Happy Friday! It’s good to shake things up a bit once in a while, right? This week, instead of my usual written blog post, I’m sending you to Susan Falcone’s Powering Possible website to watch a 25-minute interview she conducted with me recently. Susan is a blogger and coach who helps individuals discover and obtain…
Helping couples with chronic illness build extraordinary marriages
Make Your Spouse a Priority
You can not build an extraordinary marriage without making your spouse a priority. It’s just not possible. A priority is something that is superior in rank, position or privilege. Does that describe your marriage? Would your spouse say that s/he is a priority to you? I asked myself these same questions last week and my sad…
Anxious In Social Settings?
Do you dread leaving your house for fear of getting sick in front of others? Do you worry excessively about how you are perceived in social settings? Are you anxious when expressing thoughts, feelings or personal information to new acquaintances? If you answered YES to any of these questions, you may have some social anxiety. Social anxiety is…
Catch Your Spouse Being Good
Since becoming parents four years ago, my husband and I have read many books on how to raise an emotionally healthy child. Of all the parenting tips we absorbed, the best one was to catch our daughter being good and then praise her for it. If you were to live at our house, you would…
Watch Your Tone!
Do you routinely wake up and decide what kind of day you’re going to have based on your level of pain or fatigue? Ever consider issuing a warning to your family not to mess with you because you feel so crummy? Many of us allow our physical health to dictate our emotions. If we’re feeling…
Resilience
For years, I thought I understood what resilience meant: tough, courageous, possessing a warrior spirit with a pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps mentality. Above all, resilience meant self-reliance to me. Figure things out on your own, put on a happy face, don’t talk about your problems, don’t show any weakness and above all, don’t ask for help! As it…
