Conflict and disconnection in your intimate relationships can make every aspect of
your life feel overwhelming.
It may be due to family problems, relationship problems, work or even financial problems, all these can make
life feel overwhelming for many people.
I remember this story often when
life feels overwhelming, when big things like layoffs and sicknesses hit, and when small things like cranky toddlers, piles of laundry, and broken refrigerators annoy.
The AAP noted on potty training regression, «Far from signaling an emotional problem, regression can actually be a healthy way for a child to meet her emotional needs at a time when
life feels overwhelming.»
It happens to me all the time, sometimes because of the hectic pace of
life I feel overwhelmed.
They help me feel more in control when I have too much to do and
life feels overwhelming.
«When
life feels overwhelming, I'm here to help!
Whatever it is, sometimes
life feels overwhelming and just plain hard.
Is
life feeling overwhelming or too challenging?
Not exact matches
Feeling overwhelmed can lead to many negative things in your
life and your business.
If you are playing big in
life, there is always the next big thing, so balance isn't necessarily about slowing down but being in touch with what recharges you and doing that when you first
feel the need to avoid
overwhelm and burnout.
If you
feel overwhelmed by fear in your professional
life, read on to see how I flipped the script and turned fear into one of my greatest allies.
The usually unflappable Simon Cowell, the producer of the highly successful TV show American Idol, has discussed turning to a mentor — billionaire British businessman Sir Phillip Green — after
feeling overwhelmed by
life.
Purchasing a first home is a major milestone in
life — but the process of obtaining a mortgage can
feel a little bit
overwhelming.
Elizabeth Grace Saunders is the founder and CEO of Real
Life E, a time coaching and training company that empowers individuals who
feel overwhelmed and frustrated to
feel confident and accomplished through an exclusive Schedule...
I have found that, for me, «
feeling the moments» (
living in the here and now), is also a rich experience... and I rejoice that at times, it is
overwhelming with the colors of my peony garden, the emotions of a friend's funeral, and stunning chaos of the minnows that school within our river.
I don't think it makes me a bad mum or a bad woman to admit to that complexity, to confess the squirrelly,
overwhelmed, and terrified
feelings of a complete reorientation of my
life.
Then there are the Bad Attitudes of the immature in faith: I have a hard time accepting myself; I
feel overwhelmed by all the responsibilities and obligations I have; My
life is filled with stress and anxiety; I tend to be critical of other people; I do not want churches getting involved in political issues; I do not understand how a loving God can allow so much pain and suffering in the world.
Reacting to the findings, Rev Dr Sandra Millar, head of
life events at the Church of England told Premier: It can
feel like the pressure to do something material for them [children] is
overwhelming but actually, in the long - term, when we look back at our parents, what we remember about our mums are those values [they taught].»
The pastoral ministry in all its dimensions requires the recognition and the sensitivity to help people who
feel isolated, without a purpose for
living, but who still seek peace in the midst of violence; meaning in the midst of
overwhelming personal emptiness; honest relationships; the joy of celebration; and
life in a community of believers.
Like it or not, the scientific evidence in support of evolutionary theory is
overwhelming, and, take it from me, when you encounter this for the first time, having been told all your
life that it's just a bunch of baloney, it
feels like a betrayal.
He was
overwhelmed with woe over his own unworthiness, his
life of bourgeois privilege even during this ordeal into which he had led the city's black community, and finally about the superficiality of his «inherited» call into the ministry, although he «had never
felt an experience with God in the way that you must... if you're going to walk the lonely paths of this
life.»
Being a part of a church plant has forced me to confront a vicious cycle in my
life, a cycle that goes something like this: 1) I resolve in my head to
live like Jesus in community with those around me, 2) I start reading Shane Claiborne books and memorizing the Sermon on the Mount, 3) I get
overwhelmed by how impossible it all seems, 4) I get distracted by work and daily tasks, 5) I give up, 6) I
feel guilty.
As sarcasm and disdain ensued, I suddenly
felt overwhelmed and convicted by the irony of the situation: A bunch of straight Christians were sitting together in a
living room, engaging in a lengthy and heated conversation about whether other people were sinning.
In our own selves too, we can not deny at various stages of our
lives, a sense of guilt, uneasiness,
overwhelming sadness, a
feeling of hopelessness and, at times, a sense that our
lives are without purpose.
And as the individual relinquishes his negative, aggressive
feelings toward himself and toward
life, he finds himself
overwhelmed by strong positive ones such as love, friendliness, peacefulness.
And among those who have not taken such an atheistic view, prayer seems to spring naturally to the lips when one
feels one's sense of need or when one is
overwhelmed with gratitude for the good things that
life can provide.
Some people are «programmed» with tragic scripts, which cause them to
live as losers with
overwhelming feelings of powerlessness and joylessness.
And I began to think about all of the incredible, brave, strong, valorous women in my
life and
felt an
overwhelming urge to run around shouting «Eshet Chayil» over all of them, because I want them to
feel empowered to continue to
live out their Womanhood in the valorous ways that they ALREADY are.
Next time you
feel inner peace, or experience perfect love wash over you, or
feel an
overwhelming sense of compassion and brotherhood with all humanity, listen in that moment to what those
feelings, promptings and stirrings are telling you to do — how to
live, lead, create and initiate.
Young adults experience an
overwhelming, often irrational
feeling that their
life will never be what they once dreamed.
I used to think hope
felt good, that no problems in my
life could make me
feel overwhelmed, as long as I had hope.
His resignation comes on the heels of a controversial post on his website, sakeenah.org, in which he claimed that «an enormously
overwhelming percentage of people struggle with homosexual
feeling because of some form of violent emotional or sexual abuse at some point in their
life.»
An overall
feeling of thankfulness is
overwhelming me this weekend as I'm surrounded by these amazing people I'm lucky enough to be stuck with as my family for the rest of my
life.
I was having such a hard time and
feeling very
overwhelmed with nursing (even though it wasn't that often) and
life in general.
There were many other instances he had «abandoned me» in not helping me with stuff (I dealt with it and would bring it up), but he gave me a false sense of love where he would say things like «when something is important, I will do what needs to be done», his failure to
live up to that statement was an
overwhelming feeling of lies and betrayal.
My
life has been so frenetic since this poor kid was born eight weeks ago, and I've been
feeling guilty about that as well as
overwhelmed with the amount of crap I need to do.
A group of «older» first - time parents were asked about the timing of their pregnancies, and an
overwhelming majority
felt having a child later in
life had numerous benefits, mainly in terms of being emotionally and financially ready.
Taking time each day to list and be thankful for the good things in your
life helps to create balance, making
life feel more manageable when it begins to
feel overwhelming.
At a time when I was really starting to
feel overwhelmed, this day and this alone time with each of my kids really helped to rejuvenate me and restore some balance in my
life.
The
overwhelming focus on negative aspects of
life and conflict in the news colors our perception as well and can either numb or desensitize us or increase our general anxiety load, or leave us
feeling helpless over events outside our control.
Becoming a parent overnight is a major,
overwhelming life change, and it's natural to
feel a lot of complex emotions.
It
feels overwhelming, especially the thought of how we will cope financially and how much our
lives will change.
Looking back on the time when they were infants, the
feeling of being
overwhelmed was so strong that it almost took on a
life of its own.
You
feel overwhelmed at the thought of making changes (again) now that you've just adjusted to the biggest change in your
life — having a baby!
Shopping for the numerous kids in your
life can
feel overwhelming, but it doesn't have to be.
I myself, an American
living in Virginia,
felt lots of pressure to breastfeed and when I couldn't, dealt with
overwhelming grief.
But when kids with special needs
feel that
life is unmanageable, they act out; when they act out they themselves are emotionally
overwhelmed which, in turn, can
overwhelm their caregivers.
Reconnecting with your spouse can bring a sense of normalcy back to your
life, and this might be just the thing you need to stop
feeling overwhelmed or alone.
Life with a baby is dynamic and can
feel overwhelming at times.