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Navigating Remarriage and Blended Families
If you’re like most parents, you probably spend a lot of time thinking about how to raise your children. Parenting might just be the hardest job on Earth, but it can be especially hard in times of significant change or adjustment. For this reason, blended families (families that involve stepparents and stepchildren) can experience unique challenges. The process of combining two separate families into one can be rocky and will [...]
Stenzel Clinical’s Marriage Bootcamp Series
Do you feel you could be a better husband or wife, but aren’t sure how? Do you wish there was better communication in your marriage? We’re here to help. Stenzel Clinical Services will be holding a Marriage Bootcamp Series this coming January to help men and women be better spouses and build a better marriage. The Husband’s Bootcamp Husbands: We aren't born with the knowledge on how to be the [...]
Grant Stenzel Speaks at Bloomingdale Church
School, peer pressure, friends and family is a lot to manage for a child. Especially if they don't have a positive image of themselves. When children’s self-esteem is low, it can lead to self-harm and self-destructive behaviors and it can be difficult to know, as a parent, how to help. Grant Stenzel will be speaking to parents on how to understand and be supportive when it comes to self-esteem and [...]
Moving On: How to Deal with Relocation
For many people, uprooting your life and family in a move or job relocation can be an overwhelming event. Just the word “moving” alone can trigger stress. You’ve got to shift your entire life and say goodbye to the familiar. Add to that, your immediate family has to say goodbye to the many comfortable aspects of their own lives—school, friends and their home. Moving means closing the book on some [...]
Be Thinkful
Turkey, mash potatoes and gravy, loved ones and Black Friday sales—what’s not to love about Thanksgiving? While good food and great sales is something to celebrate, let’s take a step back this November and remember what the holidays are really about. Let’s chose thankfulness. In this video, Grant Stenzel discusses the idea behind “we are what we think” and how our thoughts determine our lives. By changing your thinking and [...]
Dealing with Perfectionism: Perfection is the Enemy of the Good
Many of us often have trouble settling for good enough. More often than not, we want things to be perfect, or at least an idealized image of what we think is perfection. Whether you’re trying to write up a flawless report at the office, or you’ve been slaving over a painting in your free time—you can make yourself crazy trying to make everything absolutely perfect. While aiming towards perfection might [...]