A Little Goes a Long Way: The Benefits of Minimal Exercise for a Healthy Life

In the midst of life’s trials and tribulations, a glimmer of hope emerges from an unexpected source – just 15 ...

From Shouts to Solutions: Understanding and Overcoming My Spouses Yelling

Unveiling the Dynamics Behind Yelling Discovering the root causes is crucial when frustration surfaces overtly. Issues in communication, stress, unrealized ...

Understanding the Difference Between Stress and Anxiety

Have you ever used the words “stress” and “anxiety” interchangeably? Many of us have, but did you know that these ...

Breaking Free from Rumination: Overcoming Negative Thoughts

As Christians, it is important to guard our thoughts and avoid dwelling excessively on negative experiences. Rumination, which is defined ...

Why Cohabitation Outside of Marriage Puts Your Future at Risk

Living together outside of marriage has become more and more common in recent years, but the Bible teaches that this ...

Unlocking the Power of Habits: Simplifying Daily Decisions for a More Fulfilling Life

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by simple everyday decisions? You are not alone! Even small choices can cause stress and ...

How Negative Communication in Marriage Affects Your Health

Marital negativity can take a heavy toll on both emotional and physical health. Studies has shown that couples who engage ...

Lessons from Harvard’s Study of Adult Development for Living Longer and Happier Lives

The Harvard University’s Study of Adult Development is one of the world’s longest studies of adult life. The study began ...

3 Lessons from the World’s Happiest Country

Finland has been declared the world’s happiest country for the sixth year in a row, according to the World Happiness ...

Mutual Constructive Communication

Mutual constructive communication is a communication pattern that is characterized by openness, empathy, and positive engagement. It is an essential ...

Addiction

Improving Body Image in Youth: The Power of Reducing Social Media Use on Smartphones

Adolescence and young adulthood are crucial periods in which mental health challenges can arise. Studies have shown that excessive social ...

How TikTok and Social Media May Impact Our Cognitive Abilities

Although the potential national ban of TikTok in the US is mainly due to privacy concerns, it is important to ...

Can addiction be treated?

Treatment for Addiction One of the hardest things a person with an addiction must do is admit. Admitting to their ...
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Fun

How “Dad Jokes” Can Help Kids Develop Into Healthy Adults

A recent study suggests that “dad jokes” may actually be good for children’s development. While these jokes may be cringe-worthy ...

3 Reasons You Should NOT Buy An Annual Pass

What does your annual pass have to do with counseling?  Tons! There are about 1 million Disneyland annual pass holders and apparently ...

5 Reasons why you’re going to fail

In life we will go through many trials, but some people have a better way of handling it. In counseling ...

Grief

Finding Strength in the Face of Adversity: The Power of Post-Traumatic Growth

Trauma is something that many people go through in their lives. It can be a difficult experience, but it can ...

What is Grief?

More on grief counselor in Brea. “I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil ...

Individual Counseling

Toxic People

9 Toxic People That Will Suffocate Your Soul

I talk a ton about toxic people during individual counseling sessions and in our podcast. People tell me that I just ...

What is an addiction?

The Definition of addiction If you look up the meaning of addiction in the dictionary, it will say, “the fact or ...

Counseling vs. Talking to a Friend

I’ve heard it many times. The question, “Why should I go to a counselor? Why can’t I just talk to ...

Kids

How “Dad Jokes” Can Help Kids Develop Into Healthy Adults

A recent study suggests that “dad jokes” may actually be good for children’s development. While these jokes may be cringe-worthy ...

Improving Body Image in Youth: The Power of Reducing Social Media Use on Smartphones

Adolescence and young adulthood are crucial periods in which mental health challenges can arise. Studies have shown that excessive social ...

Divorce will make your child’s depression skyrocket now?

The hardest thing to talk about in couples counseling is the issue of divorce. Divorce is not supposed to happen ...

Parenting

How “Dad Jokes” Can Help Kids Develop Into Healthy Adults

A recent study suggests that “dad jokes” may actually be good for children’s development. While these jokes may be cringe-worthy ...

Improving Body Image in Youth: The Power of Reducing Social Media Use on Smartphones

Adolescence and young adulthood are crucial periods in which mental health challenges can arise. Studies have shown that excessive social ...

Divorce will make your child’s depression skyrocket now?

The hardest thing to talk about in couples counseling is the issue of divorce. Divorce is not supposed to happen ...

Relationship Counseling

From Shouts to Solutions: Understanding and Overcoming My Spouses Yelling

Unveiling the Dynamics Behind Yelling Discovering the root causes is crucial when frustration surfaces overtly. Issues in communication, stress, unrealized ...

Why Cohabitation Outside of Marriage Puts Your Future at Risk

Living together outside of marriage has become more and more common in recent years, but the Bible teaches that this ...

How Negative Communication in Marriage Affects Your Health

Marital negativity can take a heavy toll on both emotional and physical health. Studies has shown that couples who engage ...
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Pinteresting

Dangerous words in a relationship

Some of the most dangerous words in a relationship are “You always…” and “You never…” These words can end your ...

Strength measured

Strength is measured not by what you have, but what you do with what you have. ~Finally Alive Counseling 33.9166805-117.9000604 ...

Ruthless

The most ruthless self inflicted pain comes from a heart that won’t forgive. ~Finally Alive Counseling 33.9205029-117.8833524 ...
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Temperament

Criteria for Substance Abuse for Dependency

Criteria for Drug Dependence To diagnose addiction, the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), a manual published by the American ...

Describing the Phlegmatic Temperament

Phlegmatic Temperament Have you ever seen a person do a repetitive job for years and not get tired of it? ...

Describing the Supine Temperament

Supine Temperament Most temperament tests will not include the supine temperament and this is unique to our temperament test. There was ...
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