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Relationships, Parenting, and Emotional Wellness

Coping with Your Team’s Loss of a World Series

Coping with Your Team’s Loss of a World Series

After watching the world series for seven days and riding an emotional roller coaster, a loss is a tough experience to go through, especially if you’re as invested in the Astros as most Houstonians. If you find yourself feeling broken-hearted and not wanting to get up or face an empty morning, these suggestion can help you cope with the loss and look forward to next year’s season. Be honest and acknowledge how you feel. It’s okay to vent and feel sad or disappointed over a lo

Shorter Days and Longer Nights Lead to Higher Burnout

Shorter Days and Longer Nights Lead to Higher Burnout

Next weekend we set our clocks back an hour and gain an hour of sleep, but that hour may not help ease those struggling with burnout. Trying to jam all the work and tasks you need to do into a shorter amount of daylight can be overwhelming. If you’re someone who feels overwhelmed and stressed, this time of year can be especially difficult. The time change signifies more family time, more gifts to purchase, and more holidays to celebrate with limited energy, time, and money. B

Move Over Millennials: The 50+ Crowd is Taking Over Online Dating

Move Over Millennials: The 50+ Crowd is Taking Over Online Dating

Just when you thought your goal was to find someone and settle down like your parents, Match.com, the popular online dating site, announced their biggest fans are over 50 years of age. You don’t outgrow the need to have someone special in your life, and facing health, retirement, and financial concerns can be overwhelming for older singles. If you’re used to having a partner, going out alone or being a third wheel can leave you feeling lonelier than it did when you were young

Reparenting Yourself to Save Your Relationship After Toxic Parents

Reparenting Yourself to Save Your Relationship After Toxic Parents

One of the reasons relationships fail is because one of the partners grew up with toxic parents. Toxic parents don’t always understand the effect their behaviors have on their children, but the children are left with emotional scars that interfere with their ability to create a loving relationship with a significant other. Most adults don’t consider the influence their childhood has on who or how they date or how they truly feel about themselves. Your parents had an incredibl

Is the White House News Making You and Your Relationship Sick?

Is the White House News Making You and Your Relationship Sick?

U.S politics has never been as divisive and labile as it has within recent years. All signs currently suggest that this will continue as impeachment hearings are suggested, stocks plummet, and hate crimes and shootings continue. The instability is felt by most Americans. Emergency room physicians report that national politics has started to impact emotional and physical health. Nearly two out of every five Americans cite politics as their main source of stress, and one in fiv

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