Life throws curveballs – it's the way things work! Some days are smooth sailing, while others are filled with unexpected challenges, stress, or moments of frustration. How we navigate those obstacles and maintain a sense of well-being greatly depends on the tools in our mental health toolbox. Two powerful tools are intention-setting and positive coping skills. Let's explore how to use them to shape your days. 

The Power of Intention 

An intention is like a guiding star for your day. It's a simple statement that sets a positive tone for your actions and experiences. Think of it as your internal compass. Here are the benefits of setting an intention: 

• Clarity and Focus: It aligns your energy toward a desired feeling or outcome.
• Mindfulness: It encourages you to be present and aware of your actions. 
• Navigating Challenges: Your intention acts as an anchor when stress or difficulties arise. 

Setting Your Daily Intention 

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Feeling overwhelmed? Me too. This morning I woke up, and immediately felt anxious and overwhelmed. Like many of you, I am balancing a career, kids, my marriage, friendships, and graduate school on top of everything. Keeping everything in check, can, at times, feel extremely challenging. 

If you're currently in the same boat as me, I want to share some reminders and tactics I consistently do to help myself get out of the feeling of overwhelm and into a place of gaining clarity, taking back control of my feelings, and working towards identifying what triggers are being set off to make me feel this way. 

• I remind myself that these are feelings and that these feelings or state of mind will pass. In other words, I'm not going to feel like this forever - as long as I recognize how I'm feeling and decide to take action. If you don't take action on how you're feeling, there is a good chance that you going to continue to feel overwhelmed and anxious because you're not addressing your issues
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In the game of relationships, we are never given a playbook with how best we can have critical conversations with our spouse. Communication and conflict resolution are both skills that need to be learned and they aren't something you're just going to be great at - especially dealing with conflict with your spouse. 

Now, is it true that some of us are naturally better communicators or better at handling conflict than others? The short answer is, yes. However, just like any skill, the more you practice and focus on that skill, the better you're going to get at it and the more comfortable you're going to become using the skill. 

This week I've been sharing tips for you and your spouse to press the reset button in your relationship if you haven't been getting along lately. They are the following: 

1. Clarity - in order to understand what's going on in your relationship and why you're fighting, you need to get clarity. One of the best ways to get clarity is to start moving your body (i.e...