10 Keys to a Happy Loving Family
“Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we’re holding back. They teach us to perk up and lean in when we feel we’d rather collapse and back away. They’re like messengers that show us, with […]
Continue reading...“Feelings are what connect us to life and to one another. To be able to feel is one of the extraordinary gifts of humanity. To neither suppress our feelings nor be caught by them but to withstand them, that is the art.” […]
Continue reading...Bank of Books Bookstore 748 E. Main St. Ventura, CA Saturday, January 14, 2-3 PM How’s Your Family Really Doing? 10 Keys to a Happy Loving Family Don MacMannis, Ph.D., and Debra Manchester MacMannis, M.S.W., will be doing a book signing for How’s Your Family Really Doing? 10 Keys to a Happy Loving Family. This […]
Continue reading...Effective communication is one of the cornerstones of relationship. It is the means by which we form connections with others, work out inevitable conflicts that arise, make plans for the future, collaborate on a project, or achieve greater intimacy. It can be far more difficult than any of us first imagined. After all, we’ve been […]
Continue reading...Countless people suffer from social anxiety. Some people get uncomfortable speaking to strangers, while others are comfortable with small talk but are overwhelmed when having more emotional or intimate conversations. If you, or someone you love, struggles with finding and maintaining relationships, and you think that communication may be at the root, Alan Garner’s book, Conversationally Speaking: […]
Continue reading...“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling uncomfortable, unhappy or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.” […]
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