Relationships make up a huge component in our lives.  We relate with everyone and everything on some level. Whether it is our children, parents, significant others or our boss....functional relationships are very important in our lives.  All relationships go through different growing pains. They can stretch and be strained at different times in our development.  When having struggles in our key relationships, we can feel stressed out, inadequately equipped to handle reconciliation and overwhelmed with the situation.  Because our relationships are so important to us, a struggling relationship can have many negative consequences in our lives.  Many things play a role in our building healthy relationships. communication techniques, empathy, listening skills, trust, forgiveness, honesty and work are all necessary for healthy relationships.

Money and our beliefs and attachments to it play a huge role in our lives. Arguments surrounding money or the lack of it lead a number of people to divorce every year.  Money can bring us freedom or hold us in a virtual prison of fear. We can be slaves to it, masters of it, or ignorant that it even matters. The exchange of value, time, energy and cash have very powerful meanings for most of us.  How we view our success is often linked to money. How secure we feel can be linked to money.  In my experience most people have a deep, colorful, mixed relationship with money. When we consider how we utilize this substance almost every single day, it becomes incredibly clear that this is an area to examine if you want to reduce your stress, anxiety and keep your marriage healthy.  Financial freedom often starts with a change in perspective. Examining and changing your beliefs about money is key in becoming it's master.

It all starts with you! Yes, it's true...and yet I put this category last.  That is because most women do the same thing. The natural care giver in women allows the nurturing of others to take priority over the nurturing of self. We are taught to be selfless and giving. These are amazing beautiful qualities that make us great mothers, wives, and friends.  This same nurturing-of-others quality can cause us to always put our dreams on hold, downplay our greatest strengths or pass by amazing opportunities.  Our ideas of "self" determine nearly every other way in which we perceive the world. When we take the time to acknowledge our gifts, celebrate our successes and, reach inside ourselves to find tremendous strength we add light to the world and make it a brighter place.