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How to end an argument among couples
Everyone knows how to start an argument but do you know how to end it? Knowing when and how to terminate an argument is crucial to your ongoing marital bliss. Of Course gaining tools how to fight is important, however this blog features the end phase of an argument....
Addiction to Fear
We are all familiar with drug addiction, sex addiction even shopping addiction. We accept these addictions as legitimate and once identify them in ourselves we usually seek treatment. Why not fear addiction? This is much more difficult to spot by ourselves and our...
Anxiety Game
Last couple of years were dominated by Hunger Games novels and movie. The first book opens with children being selected to fight till the end. The anxiety the characters feel during the selection process is extremely intense and all to familiar. According the National...
Guilt vs Remorse: Understanding the Key Differences
One of the crucial differences between guilt and remorse is that while guilt can lead to self destructive tendencies, remorse usually materializes constructive action. Guilt is a useless emotion that reinforces self punishment or sabotage and often leads to shame. Top...
Tomato
Sometimes (let’s admit it - most of the time) our partner does something that we take issue with. Very often I hear the following behavior being addressed in couples counseling: - “He always has the last word” - “She manages my time with ‘honey do list’” - “My wife is...
Momentum
Momentum plays a large part in life. When negative things happen in your life, it seems that everything else starts to go wrong as well. However, when you begin your day on a positive foot, the rest of the day feels positive. Similar thoughts attract each other and...
Girl friends
I cannot prescribe medication, however my prescription for happiness pad includes friendships. Men and women gather and retain friends differently. This blog will focus on women. Specifically how to meet, cultivate and retain friendships. Every 7 years women replace...
Authentic Self
We always hear “just be yourself”. What if you played a role for years and it brought you success in form of love, money, career - but not happiness. Do you continue to your oscar award winning performance or find yourself and become authentic. One can hold a glass of...
Infidelity
For the purpose of this blog, infidelity breach is defined as a broken promise for exclusivity in a relationship where a commitment was made. Open relationships will be excluded from this discussion. Therapy provides a safe arena to share thoughts and feelings that...