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Stress & Emotions
The EQ of Relationships
September 14, 2010

We’re social creatures, and the life best lived often depends on our ability to create and maintain healthy relationships. Success, happiness, and the ability to give and receive love all hinge on our relationship skills. Most of us do a good...

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Stress & Emotions
The #1 Reason Stress Is My Friend
September 9, 2010

Stress has been my friend for years. Not always a pleasant friend, and often an uncomfortable one—even downright painful, occasionally. Many times stress has come around with bad news, many times with good news, and always when something new,...

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College Counseling
Top 10 Skills High Students Need to Be Developing To Be Prepared For College
June 7, 2010

As an educational consultant who spends 25% of her time touring colleges and meeting with admissions deans or committees, Leigh Anne Spraetz often hears what skills high school students need to spend more time developing. Here is her list...

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Substance Abuse, Addiction & Compulsion
Issues With Eating
June 7, 2010

Eating problems have lots of faces. Were you to look up emotional eater or yo-yo dieter in the dictionary you’d find my name. Every ebb and flow of life was punctuated with food. Without boring you with the details,...

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Grief, Trauma, & Loss
What to Expect When We Experience Loss
June 7, 2010

At some point in our lives, each of us will experience grief. Grief is an adjustment period that happens after any significant loss. We may experience grief from the loss of a family member or friend, the loss or...

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Parents & Parenting
An Overview of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
June 7, 2010

Tommy is a sweet and sensitive child, but he has never liked school.  From the time he was in kindergarten, he was always in trouble for his impulsive behavior.  He seems incapable of slowing down his internal motor and...

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Couples & Relationships
When Happily Ever After Becomes We’re Like Room Mates
June 7, 2010

A common complaint voiced by marriage partners goes like this: We’ve grown apart and we’re more like room mates than best friends. If marriage is suppose to be growing in love together over the years, what happens that leads...

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Stress & Emotions
Handling the Holy-days: Managing the Special Stresses of Christmas
June 7, 2010

1. Attitude and Expectations As with most things, handling the Holiday season begins not with to-do lists or your surroundings, but inside you with your spiritual, emotional, and mental attitude. To begin this inward preparation you may want to:...

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Stress & Emotions
Can I be Depressed?
June 7, 2010

Steve* found that he felt disconnected from his wife and two daughters. Sometimes he felt angry and would explode at whoever was near, but mostly he felt numb. He spent hours staring blankly at the television. But when he...

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Stress & Emotions
Anger Management: The Nature of Anger
June 7, 2010

Bruce*  is a 45-year-old professional person who suffers from anger management problems.  Bruce is married and has two children (a boy and a girl). To the outside world, Bruce is a nice, decent person. He is a good provider...

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