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Lessons from Lars and the Real Girl for World Mental Health Day
I was thinking about how to celebrate World Mental Health Day today. If I could make a wish that might make the world better for people suffering from mental illness, what would my wish be? I’m not...
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The Myth of Happily Ever After
We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and...
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Practice Gratitude: A Thanksgiving Reminder
“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was thank you, that would suffice.” -Meister Eckhart When Thanksgiving arrives each year, just as the number of turkeys, stuffing mixes, green beans,...
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Embracing Change, The Great Teacher
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” -Andre Gide What do things like asking loved ones for advice, reading stacks of self-help books, taking classes,...
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Give the Gift of Laughter This Year
“Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing.” -Mark Twain Every year, at this time of year, tensions mount. The arrival of the gift-giving holidays like Christmas and Hanukkah (“What should I get my...
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Teach Children the Gift of Giving
“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” -Winston Churchill “Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.” -Gautama Buddha...
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Learning to Live One Day at a Time
“The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.” -Abraham Lincoln Each January, when the next year unfolds, we...
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Healthy Families Take Time and Tending
“When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the...
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4 Ways to Build Strength and Resilience
“In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.” -Psychologist Albert Bandura Given that...
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5 Lessons Heroes Teach Us About Resilience
“You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces – my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through...
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6 Tips to Keep You From Falling Out of Love
“To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you’re wrong, admit it; whenever you’re right, shut up.” -Ogden Nash Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess who was...
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The Healing Power of Nature
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” ~John Muir In my last blog on the growing numbers of kids being...
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What Do Men & Women Want More Of In Their Marriages?
Do you know what the number one answer is? Are you sure? Let’s be honest. Did you guess that men want more sex and that women want more help with the housework? While certainly both of those claims are...
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3 Steps for Befriending Emotional Triggers (Or How To Get Your Brain Back)
“If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.” -Pema Chodron In the last blog, we learned about what causes emotional triggers–or even worse–a...
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When Cognitive Techniques Aren’t Enough: 5 Practices To Fight Stress
“To use fear as the friend it is, we must retrain and reprogram ourselves. We must persistently and convincingly tell ourselves that the fear is here–with its gift of energy and heightened awareness–so...
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If Your Emotions are Boiling Over or Buried Deep…
“There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emotion.” - Carl Jung As a psychotherapist, I am constantly struck by how little the average person knows about...
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8 Tips to Help You Laugh Your Way to Health and Happiness
“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.” -Kurt Vonnegut If you are a parent, think about the...
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Why Do Fools Fall in Love? Our Brains Have Some Answers.
There are probably more books written, more movies made, and more opinions offered about love and relationships than just about anything else. From poets to scientists, everyone chimes in with an...
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Create an Attitude of Gratitude
“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” – Albert Schweitzer...
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The ABC’s of Mental Health and Happiness
How well do you know your ABC’s of mental health and happiness? Let’s start at the very beginning–although you will see that the alphabet of skills below is really a circle that starts and ends...
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