What is Palentine’s Day? Palentine’s Day is a day for celebrating friendship! Where Valentine’s Day tends to be more about celebrating romantic love, PALentine’s Day is an opportunity to appreciate the other kinds of relationships we have (and love!) in our lives. When is Palentine’s Day? February 13th But you
The 5 Love Languages
When I first heard about the five love languages I was very skeptical. I knew that it had helped a lot of couples through their marriage struggles, but I didn’t see how it could apply to my single life. Why would I need to speak a love language if I
Consider This Before Posting Passive Aggressively on Facebook
Ok so I have to say first: There is NO good time to warn the masses against passive-aggressiveness. It will very likely come across as passive aggressive to someone. So understand that before you get all angry and comment saying “Aren’t YOU being passive aggressive by writing this??”. Know that
Copycats and Comparisons
Is it bad to copy or compare yourself to others? In this series, The Real You, we’ve been answering the question “What is Authenticity?” by breaking it up into 4 posts. What is Authenticity? It is… Today I’d like to propose to you an idea that there is a difference
5 Tips for Less Holiday Drama
Oh the holiday season! It’s the most wonderful time of the year, right? Perhaps the mention of the holidays instantly brought that subtle but oh-so-deep twinge of dread in the pit of your gut as you thought of holidays past. That one family member. That one conflict that arises EVERY
A Lesson on Strength From Star Trek Beyond
You may have heard it said that struggles and trials make a person stronger. Or perhaps you’ve jammed out with Kelly Clarkson, singing, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger!” With every conflict we face, we have an opportunity–a CHOICE–to grow. However, Star Trek Beyond presents a challenging question: Is
How to Be an Encourager
To “encourage” means “to inspire courage.” It uses the power of words to inspire such courage. For some, it is a foreign language, often due to growing up without hearing it spoken very often. But some are naturally born encouragers (I happen to be one!). We all have different strengths
Book Review: The Five Love Languages
Today is my 1st book review on the blog! Woot! I am a HUGE believer in the power of reading (as long as you’re reading smartly!), so I’d like to start sharing more good finds with you and discuss some nuggets of wisdom I gleaned from reading the books myself
High School Popularity is All But Forgotten
Were you ever impacted by the popularity contest in school? Perhaps it wasn’t so bad at your school…or perhaps it didn’t seem so bad because you were actually in the popular clique. Perhaps you were one of the many who tried to change yourself to fit in. Perhaps you felt
6 Life Lessons We Can Learn From Captain America: Civil War
Mm, man! Marvel has been killin’ it! It just keeps getting better and better! I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and I cannot wait to go see it again! Here are 6 lessons I got from the movie… WARNING: This post contains spoilers! This post originally appeared on Anna’s 1st blog,