"I did it my way!" This is a line from a well known and well covered Frank Sinatra song "My Way." The lyrics to the song feed into this idea that a life well lived is one where I call all the shots and, regardless of regrets, it couldn't have been better because well, "I did it my way!" Sadly, many people buy into this mentality. In many aspects of life, we refuse to seek … [Read more...]
No Sex Until Marriage? The 3 People You Will Need Help From
I am so proud of you. I don’t care about your past or even your last night, I simply care about your tomorrow. Abstaining from sex until marriage is one of the best ways to guard your heart and mind from attaching to someone before its appropriate time. A man can put a condom on to protect you from an STD or pregnancy, but there is nothing to protect your heart, which is … [Read more...]
“Netflix and Chill” and Other Modern Dating Terms that Don’t Make Sense When It Comes to Real Love
Will you and your bae ever make something more from a Netflix and chill session or are you two just in this together for cuffing season? If that sentence didn’t make much sense, then you're right. Modern society tends to recreate the rules in dating each year and along with those changes come new terms and phrases for the things we do for love. Check out a few of these modern … [Read more...]
Why Being A Hypocrite To Your Own Values Can Destroy Your Relationships
A client recently had an interesting conundrum: The client was struggling with believing something she was doing in her relationship was not up to her standards, but she continued the behavior to satisfy someone else. She was struggling with her value system. Many of us struggle with our value system because we haven’t addressed what we hold as our own personal … [Read more...]
3 Reasons Why I’m Teaching Abstinence to My Teenager
Now, I know what you're probably thinking. How in the world could you possibly think that your son/daughter will remain a virgin until marriage? Well, the answer to that is, I don't know. I simply do not. What I DO know is that children absorb and feed off of what you say to them and how you live your life. They also know at an early age, what's important to you as parents: … [Read more...]