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Here is a link to a article that discusses 6 practical habits that when neglected can undermine the Christian marriage.

These practices when utilized consistently over time will help strengthen your marriage.

Here is an article from The Scientic American citing the effectiveness of EMDR as a trauma treatment.  Here’s a quote:

These studies and others from the past several years have helped validate EMDR—so much so that the American Psychiatric Association, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and the Departments of Defense and of Veterans Affairs have deemed it an effective therapy.

EMDR is currently also being effectively applied to many other disorders than PTSD.  It has been found to be effective in the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), depression,  eating disorders, anxiety, low self esteem and also to enhance performance and decrease performance anxiety.  It is quite a tool!

We all are probably familiar with the body responding to trauma, danger or stress with a fight, flight or freeze response, but this article discusses another response some may have to trauma or stress:  sleep.  However we may respond, clearly stress and/or trauma affects us.  EMDR is a highly effective therapy for addressing trauma so we don’t hold onto the negative effects of it or lapse into PTSD.  Stuck at work and feeling stressed?  Here’s another article with practical tools to destress when you’re at work.

Heres a link with some helpful thoughts in parenting teens.  As a parent of a teen, it can be quite challenging as that sweet child who always wanted to be with you turns into somewhat of a foreign alien!  And you  the parent who once had all the answers now have been reduced to an uncool, ignorant embarrassing figure (but that credit card you have is still useful!).  Hang in there and don’t give up!

Christmas is now over and we’ve probably all eaten too much, spent too much and had plenty of time with family, both close and extended which may have gone well or not so well.  As the calendar turns over to a new year,  it is a natural time to take a look at your life and set goals.  What is going well, and  what could use some tuning up or change?  It’s common in January to look at exercise or eating programs and make some changes, but how about your emotional or relational life?   Is it time to do something about that too frequent irritability, anxiety or depression?  How about that nagging sense of discontent with who you are?  Perhaps this is the year that it’s finally time to stop living with the effects of childhood abuse or PTSD from a car accident, or other trauma. EMDR is a highly researched mode of therapy that quickly and effectively addresses PTSD and trauma.   How content are you with your marriage?  Marriage counseling consistently shows an increased level of satisfaction with a marriage.  Perhaps this is the year to make a whole person makeover!

So often parents (myself included) become focused on correcting a child’s behavior and having zero tolerance for a child disrespecting the parent.  Here’s a link to an article that gives interesting food for thought.  Helping your child define themselves and find their voice is an important piece to nurturing them to be the person they were created to be  and into a healthy adult personality.  Consider it!