the more you know, the better you can understand everything that goes with it.

Let’s start with a bit of background on those four letters.

35 Disturbing Signs of Gaslighting In A Relationship

October 16, 2020October 14, 2020 by Barrie Davenport

unhappy couple, gaslighting in a relationship

Have you been in a relationship where you often questioned your feelings, instincts, or sanity?

For example, let's say you find a personal email your partner wrote to a co-worker, and you think it's inappropriate and hurtful.

You approach your partner about it, but he or she insists you misinterpreted the email or that you're overreacting.

Your instincts are telling you otherwise, but you may second guess yourself enough to give in and go along with the story your partner is telling you.

Or maybe your spouse breaks a promise to take care of the kids for the day, and then blames you for making him or her feel bad about it.

Everything You Need To Know About The Type D Personality

October 14, 2020October 13, 2020 by Barrie Davenport

Someone called you out for having a “type D personality” and you thought, “What on earth does that mean?”

You’ve heard plenty about Type A personalities, but this is the first time you’ve heard about a Type D.

It’s true Type As tend to get more attention.

There’s a reason for that, but it’s probably not what you think. Type As have a greater risk for heart disease than Type Bs.

Type D behavior can also increase your risk of that and other health problems.

So, the more you know about it, the better.

39 Of The Best Money Affirmations To Reinforce A Wealth Mindset

October 14, 2020October 12, 2020 by Barrie Davenport

First of all, I know it can be hard to take this wealth mindset stuff seriously, especially when it feels like rich people telling you your financial troubles must be your own fault.

Your thinking must be “too negative” — as if positive thinking would fix everything. It wouldn’t.

This post isn’t about “thinking only positive thoughts.” That’s not realistic.

And it’s not helpful. There are some things you can’t reframe positively without sounding creepy or fake.

But we do believe in positive affirmations for money. Read on to see why.

101 Of The Best Funny Get To Know You Questions

October 13, 2020October 10, 2020 by Barrie Davenport

friends laughing, funny get to know you questions

If you’re looking for some funny get to know you questions, you’re in the right place.

However long you’ve been putting yourself out there and meeting new people — possibly with the hope of meeting the love of your life — it helps to have some ice-breakers handy.

And questions like the following are less likely to get you the cold shoulder (or cold stare) than cheesy pick-up lines.

If you’re looking to at least get a laugh and maybe find a new friend, these questions are hard to ignore, because they’re fun to answer.

They also send the message that you’re actually interested in learning more about how their minds work.

When you start with fun questions to ask someone who’s piqued your interest, you learn more about them — possibly sparking a connection.

And if the conversation goes well, even if it doesn’t lead to anything long-term, you’ll both have discovered an interesting new human to talk to.

101 Laugh Out Loud Funny Questions To Ask A Girl

October 7, 2020 by Barrie Davenport

What are funny questions to ask a girl?

Even if you have a great sense of humor, you’re not alone if answering this question takes some research. After all, you’re going for more than just an encouraging smile. You’re looking for questions to make a girl laugh out loud.

It’s a tall order, but we’ve got you. We’ve found 101 hilarious questions to ask a woman that are sure to tickle her funny bone.

Use them wisely.