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How Words Affect Relationships
Words are powerful. They can empower and disempower, build up, and tear down. Words can change the way you think and feel about yourself and the people in your life. A big part of having a balanced life is to have balanced relationships. A balanced relationship is one...
5 Reasons Why A Balanced Life Is Worth Pursuing
If you’ve been following my blog over the last year or so, you’ve noticed that most of my writing focuses on how to live a more balanced life. My interest in this topic stems from the massive changes that have taken place in my life over a few years, and the benefits...
My 2019 in Review, and Goals for 2020
Happy New Year!! I really enjoy this time of year. For one, I indulge in the most amount of sweets during the holidays than at any other point of the year. Secondly, the New Year provides a wonderful time to reflect on the past twelve months and to envision what you...
Moral Panic: How the Momo Challenge Becomes a Hoax
I’ve been writing about balanced living these last few months. But a recent phenomenon known as The Momo Challenge illustrates the importance of balanced thinking. That is, you have to balance what you think is happening from what is really happening. The Momo...
Two Valuable Life Lessons From An Elite Athlete
Exercise is a great way to regulate mood, improve your overall wellness, and help you move towards a more balanced life. But when you take it to the extreme, as elite athletes do, exercise and physical fitness can also encourage the athlete to neglect areas of life...
3 Ways Vacations Help With Personal Balance
My family and I went on vacation for a week in mid-January. The trip was fantastic. It provided me with an opportunity to reset and return feeling more balanced. But, I was quite hesitant about going on vacation in the first place. I don’t know if it’s the cost...
3 Lessons on Striving For Balance While Sick
I hope you enjoyed the Holidays! My Christmas and New Years were great, but it was not without some struggles at trying to stay balanced. Feeling Sick While Trying to Stay Balanced Part of the reason for not being able to address the different areas of my Wheel of...
How to Create Balance in Your Relationships During the Holidays
Relationships are an important part of living a balanced life. But during the holiday Christmas season, relationships can lead us to feel a host of uncomfortable emotions. If you are experiencing stress in any one of your relationships (i.e., romance, friends, or...
My blueprint for a balanced life
Before I go into describing my blueprint or model for living a balanced life, I need to be clear about something. I work at balancing my life every day, and I ’ll hav to continue working on it throughout life. That’s just a reality. Having a balanced lifestyle is not...
Why the term work-life balance is outdated
As I mentioned in my last blog post, a lot has happened these last few years. All great and wonderful things, mind you. But, with great and wonderful things also comes great and wonderful challenges. One of my biggest challenges, particularly since becoming a father,...
What’s been happening in my life these last few years….
I’ve been writing more in these last few weeks than I have in several years. I've also been taking a stab at developing a YouTube Channel (You can find all four of my videos there). Because of the long gap in my writing schedule, I thought I’d share what happened in...
How beliefs affect thoughts and behaviours
For the next few weeks, I’ll be focusing on the relationship between your thoughts, behaviours, and feelings. These are the main aspects behind cognitive-behavioural therapy (or CBT). The power of your beliefs The cognitive model, which is at the foundation of CBT,...
