What is a toxic relationship? A toxic relationship contaminates your self-esteem, your happiness and the way you see yourself and the world. A toxic person will float through life with a trail of broken hearts, broken relationships and broken people behind them, but toxic relationships don’t necessarily end up that way because the person you fell for turned out to be a toxic one. Relationships can start healthy, but bad feelings, bad history, or long-term unmet needs can fester, polluting the relationship and changing the people in it. It can happen easily and quickly, and ..read more

Social media is a great place to keep up with friends and family, to see what is going on in Hollywood, to buy some cute stuff,  as well as keep up with current news. While social media has been an amazing hub of information, it can also be a place where your mental health and wellness is at risk. With everything going on in the internet world, I thought it was important to write this article. In this article, you will get 5 tips on how to stay lit on social media without sacrificing your mental health. 1. Review who you are following.  If you follow pages that are saturated with ne ..read more

Being a mother means sharing the last bite of your sandwich. It means long nights and early mornings. It means cuddles, kisses, boo-boos, giggles, tears, scrapes, and fussiness. Motherhood means so various things. Most of all, it is LOVE; pure and unconditional! But ladies, let’s face it, it is the hardest job on earth. As women, we automatically consume ourselves with the concerns and interests of our children. So much so that we abandon our own needs –physical, mental, emotional and personal needs. Most mothers can’t even describe what her hobbies and favorite past times are because they ar ..read more

As we know, science has already confirmed that people absorb energy from others. Friends are put in your life to improve your life. One should be very wise in the friendship selection process because it determines your thinking capabilities. Bad friends can make your life miserable but good friends can reshape and improve your life. Personal relationships are very important. Bill Gates in his blog talks about how Warren Buffett has helped him to define success by the strength of one’s personal relationships. Both have been friends for decades now, and Gates gives a lot of his success cre ..read more

In this guide, you’ll learn everything you need to know about how to love yourself. What to do. What not to do. (And most important of all) how to believe in yourself when you feel like the world is telling you different. Let’s go… 1) What you need to understand first If there is only one lesson you learn this entire year, it’s this: You are absolutely the most important person in your entire universe. Your entire life is lived through your eyes. Your interactions with the world and those around you, your thoughts and how you interpret events, relationships, actions, and words. You might just ..read more

Self-care has become a trend. Frilly fabrics, pedicures, facials, glittery positive affirmations, candles and flowers floating in a warm bubble bath, glamorous vacations, retail therapy and the works without THEE work. The painful work. The difficult work. The unpretty work. Yes, I am coming into your home and walking out with all of your stuff with this one. Because a fresh hair-cut or beat face does not make your soul vibration any higher when you’re leaning against the wall in the club bathroom, music blasting, post-obligatory-mirror-selfie, and still fighting emptines ..read more

I’ve spent the past few years working closely with leaders on incorporating self-care into their work lives — as a key component of their overall performance — so that an expansion in their role or responsibilities doesn’t come at the expense of their health and well-being. One CEO I worked with summed it up best when he said: “Self-care is no longer a luxury; it’s part of the job.” So, what exactly is self-care, and how do we do it? Define Self-Care More Broadly At the heart of self-care is your relationship and connection to self. As part of your job, it means ..read more

There are signs that show your partner is not honest with you, you should be conversant with them, so you can deal with it as early as possible. Inconsistency The first sign of a liar is that they are inconsistent. Now, there are certain liars that are professionals and can keep a consistent trail of lies but it is very rare, especially if you are very observant. Truth is stronger than lies and so, it is practically impossible for the stories of a liar to always add up. Sometimes, what they told you last week will be different from what they say today or what they mentioned earlier in the sto ..read more

Sex is an important part of any relationship. And life is too short to have terrible sex. So this begs the question: What do happy couples do that unhappy couples don’t? As it turns out, there are several things. In today’s article, we’re going to focus on the top 10 intimacy ideas that happy couples use to keep things spicy. Let’s jump in. 1 | They Both Initiate I know what you’re thinking: Sometimes work, family, or life in general, can get in the way of how much we feel like initiating. But here’s the thing: We all have the desire to feel wanted. People who have amazing sex lives know that ..read more

One thing I have learned after 13 years of marriage is that prayer is NOT the last resort–it is the first line of defense against any attack. This is especially true in regards to marriage. The enemy will find any crack in your marriage in order to weasel his way into your relationship. He is slimy and full of darkness. But our most powerful weapon against that little jerk is always prayer. It seems like every day, I am receiving prayer requests from friends and readers of this blog–about their marriage troubles. It’s scary, guys–I’m talking about marriages that I never thought ..read more