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Three Tips for Being More Positive
In coaching, marriage counseling and psychotherapy I find many clients whose goal is to be happier. They want more meaning, peace, or enjoyment and they want to get out of their loneness, depression and unhappy life. Some of these people are clinically depressed but most of them …
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Reflect and Direct Yourself into the Coming Year
Give yourself the gift of some reflection time this holiday season. I love to take time between Christmas and New Years to think about what I have accomplished this past year. I look at the challenges and the successes, what I have learned, what I have to …
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The Key to Holiday Happiness
What do you do to make yourself happy during the holidays? This is a time for family, love, good times, happy feelings, and nothing should interfere with these expectations. However, the reality is that many people struggle getting in a good mood, having a decent time, let …
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What Can You Do Instead of Criticizing?
Peace or Turmoil? I’d like to offer you some ideas today which can calm your thoughts and emotions while offering you an opportunity to experience peace instead of turmoil. Many clients in my marriage counseling practice want help in creating a better marriage, better relationships …
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5 Ways to Increase Intimacy in Your Marriage
The Intimacy Project By D’Arcy Vanderpool, MA, MFT, PCC George and I have recently returned from an amazing vacation to Europe admiring castles, visiting palaces and museums, walking along cobblestone streets in medieval towns, experiencing awe in cathedrals and churches, and eating too much gourmet food paired …
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Secret to Happiness: Take Care of Your Needs and Wants First
So often in marriage counseling clients seem to miss something big. They are often complaining about their spouse or their children or even their boss; in the process of those complaints and negativity, they are missing the focus on themselves. Fixing our problems or emotions …
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Friendships Give Us Health and Happiness
We all take friendships for granted. As we go through life we stop making time for friends, we get busy with families and careers, and we neglect friends. Often we lose track of people, don’t return phone calls, stop the holiday cards, forget birthdays, and stay busy with …
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