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What is a Codependent Relationship? Look For These Signs
A codependent relationship is defined as dependency on the approval of another person for your self-worth and identity. The behavior pattern of a...
Premarital Counseling: How to Make Sure You’re Both on the Same Page
Everyone involved in constructing a building has to go by the same plans. If not, it can become a complete disaster. The same is true for a...
Are you just blue or are you depressed? 10 Signs of Depression
Depression is common illness and is serious: One in 10 adults report experiencing depression at some time in their life. This is not just feeling...
Do You Feel More Like Roommates? Five Ways to Reconnect With Your Partner
Has your relationship between you and your partner become stale and routine? Does it feel like you have a friendly (or not so friendly)...
Are You Emotionally Healthy?
I had the opportunity to watch a “chick flick” (I love deep ones with lots of character development) with 3 of my good friends last weekend. ...
How Can Therapy Help Me?
If you are suffering from depression or anxiety you want to know how to relieve the symptoms of fatigue, sadness, hopelessness or the feelings of...
What Fills Your Tank?
Memorial Day weekend was coming up and I had three days off to decide what to do with. Because I am balancing a job and my counseling...
What’s Your Word?
Brene Brown quote At the beginning of the year, a word kept popping up for me and I decided it would be my word for the year. That word is...
Characteristics of an Abusive Family Upbringing
Many adults wonder why they feel anxious, depressed, lonely, struggle with addictions or troubled relationships, are self- critical, have low...
How to Speak So That You are Heard
Previously, I focused on the part of communication involving listening. The focus of this article is “How to Speak So that You are...
Help for Communication: More on The Art of Listening
So, last month I talked about the blocks to listening. There is more to listening though, than just being aware of your blocks. So here...
5 Blocks to Listening in Your Love Relationship
Have you ever been talking for awhile and noticed that the person you were talking to wasn't paying attention? An especially irritating...
What is a Healthy Marriage Relationship?
I have been talking to quite a few clients lately who describe their relationship as "verbally abusive." I previously wrote a blog on what a...
Are You in a Verbally Abusive Relationship?
Are you in a Verbally Abusive Relationship?A scientist conducted an experiment. She put frog number one into a pan of very hot water. ...
How to Treat Each Other with Respect
Why is it that when we get married or are in a relationship that we forget the common rules of respecting one another? It's an easy trap to...
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