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“Tis the season to be stressed….and ways to fix it”. Take this quick inventory to assess your stress. This…
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Are You a Perfectionist?
Almost everyone pursues perfection – doing the best job you can, setting goals and working hard to reach them, maintaining…
Raising Compassionate Kids
How to raise kids who are kind and considerate is a hot topic these days. With so much bullying happening…
Top 10 Things Your Children Need from You
As much as we might wish for a parenting manual, with exact instructions based on proven scientific methodology, the truth…
The Road to Forgiveness is a Journey Toward Freedom
“If unresolved anger is a toxin to the spirit, forgiveness is the antidote”, wroteBrian Luke Seaward in his book, Stand Like…
Blended Families
All relationships have their complications, but stepfamilies create a web of relationships and inter-relationships that make the average spider’s overnight…
Do You Fight Fairly?
Most of us would avoid fighting if we could. After all, it’s not very comfortable. However, personal growth is often…
Confidence and Self-Respect Through Conflict
Question: Would you rather go to the dentist for a root canal or go to a friend and confront her…
The Process of Creating a “self”
DIFFERENTIATION The process of creating a “self” A relationship, by definition, requires more than one person. It is the state…
THE TOP TEN WAYS TO SABOTAGE YOUR RELATIONSHIP
THE TOP TEN WAYS TO SABOTAGE YOUR RELATIONSHIP Martha Jackson Oppeneer, D.Min., Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Speak for each…
Quiz: How Well Do You Handle Fear?
At its best, fear is an instinctive, natural ability to help us survive. At its worst, it’s that nagging voice…
Learning to Live With (and Love) Yourself
Mary thinks she’d be happy if she could just change her weight, her looks and her job. Sean believes that…
New Year’s Resolutions
How To Make Them So You Can Keep Them For the past four years, Betty has made a New Year’s…
Four Tips for Keeping the Holidays Happy
Perhaps nothing in our lives provides as much predictable ambivalence as the onset of the holidays. On one hand, we…
New Study Suggests Depression May Make You Age Faster
When you suffer from depression, it impacts your body and brain in very real ways. And now, according to a…
Why Therapy? Exploring the Strengths of Seeking Help
Long before there were therapists, there were family members. Grandpa and Aunt Jane listened, or gave us advice, or sometimes…
How Well Are You Listening to Your Children (or Others)?
When our children come to us with a problem, we usually want to help them. So we console, interpret, advise,…