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Compliant Children of Divorce: Unwanted Lessons Learned
Children of divorce probably watch their parents lead by example more closely than the general population of children. Why? Because they simply do not know what to do, what to say, or how to feel. They may have heard the word “divorce”, but may have very limited internal resources with which they can make sense of the concept. Continue reading
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Tagged alternative dispute resolution, children, coach, collaboration, conflict, death, divorce, family, family law, feelings, health, inspiration, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, mental health, parenting, recovery, relationships, resilience, stress, victims
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Holiday Stress: Not Very Merry
The American Psychological Association conducted a study in 2006 and found that while 78% of respondents reported feeling often happy around the holidays, about two-thirds sometimes or often felt stressed and fatigued. Continue reading
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Tagged anger, anxiety, children, conflict, family, feelings, health, holiday blues, holiday stress, holidays, mental health, peace, recovery, relationships, resilience, stress, trauma, work, worry
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The Precious Spirit of Aloha
Aloha is a commonly used word for “hello” and “good-bye” that we say when we are fortunate enough to visit the Hawaiian Islands. However, “Aloha” means much more than hello or good-bye. Aloha is an extension of your loving inner spirit and it leads us to a powerful way to resolve a problem, accomplish a goal, and to reach a peaceful state of mind. Continue reading
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Tagged anger management, anxiety, calm, communication, feelings, health, inspiration, peace, recovery, spirituality, stress
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Love and the Long Hot Summer
Sometimes our love-relationships are like the long, hot desert summer. Love can be intense and searing with hot passion. It can include dry spells that leave us, as partners, quenching for replenishment. Continue reading
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Tagged anger, anxiety, communication, conflict, dust storm, family law, feelings, haboob, health, lawyer, love, love affairs, mental health, monsoon, stress
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Relationships: Disappointment Redefined
Disappointment occurs so frequently in the area of dating and love relationships; a person deserves to perceive it as a blessing rather than a burden. Continue reading
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Tagged anger, anxiety, broken heart, coach, communication, dating, disappointment, divorce, feelings, heaking recovery, health, mental health, peace, rejection, relationships
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Anger Management: Pity and the Pedestal
Some people substitute pity and the pedestal for their own legitimate experience of anger at someone’s bad behavior. Continue reading
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Tagged alternative dispute resolution, anger, anger management, anxiety, communication, conflict, depression, divorce, family, feelings, frustration, health, mad, mental health, parenting, peace, trauma, victims, violence
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My Mother’s Father: A Deliberate and Gentle Life
This Father’s day, my mind does not go to my late father who literally ran himself into an early grave by overdoing anything and everything he did. God rest his soul; he lived addictively and it cost him his life. … Continue reading
Posted in The Bridge to I Am, Uncategorized
Tagged baby-boomers, children, family, fathers, feelings, grandfathers, health, parents, peace
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Cheating in Relationships: I Thought I Saw a Mouse!
Remember that cheating is a symptom of some unaddressed issue in your relationship that deserves immediate attention. Carrying on about the affair distracts you from identifying this crucial relationship concern. Whether you stay in the relationship or not, you need this information in order to grow as you move forward. Continue reading
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Tagged affairs, anger, anxiety, cheating, conflict, divorce, extramarital affairs, family, family law, feelings, health, mental health, parenting, trauma
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Mothers Know Compassion as the Purest Form of Love
Compassion is very dear, greatly valued and becoming so increasingly rare; people would pay high hourly rates to mental health professionals just to get some. Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, children, dispute, family, feelings, heal, health, mental health, mothers, peace, recovery, suffering, trauma, victims
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Statistics on Depression are Depressing
Sounds like it is time to discuss depression as an occurrence that might be described as heading in the direction of an epidemic. Continue reading
