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As I reflect back on 2011 which was a mixed bag of growth and unrelenting stress, I ‘m thinking about the people in my life that impact it in a positive way. I’ve written about negative relationships and how it’s not doing anyone a favor to maintain those but what about the people in your [...]
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What a title for a blog! My son and I have a lot of laughs together. Our sense of humor is warped at the best of times but in this case we were discussing toxic people who are from our past. It’s normal that we all have friendships and lovers that are no longer part [...]
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I’ll start the week with my own comment since no one commented on last week’s blog - “Counseling - Could You Use Some Help?“. I mean NO ONE. I think asking for help is a growth experience and even though no one commented on it, I hope you read it and stored it away for [...]
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My inspiration for my weekly blog topic can come from anywhere and I do mean anywhere. This week I was driving back from the store past the office of the Psychotherapist I went to see last year. Since you already know almost all the intimate details of my life, why stop now! I do still [...]
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When I got divorced I had to be with people especially on Friday and Saturday nights. I was already feeling like a loser so not having something to do on the weekend confirmed this belief. I had joint custody with my ex-husband so I had the boys one week out of two. Since they were [...]
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Listen up girls and boys. I could not love my husband more than I do; he is a wonderful man and we are very happy together. What I have learned in this second marriage is that love and money don’t have to mix. In my first marriage when I was 20 I gave up my [...]
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I am a huge believer in gratitude. There are always things we want (perhaps even need) but if we focus on what we have rather than what we don’t, we are much happier people. No one has a perfect life - that wouldn’t be much of a challenge, would it?
Here is something I [...]
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Recently while pursuing some much needed psychotherapy on how to manage my relationships with my grown children, my therapist started by identifying that in life there are givers and takers and if you haven’t already guessed, I’m a serious - perhaps terminal giver.
I always thought giving was a good thing but I soon learned that [...]
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