It happens in marriages; it happens in families. It happens at work, school and in your community. Problems. There are always problems. News alert: There will always be problems… If you see them as problems. In my book, Pathological Positivity, I talk about “propportunities.” Instead of seeing a problem, see an opportunity. Changing the name gets our […]
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Take Control of You and Your Home I promise myself I am not going to yell and do good for a day or so, then find myself back in my bad habits, help me to stop. I hear myself yelling and it reminds me of my mom. I don’t want to raise my kids like
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Hello Friends, There are many things about the Christmas Season that I look forward to and you may also. Decorating our tree. Buying gifts for family and friends. Seeing light displays. Hearing Vicki sing in her Christmas Chorale. Reading Christmas books to the grandkids. Decorating gingerbread houses. Eating Christmas cookies. Connecting with friends and family
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In my Merry Christmas Email (and I hope you all had a Merry Christmas), I talked about The Feeling of Christmas. The Feeling is something I write about in Chapter 3 of my book, Pathological Positivity. The Feeling is a universally sought-after emotional state. We seek love, why? To have The Feeling. We seek money,
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Remember the mood ring? You put the ring on your finger and watched the stone change color. It would tell you what you were feeling. It sounds so silly now, especially since I have learned so much about the brain, but it was fun. Recently I heard someone talking about the mood of America and
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Recently I wrote a post about how we were meant to change. We are not meant to stay the way we are, but are constantly evolving, hopefully for the better as we have experiences and figure things out. As I work with people who want to make changes, they usually want a huge change and
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I was trained as a traditional psychologist, so I practiced like one. My patients were taught how to be a patient so they made an appointment, showed up, we talked for 50 minutes and they made another appointment on the way out. What I have discovered is that there are other ways to be a
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I like hacks. Not the kind of hack that gets personal and sensitive data from a computer system. I like the hacks that help us cut through thick things. Small hacks, help to cut through to what is really vital. Like when it seems there are 5 balls being thrown at you at the same
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Effects of the Pandemic Spouse, Ex, Children, In-laws Finances Work or lack thereof Politics War It is easy to see why so many people (and you may be one of them) are suffering from stress. The right kind of stress can actually motivate us, but chronic stress is when we perceive that the demands being
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“There is no comfort in change and no change in comfort.” Since the last 16 months have been full of times of discomfort we should have grown a lot. This may not have happened. While I love the quote and think it is true that there is discomfort in change, there is a piece missing.
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