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When Nice Guys Rage
Nice guys and rage? Sure enough, these can tend to go together. Letting others have their way, constantly doing things for others and trying to please others all can lead to anger and resentment. In this video, Grant Stenzel takes a look at why nice guys rage, and what to do to keep this anger from building.
“Adolescents Affected By Divorce” Group to Start February 20th
Led by Michael Elgersma, MA LPC. Divorce is difficult for children of all ages, but can be especially difficult for teenagers. A significant event, like a parent's divorce or separation, can have a major effect on a teenager during this time in their life. It is helpful for teens to have support in place to help them process their experience. A support group like this allows teenagers the [...]
Those Lying Eyes: The Importance of Truth In Marriage
While there’s plenty of deception at the center of TV and movie plots, it’s not often people “in the real world” enter a relationship or marriage with the intention of lying to or manipulating their spouse. Humans, in general, like to be considered as honest and trustworthy, especially to those they care about most. However, while we all like to be perceived as truthful, most of us have lied [...]
Finding Hope in the Midst of Loss
"Our sense of personal identity depends largely on the roles we play and the relationships we have... Catastrophic loss is like undergoing an amputation of our identity." — Jerry Sittser, in A Grace Disguised These thoughts capture well my own experience when, on Valentine's Day 2008, I learned that my daughter had died from the shooting that took place that day at Northern Illinois University. So much of my identity [...]
Failure to Launch: When Adult Children Just Won’t Leave Home
There’s no greater role you’ve played in your life than that of “Mom” or “Dad”. You love your children more than words could ever express. And you’d give anything to support them and be there for them with anything and everything they may need in this world. But what you didn’t foresee when looking into the eyes of your newborn years ago is that giving them anything and everything would [...]
3 Tips for Sticking to Your New Year’s Resolutions
As a year ends, we’re usually tempted to come up with a few life-changing resolutions; many of us vowing over and over that “this year the extra weight will be lost!” or “this year we’re definitely spending more time with family and friends!”. And while many of us mean whole-heartedly to make these changes, many of us also end up making the same resolutions every year or abandoning resolutions [...]