Kate Motaung

About Kate Motaung

Kate Motaung is the Senior Writer, Editor, and Content Manager for a multi-state company. She is the author of several books including Letters to Grief, 101 Prayers for Comfort in Difficult Times, and A Place to Land: A Story of Longing and Belonging. Kate is also the host of Five Minute Friday, an online writing community that equips and encourages Christian writers, and the owner of Refine Services, a company that offers editing services. She and her South African husband have three young adult children and currently live in West Michigan. Find Kate’s books at katemotaung.com/books.

Overcoming Resentment in Relationships

2024-10-30T11:20:39+00:00September 28th, 2022|Featured, Individual Counseling, Relationship Issues|

You are dating someone you love and enjoy a relationship characterized by love and respect. Implicitly or explicitly, you have expressed the desire to marry someday. But there is something (or even several things for that matter) that bugs you and fosters resentment in relationships. So much so that you wonder if you are seeing a red flag waving in the distance. You are married to a loving partner. You have been through many difficulties, but some issues are not going away, and in fact, they rear their nasty heads every time you disagree about something. It starts small, but the conflict grows and suddenly you are both overcome with rage and emotional outbursts that break down your precious relationship. You do not know how to approach those issues in a way that will resolve them. It may be that you do not know one another well enough yet and it is still early in your relationship, or you feel that the subjects are just too sensitive to confront and perhaps you fear the consequences of them being aired out between you. How to overcome resentment in relationships is a relevant question for many couples and seeks to find tools and techniques to equip you both. It is often quite helpful to speak to a trained counselor about how to best overcome challenges in a relationship. You do not have to wait for the level of resentment to build up and calcify before ironing out relationship creases. Prevention is usually a better option than a cure. How we can act in ways that build resentment in relationships Anger is a common emotion. It can make itself known in any relationship in a variety of ways despite not being directly addressed to the person who provoked it. As we know, [...]

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Common Signs of Anxiety: Can You Relate?

2024-10-30T11:20:46+00:00August 3rd, 2022|Anxiety, Featured, Individual Counseling|

Do you ever wonder whether the way you worry is normal? Do you question whether you are worrying or whether you might have signs of anxiety? Perhaps your worrying could lead to anxiety. The good news is that everyone worries. You worry about health, money, career, and family. Worry is most commonly a temporary response of fear to these thoughts. But when you find the worry lingers for a long time and you start feeling overwhelmed with fear, it could be one of the signs of anxiety. Common Signs of Anxiety to Watch For Anxiety is when the worry doesn’t stop, and it starts affecting your everyday life. Panic sets in and you struggle to control the thoughts and your body’s response to these thoughts. These signs of anxiety start to interfere with job performance, friendships, relationships, schoolwork, and your overall health. The following signs of anxiety are indicators of whether you are experiencing anxiety and how it could affect you. Nervousness, restlessness, and tension To worry makes you nervous, but to be consistently anxious creates muscle tension in your body. Your body is hardened, tensed, and restless. You are constantly fidgeting and uncomfortable. You struggle to relax even when you set the mood for a relaxing evening. You try to rest while on a holiday or a weekend break, but you struggle to let go of the tension in your body. What you don’t realize is that the body gets tenser and tenser while we have these anxious thoughts. When you become aware of your anxious thoughts, you find that your shoulders are pulled up close to your ears. You must intentionally lower your shoulders for your body to stop this tension. Before you know it, you realize that your body has tensed up again. Due to the [...]

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