New Day Grace - Encouragement and Empowerment for Each New Day!

Encouragement and Empowerment for each New Day! The purpose of this blog is to edify, lift you up, and strengthen you to become all you are in Christ. It wasn’t until we learned about God’s unfailing love and who we are in Christ and stood on His promises that our lives changed forever. He took our pain and brokenness and brought comfort, peace, healing, joy and restoration in our lives. And we believe He will do the same and even more for you too!

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Making Gratitude A Habit

One of the greatest habits we can ever develop is the habit of gratitude. The more we practice it, the more joy and peace we will have. Having a gratitude attitude helps us to be positive and optimistic because we are more likely to focus on what we have rather than what we do not have. We also are more likely to appreciate simple things in life like remembering to be thankful for a new day.

When we practice a gratitude attitude, we like to let others know we appreciate them by the way we treat them. Also, we are much more likely to enjoy what we have and what we do, or at least find the good in it. And, when we make gratitude a habit, we tend to not take things or people for granted.

When gratitude fills our hearts, we practice it with our words, attitudes or actions. Practicing gratitude keeps us from grumbling and complaining. But, that is the key. It is a healthy habit and must be practiced daily. It is all too easy to allow disappointments, pressures of life, troubles, and people to steal our gratitude. We must guard our hearts all the time and stay thankful if we want to be happy. Remember, these simple words of wisdom: It is not happy people who are thankful; it is thankful people who are happy!

Copyright 2013 All Rights Reserved. Written by Krystal Kuehn.
Co-founder of New Day Family Couples Counseling, MI

Krystal Kuehn, MA, LPC, LLP, NCC is a licensed professional counselor, international best-selling author, teacher, and musician. She specializes in helping people live their best life now, reach their full potential, overcome barriers, heal from their past, and develop a lifestyle of health, happiness, and love. Krystal is the cofounder of NewDayCounseling.org

For inspirational and educational kindle books by Krystal, go to: http://www.amazon.com/Krystal-Kuehn/e/B0074OI67O/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1

Recommended resource on GRATITUDE - Discover the untold power of gratitude in every area of your life. You will be inspired to receive and enjoy the good things in life that are available to you every day. Your life and the way you live it will never be the same once you discover the miraculous power of gratitude!

Giving Thanks - Why It Makes You Happy, Fills You With Peace and Changes Your Life!

Recommended resource on the power of habit: In 21 Power Habits for a Winning Life, you will be empowered to have a winning perspective and attitude in all areas of your life. Each chapter discusses a power habit with empowering affirmations and words of wisdom to help you understand and apply the principles to your life.

* You do NOT need a Kindle to read the ebooks! You can read them on ANY computer, smartphone or tablet using Amazon’s free software available here: http://amzn.to/QFexMk http://goo.gl/fisU2

New Day Counseling is a family counseling center that provides professional counseling services for the entire family. We help parents, children, teens, families, individuals and couples. We offer couples therapy / marriage counseling, child therapy, adolescent counseling, anxiety counseling, depression counseling, divorce counseling, grief counseling, porn addiction counseling, substance abuse counseling. We also offer groups for anger counseling. Go to NewDayCounseling.org today for more information or call us at 248-649-8050. We are here to help, and we look forward to hearing from you.

Put an end to anger problems & regain control over your life today. Anger management classes help for personal, court, and business. For more info go to newdaycounseling.org or call 248-649-8050 to register today. * Anger management classes and/or individual anger counseling can be extremely supportive and helpful in equipping us with many tools for a better life.

DUI? Drunk Driving? Probation? Substance Abuse Problems? DUI Outpatient Counseling, Substance Abuse Evaluation & Alcohol Assessment help for court, business and personal. For more info to go newdaycounseling.org click here: substance abuse counseling or call 248-649-8050 today!

Love and Logic Parenting Classes help you with the most important job there is! You can learn practical tools & techniques for effective discipline, better communication, appropriate boundaries, healthy decision-making, & respectful adult-child relationships. Workshops are available at New Day Counseling in Troy. For more information or to register online go to: Love and Logic Parenting Class or call 248-649-8050.

Self-Esteem Group for Teen Girls (ages 13-17) Teen girls learn to feel empowered, gain self-awareness, develop positive coping, and improve daily problem-solving skills. Through G.I.R.L.S. (Girls in Real Life Situations) counseling curriculum, group discussion, and fun activities, girls will learn more about themselves and be better equipped to handle Real Life Situations. Call 248-649-8050 today to register. For more information, click here. We also offer individual teenage counseling.

Online Therapy - Online Marriage Counseling / Online Couples Counseling
New Day Counseling offers professional counseling via Skype for clients who prefer to have counseling sessions in the comfort of their homes.

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Monday, October 21, 2013

Discover The POWER of HABIT

The will to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare. ~Thane Yost

How do you prepare to win? If you are an athlete, you prepare to win with lots of disciplined training and practice. Athletes prepare both physically and mentally with healthy habits. They take good care of their bodies with proper nutrition and exercise. And they condition their minds with a winning attitude. They see themselves accomplishing their goals. When they fall, they don’t stay down. They get back up and persist with determination and faith.

How do you prepare to live a winning life? To answer that question, we can look at the successful athletes who prepare to win by developing and maintaining healthy habits. Winning in life is about having happy and successful relationships, fulfillment and purpose in serving, true joy with gratitude, mental and physical well-being, and a positive, hopeful attitude and perspective.Winning in life does not just happen. We must do our part because the power of habit is a life principle. With practice, we can discipline and train ourselves to think and act like a winner in all areas of our life. Following are some helpful tips:

PRACTICE TIP #1: Practice healthy habits no matter how you are feeling. It does not matter if you are motivated, excited, tired, bored, anxious or sad. Just do it!!

PRACTICE TIP #2: Practice power habits without excessive force or struggle. Start where you can. Take small steps and build from there. Do not negatively judge your efforts. Acknowledge and appreciate your progress.

PRACTICE TIP #3: Dedicate time to practice your power habits. Depending on the habit, you might want to schedule a specific time in your day and/or you may practice as you are moving along your day. Habits can be practiced and reinforced in our minds as we are driving, waiting, etc.

PRACTICE TIP #4: Practice healthy habits without requiring immediate change or expecting something special to happen. Remember that most change occurs gradually and builds. It is a process. Before you know it, you will achieve your goals!

You can learn more about the power of habit with 21 Power Habits for a Winning Life (Volumes 1 and 2). Each chapter has a power habit with tips on how to apply and practice the habit. Each habit will empower you to have a winning perspective so you can live a winning life! Click here.

Copyright 2013 All Rights Reserved. Written by Krystal Kuehn.
Co-founder of New Day Family Couples Counseling, MI

Krystal Kuehn, MA, LPC, LLP, NCC is a licensed professional counselor, international best-selling author, teacher, and musician. She specializes in helping people live their best life now, reach their full potential, overcome barriers, heal from their past, and develop a lifestyle of health, happiness, and love. Krystal is the cofounder of NewDayCounseling.org

For inspirational and educational kindle books by Krystal, go to: http://www.amazon.com/Krystal-Kuehn/e/B0074OI67O/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1

Recommended resource on the power of habit: In 21 Power Habits for a Winning Life, you will be empowered to have a winning perspective and attitude in all areas of your life. Each chapter discusses a power habit with empowering affirmations and words of wisdom to help you understand and apply the principles to your life.

* You do NOT need a Kindle to read the ebooks! You can read them on ANY computer, smartphone or tablet using Amazon’s free software available here: http://amzn.to/QFexMk http://goo.gl/fisU2

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Trauma and Grief Support Group

Survivors, family members and friends of sudden loss/emotional shock due to accident, loss of loved one, illness, or injury will gain healthy adapting, new perspective and emotional support and healing in this life-changing group led by survivor and professional psychotherapist, Brad Erlandson, MS, LLPC

Self-Esteem Group for Teen Girls (ages 13-17)
Teen girls learn to feel empowered, gain self-awareness, develop positive coping, and improve daily problem-solving skills. Through G.I.R.L.S. (Girls in Real Life Situations) counseling curriculum, group discussion, and fun activities, girls will learn more about themselves and be better equipped to handle Real Life Situations. Call 248-649-8050 today to register. For more information, click here. We also offer individual teenage counseling.

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Monday, October 14, 2013

7 Steps to Forming Good Habits

Bad habits are easy to develop, but hard to break. Good habits, on the other hand, may take more time to develop, but they have many benefits. Healthy habits (or power habits) make our lives more enjoyable, successful and fulfilling! But they don’t just happen. Forming healthy habits takes some effort and lots of practice.

Following are 7 tips on how to form good habits:

1. Decide on what habit you want to become a part of your lifestyle.

2. Answer: What are the benefits of this new habit?

3. Set goals you want to achieve. Start with small steps.

4. Focus on consistency rather than performance.

5. Find someone to hold you accountable (friend, family member, counselor) who can remind you of your goals and help to get you back on track if your veer off.

6. Reward yourself.

7. Stay committed. Persist in the face of setbacks. Get help if necessary. And never give up!

Copyright 2013 All Rights Reserved. Written by Krystal Kuehn.
Co-founder of New Day Family Couples Counseling, MI

Krystal Kuehn, MA, LPC, LLP, NCC is a licensed professional counselor, international best-selling author, teacher, and musician. She specializes in helping people live their best life now, reach their full potential, overcome barriers, heal from their past, and develop a lifestyle of health, happiness, and love. Krystal is the cofounder of NewDayCounseling.org

For inspirational and educational kindle books by Krystal, go to: http://www.amazon.com/Krystal-Kuehn/e/B0074OI67O/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1

Recommended resource on the power of habit: In 21 Power Habits for a Winning Life, you will be empowered to have a winning perspective and attitude in all areas of your life. Each chapter discusses a power habit with empowering affirmations and words of wisdom to help you understand and apply the principles to your life.

Trauma and Grief Support Group

Self-Esteem Group for Teen Girls (ages 13-17)
Teen girls learn to feel empowered, gain self-awareness, develop positive coping, and improve daily problem-solving skills. Through G.I.R.L.S. (Girls in Real Life Situations) counseling curriculum, group discussion, and fun activities, girls will learn more about themselves and be better equipped to handle Real Life Situations. Call 248-649-8050 today to register. For more information, click here. We also offer individual teenage counseling.

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Dealing with Anger - When You Say the Wrong Thing

Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger. ~Chinese Proverb

One of the hardest things to do when dealing with anger is controlling our tongue. We may be overcome with emotion and say something hurtful, damaging and/or inappropriate. When we calm down, we often feel some regret and wish we could take back our words.

Although we are not able to go back and change what we said, we can take some positive steps in dealing with anger. First, we can take responsibility for our actions. It may be humbling to apologize, but simply saying "I'm sorry" or "I shouldn't have said what I did" can bring healing and restoration to the situation and relationships that may have been affected. We also can and must forgive ourselves and accept that we are only human and imperfect. Finally, we can learn some healthy coping skills for dealing with anger that can help us throughout our lives.

We have two choices when it comes to dealing with anger in our lives: We either learn to control it or it will control us. Anger is not something we can avoid or ignore. Whether it is our own anger or someone else’s, much of our days are spent dealing with anger and its consequences.

For anger management techniques and tools in how to control anger, check out: Anger Management: What You Need to Know When Dealing with Anger. You will be empowered to take control of your life and guided along a path to freedom, inner peace, true strength, greater self-control and confidence, and a new outlook.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. ~Ambrose Bierce

Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese proverb

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts up his eyes. ~Cato

Copyright 2013 All Rights Reserved. Written by Krystal Kuehn.
Co-founder of New Day Family Marriage Counseling

For inspirational and educational ebooks by Krystal, go to: http://www.amazon.com/Krystal-Kuehn/e/B0074OI67O/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1

* You do NOT need a Kindle to read the ebooks! You can read them on ANY computer, smartphone or tablet using Amazon’s free software available here: http://amzn.to/QFexMk http://goo.gl/fisU2

Krystal Kuehn, MA, LPC, LLP, NCC is a licensed professional counselor, international best-selling author, teacher, and musician. She specializes in helping people live their best life now, reach their full potential, overcome barriers, heal from their past, and develop a lifestyle of health, happiness, and love. Krystal is the cofounder of NewDayCounseling.org

New Day Counseling is a family counseling center that provides professional counseling services for the entire family. We help parents, children, teens, families, individuals and couples. We offer couples therapy / marriage counseling, child therapy, adolescent counseling, anxiety counseling, depression counseling, divorce counseling, grief counseling, porn addiction counseling, substance abuse counseling. We also offer groups for anger counseling. Go to NewDayCounseling.org today for more information or call us at 248-649-8050. We are here to help, and we look forward to hearing from you.

Put an end to anger problems & regain control over your life today. Anger management classes help for personal, court, and business. For more info go to newdaycounseling.org or call 248-649-8050 to register today. * Anger management classes and/or individual anger counseling can be extremely supportive and helpful in equipping us with many tools for a better life.

DUI? Drunk Driving? Probation? Substance Abuse Problems? DUI Outpatient Counseling, Substance Abuse Evaluation & Alcohol Assessment help for court, business and personal. For more info to go newdaycounseling.org click here: substance abuse counseling or call 248-649-8050 today!

Love and Logic Parenting Classes help you with the most important job there is! You can learn practical tools & techniques for effective discipline, better communication, appropriate boundaries, healthy decision-making, & respectful adult-child relationships. Workshops are available at New Day Counseling in Troy. For more information or to register online go to: Love and Logic Parenting Class or call 248-649-8050.

Trauma and Grief Support Group

Self-Esteem Group for Teen Girls (ages 13-17)
Teen girls learn to feel empowered, gain self-awareness, develop positive coping, and improve daily problem-solving skills. Through G.I.R.L.S. (Girls in Real Life Situations) counseling curriculum, group discussion, and fun activities, girls will learn more about themselves and be better equipped to handle Real Life Situations. Call 248-649-8050 today to register. For more information, click here. We also offer individual teenage counseling.

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Monday, June 24, 2013

It's a New Day to Change Your Life!

"For the past 33 years, I looked in the mirror and asked myself, 'If today were the last day of my life, would I do what I'm about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something." ~ Steve Jobs

Is there something in your life that you are not happy with? Something you know you need to change?

Sometimes we endure deep dissatisfaction and frustration in our lives because we keep doing what we have always been doing. I like these 3 simple rules in life:

1. If you do not go after what you want, you'll never have it.
2. If you do not ask, the answer will always be "No."
3. If you do not step forward, you will always be in the same place.

If we take an active role in making positive changes in our lives, things can change is very positive ways. Our relationships can be harmonious. We can discover job satisfaction. We can overcome bad habits and addictions. We can have improved health and vitality. We can experience true joy and inner peace.

I encourage you to go after what you want today. Do your part. Make a decision that things are going to change for the better. You can do it! Step out in faith. Ask, seek, knock... Do what it takes right now. Step forward today. See yourself achieving your goals. Decide that you will not remain in the same place, and that you are going up higher. It all begins with a choice, a decision. You can do it!

Take the first step today to improve and change your life!

We can help. At New Day Counseling, we offer relationship and couples counseling, parenting classes, addiction counseling, anger management groups, career and transition counseling, individual counseling and much more, Go to http://newdaycounseling.org for more information. Today can be a new day for a new season of healing, wholeness, and blessings in your life!

Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living? ~Bob Marley

Change is inevitable. Progress is optional. ~Tony Robbins

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. ~George Bernard Shaw

Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives ~William James

The loss may be permanent, but it doesn't have to affect us permanently. We can accept what we cannot change and grow stronger.

Copyright 2013 All Rights Reserved. Written by Krystal Kuehn.
Co-founder of New Day Family Marriage Counseling & BeHappy4Life.com

For inspirational and educational ebooks by Krystal, go to: http://www.amazon.com/Krystal-Kuehn/e/B0074OI67O/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1
* You do NOT need a Kindle to read the ebooks! You can read them on ANY computer, smartphone or tablet using Amazon’s free software available here: http://amzn.to/QFexMk http://goo.gl/fisU2

Krystal Kuehn, MA, LPC, LLP, NCC is a licensed professional counselor, international best-selling author, teacher, and musician. She specializes in helping people live their best life now, reach their full potential, overcome barriers, heal from their past, and develop a lifestyle of health, happiness, and love. Krystal is the cofounder of NewDayCounseling.org

New Day Counseling is a family counseling center that provides professional counseling services for the entire family. We help parents, children, teens, families, individuals and couples. We offer couples therapy / marriage counseling, child therapy, adolescent counseling, anxiety counseling, depression counseling, divorce counseling, grief counseling, porn addiction counseling, substance abuse counseling. We also offer groups for anger counseling. Go to NewDayCounseling.org today for more information or call us at 248-649-8050. We are here to help, and we look forward to hearing from you.

Put an end to anger problems & regain control over your life today. Anger management classes help for personal, court, and business. For more info go to newdaycounseling.org or call 248-649-8050 to register today. * Anger management classes and/or individual anger counseling can be extremely supportive and helpful in equipping us with many tools for a better life.

DUI? Drunk Driving? Probation? Substance Abuse Problems? DUI Outpatient Counseling, Substance Abuse Evaluation & Alcohol Assessment help for court, business and personal. For more info to go newdaycounseling.org click here: substance abuse counseling or call 248-649-8050 today!

Trauma and Grief Support Group

Self-Esteem Group for Teen Girls (ages 13-17)
Teen girls learn to feel empowered, gain self-awareness, develop positive coping, and improve daily problem-solving skills. Through G.I.R.L.S. (Girls in Real Life Situations) counseling curriculum, group discussion, and fun activities, girls will learn more about themselves and be better equipped to handle Real Life Situations. Call 248-649-8050 today to register. For more information, click here. We also offer individual teenage counseling.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

How to Win in Life & Be Your Best

What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening and hoping, and you will hear no knocking. None at all. You are opportunity, and you must knock on the door leading to your destiny. You prepare yourself to recognize opportunity, to pursue and seize opportunity as you develop the strength of your personality and build a self-image with which you are able to live. ~Maxwell Maltz

Sometimes people wait their entire lives for the right doors to open for them. They wait passively hoping and wishing something will change. Out of the blue, things will turn around for them. They are good people. They deserve it. Maybe they had some bad breaks, but some day good fortune might suddenly fall into their laps. They just might get lucky, but until then their choices and inaction keep them in a discontented place. They wish they could have the success that others have. They can only imagine how nice it must be to have the opportunities others have. Very rarely, however, do they consider the cost of hard work, strong faith, determination, and persistance.

Most people who are successful in life have paid their dues. I am talking about truly successful people, not those who have things handed to them and do very little with their opportunities. Although there is nothing wrong with someone getting a good break because of a connection, that person will only experience the rewards of success when validated for their own efforts, investment, and talent. Until then, they may not feel genuinely successful or thankful regardless of how they appear to others. The rewards and self-confidence that come from growing, giving, and fulfilling your destiny can't be handed to you. True fulfillment and joy come from taking opportunities to be your best and live with purpose.

The good news is that we do not have to wait for opportunity to knock. We can recognize opportunity, pursue it, and seize it. We can start knocking on doors right now. We can take steps to move forward, change, improve, and fulfill our destiny. We can develop and practice successful habits today!! What are you waiting for?

Empowering Thoughts & Words of Wisdom:

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. ~Francois Bacon

Opportunities? They are all around us. There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it. ~Orison Swett Marden

It's the man who waits for his ship to come in who's always missing the boat. ~Anonymous

Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers. ~Anonymous

The trouble with opportunity is that it always comes disguised as hard work. ~Anonymous

Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases. ~Jeremy Collier

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now. ~Napoleon Hill

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. —Paul Valery

Copyright 2011 All Rights Reserved. Written by Krystal Kuehn.
Co-founder of New Day Family Marriage Counseling & BeHappy4Life.com

Krystal Kuehn, MA, LPC, LLP, NCC is a licensed professional counselor, international best-selling author, teacher, and musician. She specializes in helping people live their best life now, reach their full potential, overcome barriers, heal from their past, and develop a lifestyle of health, happiness, and love. Krystal is the cofounder of NewDayCounseling.org

New Day Counseling is a family counseling center that provides professional counseling services for the entire family. We help parents, children, teens, families, individuals and couples. We offer couples therapy / marriage counseling, child therapy, adolescent counseling, anxiety counseling, depression counseling, divorce counseling, grief counseling, porn addiction counseling, substance abuse counseling. We also offer groups for anger counseling. Go to NewDayCounseling.org today for more information or call us at 248-649-8050. We are here to help, and we look forward to hearing from you.

Put an end to anger problems & regain control over your life today. Anger management classes help for personal, court, and business. For more info go to newdaycounseling.org or call 248-649-8050 to register today. * Anger management classes and/or individual anger counseling can be extremely supportive and helpful in equipping us with many tools for a better life.

Trauma and Grief Support Group

Self-Esteem Group for Teen Girls (ages 13-17)
Teen girls learn to feel empowered, gain self-awareness, develop positive coping, and improve daily problem-solving skills. Through G.I.R.L.S. (Girls in Real Life Situations) counseling curriculum, group discussion, and fun activities, girls will learn more about themselves and be better equipped to handle Real Life Situations. Call 248-649-8050 today to register. For more information, click here. We also offer individual teenage counseling.

Think Like a Winner: How Renewing Your Mind with God's Word Empowers You to Win in Life

42 Simple Truths for a New Day: Live Each Day with a Winning Attitude

Giving Thanks: Why It Makes You Happy, Fills You with Peace & Changes Your Life!

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Monday, April 1, 2013

Making Peace with Your Past & Finding Freedom

The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself he becomes wise. ~Alden Nowlan

Are regrets, bad memories, or losses keeping you from enjoying each new day? Is the past keeping you from moving into the future with hope and anticipation?

I recently heard a man say that it was not until he made peace with his past that he truly began to live. It changed his life so drastically that everyone noticed there was something different about him. It was not until 20 years after losing his father that he began to grieve the loss for the first time. He finally allowed himself to face his past with all the anger and pain. There was so much that he missed out on. There were lost opportunities and things that would never be, so many regrets, poor choices, and bad experiences that would affect the rest of his life.

This man went through a process of acceptance and forgiveness. He felt the pain. He felt the anger. He mourned what was and could have been. And then, he released it. He made peace with his past, and he was ready to move on with his life. Suddenly, new opportunities before him became exciting. He began to fully appreciate what he had, the people in his life, and what he had become. He began to hope for a better and brighter future. He was ready to give more of himself to others. And he began to enjoy his life more and more.

For the first time since he could remember, he felt free—free of burdens from the past, free of unresolved pain, free of bitterness and self-pity. He was free indeed! He was free to enjoy his life, his family, and all that he had like never before. The past would no longer steal his joy and hope. It could not hold him back, and it was not going to keep him down any longer.

Is your past keeping you from fully enjoying your life? Sometimes we do not stop and think about it. Just like the man described above, we might have regrets, unresolved pain, sorrow, anger, or unforgiveness. These things keep us bound to the past. The past does not have to negatively influence our future. We can release it as we face it, deal with the emotions, come to accept what was and now is, and forgive our past.

Making peace with our past will lead us to experience healing, wholeness, and freedom to live our life with true joy. Every day is a new day to appreciate and enjoy. We do not have to allow our past to keep us from being truly happy today. Choose to be free and take the necessary steps to be free now. (We might want to have a professional counselor help us go through this process.)

Following are questions to reflect on and steps to take in making peace with our past:

1. Face your past. What are your regrets? What caused or still causes you pain? What are your losses? Have you grieved them?

2. Face your feelings. Does your past make you angry, sad, feel bad about yourself, bitter, damaged, cheated?

3. Forgive your past. Do you have any bitterness, hatred, or unforgiveness towards anyone (including yourself)? Why are you holding on to it? What would it take for you to release it and free yourself from its control in your life?

4. Accept your past. When we cannot change something, the healthiest thing we can do is accept it. Can you accept your past? What have you learned from it? How can it change you for the better?

5. Make peace with your past and be free. When your past no longer controls your life—your peace, your hope, attitude, relationships, ability to love others, give and share of yourself, dream, believe, and trust once again, then you are free!

It is my hope that this has helped you in making peace with your past, and in looking forward to better days ahead!

Krystal

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.

He who spends time regretting the past, loses the present and risks the future. ~Quevedo

Regret is an appalling waste of energy --you can't build on it. It's only good for wallowing in. ~Katherine Mansfield

Your memory replays your past; your imagination replays your future. ~Mike Murdock

Copyright © 2007 Krystal Kuehn BeHappy4Life.com NewDayCounseling.org All Rights Reserved

Krystal Kuehn, MA, LPC, LLP, NCC is a licensed professional counselor, international best-selling author, teacher, and musician. She specializes in helping people live their best life now, reach their full potential, overcome barriers, heal from their past, and develop a lifestyle of health, happiness, and love. Krystal is the cofounder of NewDayCounseling.org

New Day Counseling is a family counseling center that provides professional counseling services for the entire family. We help parents, children, teens, families, individuals and couples. We offer couples therapy / marriage counseling, child therapy, adolescent counseling, anxiety counseling, depression counseling, divorce counseling, grief counseling, porn addiction counseling, substance abuse counseling. We also offer groups for anger counseling. Go to NewDayCounseling.org today for more information or call us at 248-649-8050. We are here to help, and we look forward to hearing from you.

Put an end to anger problems & regain control over your life today. Anger management classes help for personal, court, and business. For more info go to newdaycounseling.org or call 248-649-8050 to register today. * Anger management classes and/or individual anger counseling can be extremely supportive and helpful in equipping us with many tools for a better life.

Love and Logic Parenting Classes help you with the most important job there is! You can learn practical tools & techniques for effective discipline, better communication, appropriate boundaries, healthy decision-making, & respectful adult-child relationships. Workshops are available at New Day Counseling in Troy. For more information or to register online go to: Love and Logic Parenting Class or call 248-649-8050.

Self-Esteem Group for Teen Girls (ages 13-17)
Teen girls learn to feel empowered, gain self-awareness, develop positive coping, and improve daily problem-solving skills. Through G.I.R.L.S. (Girls in Real Life Situations) counseling curriculum, group discussion, and fun activities, girls will learn more about themselves and be better equipped to handle Real Life Situations. Call 248-649-8050 today to register. For more information, click here. We also offer individual teenage counseling.

Helpful Resources:

God’s Promises in 8 Key Life Areas That Will Change Your Life

42 Simple Truths for a New Day: Live Each Day with a Winning Attitude

Anger Management: What You Need to Know When Dealing with Anger

Depression - Breaking Free From Its Grip

10 Keys to Happy & Loving Relationships

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