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Fighting Well
Fighting WellWhile fighting with your spouse, parents, teenager, or best friend might not be an enjoyable experience, it is an inevitable one. Conflicts will arise, you and your loved one(s) will disagree on something, or just get on one another’s nerves, and a fight...
PT 3 Cultivating Intimacy in Marriage: Communication
Communication between people can be difficult, and communication between couples can be a whole other level of difficult. Why is that? Shouldn’t communication be easier between people who love each other? Let’s look at why it’s sometimes harder for couples to...
Is E-Therapy A Good Idea for Me?
Even though you may not have heard the term “E-Therapy” before, you've probably heard of the different terms that fall under the terminology like “internet counseling”, “online therapy”, “telepsychology”, or “online counseling”. Basically any form of mental health...
How to Support the People You Care About When You Don’t Know What to Say
At one point or another (or more likely, at lots of points!), we’ve all needed someone to comfort us when the events of life leave us reeling. We’ve also all probably found ourselves in a place where someone else needed our comfort, and we needed to be the comforter....
Are We All Addicted to the Internet?
How many times have you used the internet today? A better question may be, how long have you used the internet today? It is quite an understatement to say the internet is a vital tool for many of us today. Even if we do not use it for social media, news, or...
Holiday Blues & How to Manage Them
The holidays can cause a great deal of distress for many, so let’s explore how to practice an inner sense of yourself at peace this holiday season and battle those holiday blues.As the holidays quickly approach, we will spend more money, eat more food, see family,...
What is our Emotional Intelligence?
How well do you understand your emotions? How well do you manage your emotions in ways to relieve stress? These are some of the abilities we can describe as Emotional Intelligence. Many people are familiar with the term IQ or Intelligence Quotient, but the idea of...
I’ll Do It Later: The Problem of Procrastination
Many of us are probably not as efficient as we could be because we put off responsibilities or procrastinate. Some of you may be procrastinating by reading this blog! Procrastination is something everyone in the world deals with at some point. For some, it is a rare...
Tips on Recovering and Hoping in the Midst of Childhood Emotional Neglect
How we were cared for as infants and children, has a disproportionate effect on how we relate to others in adulthood. In the previous two parts of the emotional neglect series, I’ve written about what it is and how it can show up as signs and symptoms to pay attention...
10 Signs of Experiencing Emotional Neglect: Recognizing Symptoms
“I don’t really know who I am, what I like, or what I want.” “I don’t know how to say no without feeling guilty, but then eventually I feel resentful.” “I know I had a good childhood, I don’t know why I’m not happier.” These statements are common for individuals with...