Category: Relationships

How Social Relationships Impact Your Health As social beings, humans understand the value and importance of social connections. Relationships give us entertainment, assistance, guidance, and most importantly support knowing that you don’t have to face the world alone. UNC Chapel Hill conducted a study that suggests that social relationships may also impact your physical health and consequently influence how long you’ll live. Social Connections…

Different Family Exercises to Reduce Stress Many families with busy schedules understand how difficult it is to find the time necessary to lead a well-balanced life. Making family stress management part of your daily routine can greatly improve your mental health. Exercising together as a family is one of the best ways to reduce stress. Exercise can help reduces stress, lower the risk of…

How to Make Your Relationship Last Starting a romantic relationship can be a fun and exciting time. You’re likely thinking about your partner throughout the day, and probably view them as the greatest human being in the whole world. However, the flood of “love hormones” in your brain eventually slows, and the honeymoon period comes to an end. After the initial honeymoon period fades,…

What is Toxic Empathy? What is Empathy? Empathy is, "the ability to understand and share the feelings of another." Empathy is typically a quality that people seek to have. So how can too much empathy be a bad thing? What is Toxic Empathy? Toxic empathy is when a person over-identifies with someone else’s feelings and directly takes them on as their own. For example,…

Getting Along With Your Grown Up Siblings If you grew up with siblings, you know that bickering, finger pointing, and fighting as kids is part of having a brother or sister. In fact, sibling relationships in childhood can be a template for individuals to be able to develop healthy social skills and conflict resolution strategies that we use in relationships throughout our lives. What…