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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Why the term work-life balance is outdated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,...
How to challenge negative thoughts
What is common amongst anxiety-based disorders (e.g., social anxiety, OCD, panic disorder) is that it’s often caused by distorted, negative, critical, and biased ways of thinking. To be more specific, when you are feeling anxious your emotions are being influenced by...
One technique to help reduce stress
It’s the first thing I forget about when I’m stressed or anxious: My breath. When I feel overwhelmed with whatever is happening in life, I seem to forget about my breathing. In a way, I end up taking it for granted. This is the brilliance of the human body. The...
What your teen is going through
My associates and I are seeing teens with some unique issues. I say they're 'unique' because the parents of today's teens never had to deal with any of these concerns. The names of these concerns are foreign, but the outcome is the same: anxiety, stress, fear,...
4 Reasons Why You Feel Socially Anxious
I’m a typical extrovert, which means I get energized by being around people. If I’m feeling tired, unhappy, or stressed out, spending time talking to others is a great way for me to improve my mood. Yet, even as an extrovert there are times when I get nervous about...
Four Insights on Addiction from Anthony Kiedis
I recently read Anthony Kiedis’ biography, “Scar Tissue,” and it gave me a deeper glimpse into the dark world of addiction. Kiedis is the frontman and co-founder of Red Hot Chilli Peppers, a funk-rock band that’s been around since the early 80’s. I knew that Kiedis...
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