PARENTING THURSDAY: It’s Only Natural

PARENTING THURSDAY: It’s Only Natural

When a child carries out a positive or a negative action, then a natural consequence follows as a logical result or said action of behavior. However, in parenting, our interpretation of ‘logical consequence’ isn’t always the same as a natural one. Sometimes parents can stretch their own logic and produce a manipulated, artificial consequence instead.

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RELATIONSHIP TUESDAY: Can We Still Be Friends

RELATIONSHIP TUESDAY: Can We Still Be Friends

We all want to portray a certain image of ourselves. This has become even more prevalent in a culture where social media has made our reception of each other and our projection of ourselves much easier. There can be a tendency to spin our lives or edit our experience to make it more palatable or attractive to onlookers, but this comes at a cost.

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MINDFULNESS MONDAY: Judgement Day

MINDFULNESS MONDAY: Judgement Day

What is the point of mindfulness? The main goal is to remove yourself from any ongoing cycle of busyness and distraction, take a step back, and observe your life and your choices. It is an acknowledgment in part that being mindful isn’t the distraction, but that all the chaos around you is really what distracts you from the important ‘work’ of understanding yourself.

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