Tag Archives: life planning

Life Management Skills

When it comes to getting married, too often the burdens of expectation are not jointly delivered with the education to support life after marriage. For many of us, products of mixed, blended and single-family homes – there is no automatic assumption of what one does when one gets married. In fact, when I got married I remember thinking what do I know about marriage? Seriously, what did I know? I knew how to be me. I knew that my husband and I were best friends. I knew that we could have a great time together. I knew we’d enjoyed getting … Continue reading →

7 Ways to Lower Diet Stress

When it comes to dieting, life is frankly difficult enough without dog piling expectations on you. The following 7 tips are primarily to give yourself a break, lighten up and reduce your worries. When it comes to dieting, these 7 tips will help you reduce your personal stress. 1. Lower Your Personal Expectations – Before you protest, please bear in mind that part of our own problems with sticking to any diet is the overbearing weight of our own expectations. We get hung up on wanting, needing, wishing or praying for what is right in front of us. Sometimes, we … Continue reading →