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Five (5) Tips For Dealing With Ongoing [Long-Term] Infidelity


Infidelity is often thought of in terms of brief encounters, but there are instances where infidelity last several months and even years. These situations involving ongoing outside relationships come with a different set of complications than what is experienced with everyday infidelity. It is important for people in those situations to take time to address the situation as well as the emotions and complications that come with them.

Five (5) Tips For Helping People With ADHD / ADD Make Changes


People with ADD or ADHD work very hard to make behavior changes that can help them thrive. Unfortunately their efforts come with many struggles. People in their lives, loved ones and others around them can do some simple things to help support and encourage their work and progress. At home or in the workplace simple gestures go a long way.

Five (5) Ways Secrets Impact Your Relationship


Even when kept with the “best intentions” secrets can pause a threat to a relationship. Secrets can cause damage and hurt that may not be repairable. The secrets kept in a relationship, can say a lot about the couple, their views of each other as well as the strength of their relationship.

Five (5) Things People With ADHD / ADD Need You To Know


Sometimes knowing makes all the difference. There are some things that people do when interacting with people with ADHD / ADD that do not have the intended results. There are a few small things that if kept in mind can greatly help improve the efficiency of interacting with people with ADHD / ADD.

Five (5) Don’ts For Helping A Friend After Infidelity


After infidelity, not all “help” is helpful. There are things that one can do in an effort to help that can make things worse. Supporting a friend after infidelity means doing the things that they need you to do- not the things you want to do or think should be done. Remember that it is about them and what they need to help them heal and move forward from this point. If you find that you are unable to be the support they need, it is best to say that to the person and give them a chance to get that support elsewhere instead of having you occupying the space where someone who can be supportive should be.

Five (5) Resources To Get Free Therapy


Many people with mental health issues don’t get the help they need because of finances. There are many resources that can help people get free or affordable therapy to address many issues. Many of these resources are underutilized because people are not aware of them. In order to manage any mental health condition, it is important that proper and consistent treat is available. By utilizing the resources available to them people can address issues when they are first presented, which can be the difference between someone experiencing / managing depression and having suicidal thoughts or event attempting suicide.

Five (5) Dos For Helping A Friend After Infidelity


People dealing with infidelity need the help and support of loved ones. Because they are in such a delicate state, it is important to be conscious of providing the help that they need and not be pushing your own agenda which can in some cases be counter to the help they need. After an affair a person has some decisions that they need to make and they need the space to make the best decision for them. To overcome infidelity, people need the freedom to do what they need to heal and begin to trust again.

Five (5) Tips For Making ADHD/ADD Easier On Yourself

Dealing with ADD/ADHD is difficult on its own, but there are some things that people do that add to the difficulty. It is important to understand that as great as your scheduling and organization is, if you allow others to continuously interrupt and disturb at their leisure it can appear that your system is not working. In order to fully take advantage of all that you do to manage ADHD symptoms, those you interact with must also be put on the plan when it comes to dealing with you. Creating an environment that supports your ADD treatment is also important, but the most valuable thing that many people with add/ADHD need to do is to stop beating themselves up. Be kind to yourself. Understand that living with ADHD is something you will continue to work on. As you develop and master more coping skills things will continue to improve, but if you stumble along the way, you don’t need to beat yourself up for that.

Five (5) Things To Do Before Trial Separations

Trial separations do not provide enough of an opportunity to work on your relationship, nor an accurate picture of a true end of a marriage. Instead of a trial separations, couples should create opportunities to work on their relationship while they are together. In order to truly be able to assess their options. Instead of seeing how life could be apart, couples who want to repair their marriage need to employ more proactive actions such as participating in marriage counseling, improving communication skills and addressing the core issues in their relationship if their goal is to prevent divorce.