生活大胆而绽放| Healthy Relationships

如何重新点燃哟ur Relationship And Fall In Love Again

March 18, 2022April 4, 2014 byBarrie Davenport

Stop reading for a moment, and think back to the first few weeks after you met your spouse or love partner.

Actually, try to visualize an early date where you were cuckoo for CoCo Puffs about this amazing person. And they felt the same about you.

Remember how it feltfalling in love, how happily distracted you were, how you couldn’t wait to see her — how everything he said was interesting and funny.

Remember how you felt the two of you were special? Meant for each other. Destined to be together.

And now . . . not so much.

How To Be Beautiful

December 2, 2020March 2, 2014 byBarrie Davenport

“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” ~Kahlil Gibran

When I was in high school, I had a friend who was not beautiful or even particularly pretty, but she was very popular.

Both girls and guys liked her, she had a steady boyfriend, and she was always hanging out with the most popular crowd. And she was genuinely nice to everyone.

4 Personal Decisions For Lasting Change

May 26, 2021February 20, 2014 byBarrie Davenport

Once upon a time, I was one of those people who thought I could ruminate or think my way out of a problem ortoward a change in life.

I spent a lot of time in my head considering what I did and didn’t want for my life and how I wanted to make positive change. I journaled my thoughts and dreams. I read dozens of self-help, healthy living, and spiritual growth books.

And I sincerely hoped everything I absorbed by thinking and reading would somehowchange my life for the better.

Live Fearlessly: 3 Ways To Be Brave

December 2, 2020February 10, 2014 byBarrie Davenport

“Maybe there’s a way out of the cage where you live. Maybe one of these days you can let the light in. Show me how big your brave is.” ~Sarah Bareilles

A guest post by Jennifer Niles

最近我的主题曲Braveby Sara Bareilles. You canwatch a video of it here. I personally can’t help but want to get up and dance along much like my five year old, who anytime she hears a good beat is inclined to start moving and grooving.

Unlike most five year olds, however, I choose to only get up and dance in private or when I am at a wedding reception and there are more than ten people on the dance floor. Why is that? And why is this song so catching?

Can Your Intimate Relationship Survive This?

January 22, 2021January 23, 2014 byBarrie Davenport

Our relationship with our intimate partner or spouse is the most important relationship of our lives.

It is the centerpiece around which everything else in our lives revolves. Or at least it should be.

This significant other, our love relationship, can define our happiness and well-being, our sense of security, and evenour self-confidenceandself-esteem.

35 Of The Most Inspiring Self-Confidence Quotes

January 7, 2022January 12, 2014 byBarrie Davenport

If you have days, weeks, months, or even years when your confidence is low, please know you’re not alone.

Whether it’s circumstantial or chronic, low self-confidence impacts all of us at different points in our lives. Even those born with a more positive personality type have times when they doubt their abilities or feel incapable of success. Lacking faith in our abilities, our attractiveness, or ourrelationship skillsis a common theme in human drama.

Feeling Stressed Out? 10 Ways To Relieve Stress

July 29, 2021December 26, 2013 byBarrie Davenport

You check the balance in your bank account and see you don’t have enough to cover this month’s bills.

Your boss hands you yet another project to complete by the end of the week, on top of the stack already piled on your desk.

Your spouse has just announced he’s going out-of-town and all three kids are sick.

You are late for a doctor’s appointment for those concerning symptoms, and traffic is bumper to bumper.

How To Boost Your Self-Confidence After Failure

August 18, 2020December 12, 2013 byBarrie Davenport

“我们最好的t glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

There’s nothing like good old-fashioned failure to send your self-confidence into a nose dive.

I’m not talking about the little flubs and foibles of life.

I’m talking big, fat, fall-on-your-face failure.

Failure like . . .