by Toni | Aug 11, 2025 | Articles, Coping Skills, Relationships
The more that you have insight into your motives and personality, the better you will cope, make good decisions, live an authentic life, and understand what is driving other people. You may find that you struggle with finding that balance between seeing only the best...
by Toni | May 12, 2025 | Articles, Coping Skills, Relationships, Trauma Recovery
Problems with guilt, shame, and self-criticism are usually rooted in a sense of rejection. These roots start when you grow up with the feeling, from family or harsh religion, that you are always wrong or bad. This attitude is usually tied into a distortion of God as...
by Toni | Jul 7, 2024 | Articles, Coping Skills, Relationships, Trauma Recovery
After a break up or divorce, you may feel like you will never be okay again. But there are steps you can take that will help you move forward. In time, you can be yourself again. In fact, if you learn some things about yourself and relationships, you might be better...
by Toni | Jul 7, 2024 | Articles, Coping Skills, Relationships
You may have been taught that it is conceited or selfish to recognize the good qualities that you have. But a person who depends on external sources to give them a sense of worth will bounce up and down depending on what is happening around them. We want more...
by Toni | Jul 7, 2024 | Articles, Coping Skills, Trauma Recovery
Here are 15 tips to help you manage stress. These are taken from my book: Anxiety, Depression & Helplessness: Keys to Break Free. 1. Spend 15 minutes per day doing simple things that are SOOTHING, such as listening to quiet music, sitting in nature, looking at a...
