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How to Rewire Your Brain to Feel Good on Mondays

May 24, 2026 by Jolanta Burke - Reading Time: 6 minutes

If you hate Mondays, you’re most certainly in good company. After a couple of days off, many of us have difficulty settling back into our routines and work duties. You may even have dread and anxiety that seeps into the weekend in the form of “Sunday scaries”. You can’t always change your schedule or obligations […]

How Healthy Thinking Patterns Strengthen the Mind

March 29, 2026 by Dr. Cesar Vasconcellos de Souza - Reading Time: 9 minutes

Let’s reflect together on the importance of cultivating healthy thoughts, recognizing unhealthy ones, and training our minds to observe and choose to resist the negative, dysfunctional thoughts that hinder our mental health and negatively impact our relationships. Therefore, let’s now think about healthy thoughts. Our Creator inspired the apostle Paul to write the following: Finally, […]

5 Steps to Deal with a Difficult Diagnosis

November 17, 2024 by Dr. Cesar Vasconcellos de Souza - Reading Time: 5 minutes

How do we accept the hardships that life throws at us? How do we face harsh realities without running away or despairing? How do we deal with losses, changes and problems that life and sometimes people throw at us? Have you ever had the experience of being diagnosed with a serious illness? What was your […]

Give up Illusions and Dreams

December 31, 2023 by Dr. Cesar Vasconcellos de Souza - Reading Time: 5 minutes

Today we are going to examine the consequences of our illusions. Often, we find it difficult to accept reality because of our aspirations. Even if we have healthy and ethical desires, we don’t always achieve many of them in this life. In addition, we often have to give up pursuing these desires, even if they […]

Dysfunctional Relationships – How to Survive and Thrive

October 24, 2021 by Elizabeth Hall - Reading Time: 24 minutes

The simplest meaning of “dysfunctional” is “doesn’t work right.” Dysfunction comes in differing degrees. Some dysfunctional things or people grate on one’s nerves just a little bit—like a squeaky door. But when a situation involves people who must relate to each other or when circumstances are perceived as intolerable, you must do one of two […]