Blog Posts in November, 2012

Teaching Children About Thankfulness

November is the month we celebrate our families and give thanks for all that we have. Traditions are awakened and we can begin to feel nostalgia as the end of the year beckons. When a family is divided by divorce, all of these things can change and we can begin to lose sight of what we do have and focus more on what we don’t have. Children can especially be overwhelmed in the holiday season by the ...

Gratitude

Being grateful is an important practice in each person’s life. Practice? Well, yes! You have to be intentional about it and keep making conscious efforts toward having more gratitude in your life. Often, people going through a divorce can become very negative as they are confronted with the changes in their lives. That negativity can then become a habit. To combat negativity you can focus on the ...