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Navigating Relationship Gridlock: How to Deal with Relationship Issues That Cannot be Resolved
Do you and your spouse have an issue you cannot work out no matter how hard you try? You have likely experienced “emotional gridlock.” Signs of gridlock include feeling like you are talking to a brick wall, feeling you are never heard, and even feeling your marriage...
So You Have an Anger Problem, Deal With It: How to Manage Anger and Prevent It from Ruining Your Life
If you want to know what someone is like under stress, put them on dial-up internet and see how they react. –Unknown Have you ever been so angry you knew you were out of control but could not stop? Anger is one of the most powerful emotions you can...
How to Train your Inner Dragon: Mastering Panic Attacks and Anxiety
What are the qualities of dragons? Most myths say they are unpredictable. Panic is similar. Panic attacks are one of the most powerful forms of anxiety, affecting nearly 1 in 50 people, twice as many women as men. Dragons are an apt symbol for panic because, like...
The Rainmaker: The Problem with Families and How to Transform Yours
“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” begins Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. I think Tolstoy meant that unhappy family memories are uniquely your own. Even though decades may have passed, these memories can resist the effects...
Screaming Out Loud: The Change Process and Dealing with Trauma Nightmares
You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. –Christopher Robin to Winnie the Pooh How have you experienced significant change in your life? Often, change is an incremental process of small steps over an extended...