Having or adopting children doesn’t automatically make someone the ideal parent.
After all, adults have unresolved issues, too.
Some are narcissistic, some are lugging around past traumas, and others are emotionally underdeveloped.
When left unaddressed, the latter can be especially rough on kids and lead to mental health hurdles down the line.
So today, we’re unpacking the profile of emotionally immature parents and how to deal with them.
What do you think about when you look in the mirror?
Do you have pleasant thoughts and believe you are capable and worthy of love and success?
Or do you pick out everything that’s wrong with you and your life?
The things you think and tell yourself repeatedly become true for you and can significantly impact your mental health.
If your negative self-talk brings you down and makes you feel insecure, positive affirmations for confidence could help.
Doing the right thing is a good thing, but it becomes great when no one is looking.
In today’s world of personal branding and social media, “doing good” has become a marketing tool.
We’ve gotten to a point where influencers claim to raise money for causes and pocket the proceeds or build inauthentic personalities around what they think people want to see and hear.
You may think: phoniness is a harmless affectation — a facade. Who cares if people fake their motivations? Good is being done, and that’s all that matters.
But phoniness breeds anxiety, which ultimately impacts your mental health.
When we only do the right thing for other people’s approval, it has the power to make us miserable.
Let’s look at why creating a personal kindness habit is the right thing to do — for you and the world.
Heck, it could significantly improve your life!
Some points have a spiritual bend, and some don’t.
Take what works for you and leave the rest.
Ahhhhh . . . summer!
It's the perfect time to let a little creative sunshine into your imagination and plan something exciting and memorable.
As the weather gets warmer, I start to get that fidgety feeling — eager to go outside, have an adventure, and plan some summer getaways.
Do you have a list of summer bucket list ideas you want to do at least once during your lifetime? Maybe you've thought about places to go this summer like snorkeling in Bimini or running with the bulls in Spain.
Communication is vital.
Without it, we humans would never have been able to coordinate efforts and build –.well, civilization itself!
However, just as you cannot force someone to love you, pushing folks to speak with you is also problematic.
Caveats, of course, abound.
But as an everyday, general rule of thumb, coercing anyone into doing something they don’t want to do is often unhelpful.
Today, we’re breaking down 17 reasons why it’s a bad idea to force people to talk to you.