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What If I’m Diagnosed With A Mental Illness?
With all the promotion and education going around, a lot of us have a basic understanding of what mental illness is, though unless we have experienced it; it is generally on a factual basis. This is good, we need to know facts, and facts are powerful. Though what does...
Anxiety – Are You Thriving Or Just Surviving?
When people ask me how I am, I normally respond with “good thanks, and you?” which I believe is a natural response that a lot of us have. The thing is, it removes the focus from us, straight onto the other person. Some days the answer is true and I am actually having...
aifc Student Testimonial –Tara Watkins
Tara Watkins tells us why she initially chose to study with aifc, describing how the course has helped to strengthen her marriage and build up her faith. Tara says that she understands herself better now and that the course has had a positive effect on all of her...
Fathers – Experience and Reflection (A Message To Fathers)
What has the past 12 months been like for you since last Fathers day? I was reflecting on this question myself over the past week as a Son and as a Father. - What has taken place in these 12 months? - How have I Fathered my children - My relationship with my Dad - My...
Shedding Some Light On Marriage Counselling
A marriage doesn’t necessarily have to be on the rocks for a couple to seek the help of a professional marriage counsellor. These highly skilled trained listeners can help couples face their unresolved issues in a friendly, confidential and...
12 Steps To Making Marriages Go The Distance
Psychologist Harriet Lerner Ph.D. provides her professional advice in an article outlining 12 basic steps that we can take to help our marriages to go the distance. From The Huffington Post. 12 Simple Steps For A Sustainable Marriage 1. Respect Differences. We all...
Reasons Why Our Kids and Teens Rebel
According to The Independent UK, Justin Bieber is a prime example of too much too soon. The young celebrity had several run-ins with the law. One of those was for ‘drag-racing’ in a Lamborghini and another time for throwing eggs at a neighbour’s house and according...
Manage Anger To Keep Your Job
We’ve all had days where everything goes wrong, your boss is furious at you over something that’s out of your control, a project goes terribly wrong, you’re being taken for granted, aren’t valued in the workplace or you’re just on work overload without enough hours in...
The Power Of Choice Over Social Influence
Television, Radio, The internet and Social Media has a huge influence on people’s lives as a whole. According to Mark Stibbe’s observances, people’s reactions to the same kind of news can differ greatly from one nation to the next in keeping with their social...
Mental Health & The Overuse and Misuse of Technology
Our Hi-Tech society can order food online, book a hotel, locate pizza delivery drivers and we can buy goods from any location in the world where there’s an internet connection available. Scanning QR codes to view information about a business and their products &...
Social Media Trend & Technology Addiction
Information Technology has allowed modern day families to become more connected than ever before. We have become hi-tech households that carry smart phones everywhere we go. We use social networks to communicate and can instantly share our snap shots with one...
Avoiding Burnout – A High Achievers Sickness
According to Sherrie Bourg Carter’s article in Psychology Today, high achievers are more prone to burnout because of their, "I can do everything" personalities. She states the reason , “Because high-achievers are often so passionate about what they do, they tend to...