10 Keys to a Happy Loving Family
“The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth or privilege.” -Charles Kuralt Myth #1: Kids from wealthy families have fewer emotional and behavioral problems. It is well known from decades of research that children growing up in harsh, dangerous and impoverished neighborhoods are at considerably higher risk for […]
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“I wonder why progress always looks so much like destruction.” -John Steinbeck What do things like asking loved ones for advice, reading stacks of self-help books, taking classes, searching for a good therapist, or hours of web-searching all have in common? You probably guessed it. There is something the seeker wishes to change. As a […]
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“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.” -Anna Quindlen Would you like to be able to answer yes to the following questions? Would you like your partner to answer yes? Your children? Do you prefer to be organized and disciplined? Is […]
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“I have to be alone very often. I’d be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That’s how I refuel.” -Audrey Hepburn Sam and Heather arrive in marriage counseling discouraged, frustrated, and at wits’ end with one another. Heather feels like Sam has abandoned her, preferring to spend […]
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“If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.” -Pema Chodron In the last blog, we learned about what causes emotional triggers–or even worse–a full-blown amygdala highjacking. Sounds a bit like a terrorist attack–only it’s coming from inside your brain. Just knowing that everyone gets […]
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“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our happiness.” -Victor Frankl Have you ever walked into your parents’ house as a mature adult and suddenly turned into a rebellious teenager? Or suddenly burst […]
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