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What If My Racist Family Rejects My Girlfriend and Her Kids? July 10, 2015 . 2 Comments
Thank you for reaching out with such a powerful and important question. I commend you for taking the time and being thoughtful, considerate, and deliberate in planning your course of action ... Read More
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When Your Partner’s Opposites Aren’t So Attractive Anymore
July 10, 2015 .
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There’s a reason you and your partner can’t agree. It’s because you started out as opposites. And opposites attract. So annoying, right? But you are in excellent company ... Read More
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After Divorce: When Children Resist Seeing One Parent
July 9, 2015 .
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Amid or following divorce or separation, some families face the issue of one or more children refusing to be in contact with one of the parents. While the dynamics of any family experiencing ... Read More
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Tug-of-War of Trauma Recovery: Our Inside and Outside Selves
July 9, 2015 .
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We may have experienced various traumatic experiences in childhood, whether it be abuse, neglect, abandonment, or ongoing misattunements from caregivers that impact our ability to feel ... Read More
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Just Say No? A Guide to Setting Limits with Your Child
July 8, 2015 .
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It’s a commonly held belief that while our parents’ generation failed to pay enough attention to our thoughts and feelings as children, our generation cares too much about our children’s ... Read More
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The Expectation Trap: How Wanting Is Making You Angry
July 7, 2015 .
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In my articles on anger management, I frequently talk about how anger gets disguised as another emotion. Conversely, I also emphasize the reverse: other emotions left unnoticed and unacknowledged ... Read More
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Help! My Husband Is Putting His Hobby Before Our Marriage July 3, 2015 . 12 Comments
It sounds like you are feeling very alone in your marriage. Understandably, that is causing you great pain. I imagine your husband’s rather disinterested, even cold, response to your ... Read More
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Are You Obsessed with the Idea of a Fairy Tale Relationship?
July 3, 2015 .
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Many little girls grow up dreaming of being in a fairy tale relationship, being swept off their feet by the perfect gentleman and living happily ever after. As boys get older, they, too, ... Read More
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Painful Lessons: Discovering the Gifts in Our Suffering
July 2, 2015 .
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As human beings, we have all had to deal with our share of suffering. The causes of our suffering may change, but the experience remains the same. For some, their struggle may be with depression, ... Read More
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Win Some, Lose Some: How Baseball Mirrors the Game of Life
June 30, 2015 .
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For those of us in the United States, baseball season is well under way, with the major league season at its midpoint. I love baseball season—warm sunshine, the smell of freshly cut grass, ... Read More
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Are You Stunting Your Kids’ Transition into Adulthood?
June 30, 2015 .
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Why is it that, in today’s society, parents have so much difficulty getting their kids to transition into adulthood? How is it that many parents find that their kids are seemingly incapable ... Read More
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Powerlessness: Learning to Live with the Unchangeable
June 30, 2015 .
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Most of the people who come to my office are contemplating a life change or trying to feel better about one that happened recently. They feel stressed and unsure about decisions they have ... Read More