How To Be Happy
Create happiness by breathing, transforming your thinking, and smiling.
Personality Differences
Knowing the differences in personalities is vitally important to the health of your relationships. Just as we are born with a preference to use our left hand or right hand, so also we are born with preferences toward different personality traits. This affects how we make decisions, what kind of information we pay attention to [...]
Depression – Use your struggle to grow
Depression effects many people at different times in their lives. Depression can be circumstantial, genetically-based, linked to other illness (chronic pain, heart disease . . .) and it can be experienced by men and women alike, but differently.
Men typically experience depression symptoms that include but are not limited to: lack of motivation or energy, isolating [...]
Making Your Marriage a Good One
When you are committed to your spouse, it is wise to remember that your relationship will have good times as well as difficult times. Sticking it out during the difficult times quite often will pay off and lead to renewed good times again. Statistics show that couples who stay together during these hard times, when [...]
Change your Thoughts, Change your Feelings
Prevent depression, anxiety, overwhelm, and many other pesky emotional problems by taking a long hard look at the thoughts that zip through your brain all day long. Start by becoming a compassionate observer of your thoughts. When something bothers you, pause and take a good listen to what is going through your mind. Write down [...]
Want a child’s behavior to change? Here’s how.
Are you tired of reminding your kids to pick up their stuff from the floor, brush their teeth, do their homework, and feed the cat/dog? Do you find yourself nagging them because they don’t remember to do these things on their own? There are two things that must happen to change this around. 1. you [...]
Preparing for Holiday Emotions
In the month of December, we are all preparing for holiday parties, family gatherings, gift-giving, and other celebratory things. Even if you are feeling excitment and anticipation about the holidays, these positive emotions can bring stress to our mind-body systems. Then there are the negative emotions that can be activated. Our family gatherings can bring [...]
Economy’s effect on relationships
This past year has been a difficult one economically. Unfortunately, this has also taken a toll on our relationships. Marriages are strained, parent-child relationships are tense – especially with the upcoming holidays. Holidays typically mean buying food and gifts, throwing or attending parties. With the difficult economy, many people are feeling the pressure of having [...]
Taming Anxiety
Thanksgiving is just around the corner and some of us may be dealing with a little pre-holiday anxiety. There is so much to plan and do to get ready for the big meal, the family gathering, and the decisions about how to divide your time among relatives. . . Help is at hand. Take time, [...]
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With Thanksgiving right around the corner, its a good time to think about how to get along with your relatives. For many people, the holidays are a joyous occasion filled with food, fun, and people they love. How is it that those people we love can trigger in us so many different emotions? Whenever we [...]
