There is a quiet message many children absorb growing up in a faith community — not because anyone says it directly, but because of what goes unsaid. The message is something like this: strong emotions are a sign of weak faith. If you are anxious, you are not trusting God enough. If you are angry, you need to repent. If you are sad for too long, something is spiritually wrong with you. It is rarely stated this plainly, but it shapes how children — especially girls — relate to their own...

Rejection from anything is not something anyone can really get comfortable with. Rejection typically follows being denied from something you really want to have, such as a job, a relationship, or from a college. Most people find rejection difficult enough as it is, but people with Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria experience a whole new level of negative emotions. In this blog, we will explain what RSD is, who tends to experience it, what it looks like, and how you can start to cope with it. Man...

After having enough fights and arguments over the years, many couples start to find it easier to just say nothing rather than to talk. One partner pulls back, conversations shrink, and problems pile up instead of getting solved. It does not help if, during the arguments, things get out of hand and both people start to just attack each other. This is often called avoidance, and it can quietly wear away at even the strongest marriages