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Is Therapy Right for Me? 8 Signs You Should Seek Counseling
November 30, 2015 .
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In our fast-paced society, more and more people find it challenging to juggle unrealistic work and home life demands. We frequently have to deal with high levels of daily stress, which ... Read More
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What Keeps People from Pursuing Their Hopes and Dreams?
November 30, 2015 .
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I want to be loved. I want to be fit. I want to have a job I’m proud of. We all have hopes and dreams, but sometimes we take too little action to make them come true. What is it that ... Read More
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How Mindfulness Helps Soldiers Before and After Combat
November 27, 2015 .
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Research on mindfulness shows that it can be beneficial for improving a person’s attention, mood, pain tolerance, and immune function. It can also be used to reduce stress and increase ... Read More
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I Don’t Like, Admire, or Value Myself
November 24, 2015 .
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What is it that many people who struggle with individuating have in common? In many cases, it’s lacking the ability to like, admire, and value themselves. Without that capacity, they ... Read More
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Bah Humbug! Am I a Bad Person for Hating the Holidays? November 20, 2015 . 34 Comments
You are not alone—not everybody loves the holidays, and plenty of people hate them. Thanksgiving is only round one. Not long after, you get socked with a real haymaker, the endgame (literally, ... Read More
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4 Ways to Heal the ‘Homesickness’ That Follows Divorce
November 19, 2015 .
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One of the most profound injuries of divorce and the end of a marriage is the loss of a sense of place. Marriage touches on our deepest sense of belonging, and without that grounded experience ... Read More
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The Myth of the Male Midlife Crisis
November 18, 2015 .
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As a psychotherapist who helps a lot of middle-aged men, I have learned that, as with so many pop psychology clichés, there is much more to the male “midlife crisis” than meets ... Read More
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Codependency and Parenting: Break the Cycle in Your Family
November 17, 2015 .
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There are some common misunderstandings about what codependency is. It used to be that when one heard the term codependency, it was associated with being in a relationship with someone ... Read More
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What You’re Not Saying When You Ask If Your Partner Is Angry
November 16, 2015 .
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Several minutes after I had asked my husband to skip the gym so we could go straight to a “Fall Fun Festival,” I could tell something wasn’t right. His answers to my questions were ... Read More
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Help! My Girlfriend Keeps Making Her Pets My Problem November 13, 2015 . 4 Comments
Before I try to answer your question, I have to come clean. When my husband Mark and I first met 30 years ago I lived with a 7-year-old boy, two snakes, two cats, a dog, a bunch of tropical ... Read More
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How to Understand and Address Adolescent Sexting
November 13, 2015 .
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One of the most difficult issues I see today for parents is sexting—the sending of sexually explicit messages, pictures, or videos via text message. Texting in general has only existed ... Read More
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8 Ways Highly Sensitive People Make the World a Better Place
November 12, 2015 .
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Sensitivity is often referred to in a negative context. Phrases such as “You’re too sensitive” can be commonplace when someone expresses strong emotions. Much of American society ... Read More