How mental health breaks can help you and your children manage stress
Be aware of your own feelings. Notice when you are annoyed or overwhelmed and are becoming angry. Once you are aware, choose to take a break and deal ...
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Mindfulness: A Christian Approach
Question: What is mindfulness? Some say it’s a positive form of meditation — and so I thought it might help me manage stress. But others believe ...
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Just annoying, or truly unsafe? How to navigate get-togethers with difficult family
Question: How do I decide whether to attend a family event? I didn’t come from a healthy family of origin, and I don’t always feel safe around my ...
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How to handle stress in marriage
Mandy* knew it would be a tense evening with her husband, John. His jaw was clenched, and he was in a cantankerous mood, which would lead to a ...
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What you do as a mum matters
I recently encountered a young woman online who wrote about her dream to someday be a mother. She reflected that, these days, a dream of raising ...
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Reflections of a father in pain
Over the last several weeks, as people across the world have started to be impacted by Covid-19, I've found myself thinking that for us as a family, ...
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10 Ways your Marriage can survive the Coronavirus
Who could have guessed the changes the coronavirus would bring to the world, our nation, our neighbourhoods and our homes? Within a matter of days, ...
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Crisis Control
Crisis: A time of great danger or trouble. Control: To have the power of ruling, managing or guiding. Whenever I hear the words crisis control, I ...
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Showing Grace to Your Family in Close Quarters
Living with Your Family in Close Quarters So here you are, at home with your family in close quarters. Your children are running around wild, and ...
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Showing Grace to Your Family in Close Quarters
Living with Your Family in Close Quarters So here you are, at home with your family in close quarters. Your children are running around wild, and ...
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When our children hurt, we hurt
It’s common for mums and dads to talk a lot about the joys of parenting. We get excited to see our children accomplish anything and everything, ...
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Stress and conflict
Previous in this series Special Needs and Marriage Death and taxes are inescapable. No one will leave this planet without eventually facing these two ...
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