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5 Realistic Tips to Ease the Pressure about Family Meals

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Written by: Georgia Middleton, et al

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Eating together regularly as a family has long been promoted as a simple solution for improving health and wellbeing.

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Are Family Patterns Holding You Back?

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Written by: Anuradha Dayal-Gulati

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Do you feel that you are living your life in full bloom? Do you too feel as if there’s a ceiling on life that shows up in different ways?

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Does the Emotional Math of Your Relationship Add Up?

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Written by: Jane Greer PhD

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A useful skill for finally letting in the voice of reason is to “do the emotional math.” This skill enables us to know the truth... 

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4 Relationship Killers and How to Cut Them off at the Pass

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Written by: Jude Bijou

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The demise of marriages and relationships in general, is not over money, children, or health but crummy communication styles. 

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How To Help Teen Girls’ Mental Health Struggles

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Written by: Elizabeth Englander, and Meghan K. McCoy

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It’s a well-established fact that children’s and teens’ mental health took a hit during the pandemic. But new research suggests that teen girls in particular are suffering in unprecedented ways.

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9 Rules to Make You Better at Email and Less of a Jerk-Face

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Written by: Matthew Dicks

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Email is often a means of informal communication. As such, you can dramatically decrease the amount of time spent on email with short, efficient replies. Dispense with formalities whenever possible and in­crease efficiency.

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Another Way to Have a Healthy Heart

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Written by: Alexis Blue

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Smooches and snuggles may make us feel warm and fuzzy, but they can also be good medicine, says Kory Floyd.

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A 6-Step Path to Happiness and Civility

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Written by: Michael Glauser

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Civility cannot be legislated, mandated, or enforced by governments—it comes from internalizing civil values in our lives. In other words, as we become happier, we also become more civil, and becoming more civil reinforces our happiness.

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How Can We Be the Best Parents We Can Possibly Be?

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Written by: Rabbi Wayne Dosick

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We are the ones who make the choices and convey the lessons—by word and deed, wittingly and unwittingly—that shape a young person’s ethics and values, point of view, and priorities.

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Repairing the Gulf Created by Dysfunctional Childhood Relationships

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Written by: Ronni Tichenor and Jennie Weaver

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All sibling relationships have their ups and downs, good times and bad. But in a family with abuse, addiction, and mental illness, the relationships are warped by a range of dysfunctional dynamics.

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The Gift of a Friend

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Written by: Joyce Vissell

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Having a true friend (or several) in your life is a true gift. Having someone who you can call and say, "I am not doing well. I need your love," is a huge blessing

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Collaborative Divorce: A Process and a Mind-set

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Written by: Nanci A. Smith, Esq.

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Your psycho-spiritual-emotional health is the key to a successful legal divorce. Collaborative divorce is a divorce process that is fully legal and downright practical. It is practiced in every state in the United States and throughout the world.

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Me Me Me vs Taking Care of Oneself

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Written by: Jude Bijou

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I heard an interesting theory about egoism a while back... "Egoism is the root of all conflict in the world." Intuitively that makes perfect sense.

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Learning Self-Care—Saying No and Using Love as the Ultimate Healing Tool

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Written by: Eileen Day McKusick

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"Your relationship with your body is one of the most important relationships you’ll ever have. And since repairs are expensive and spare parts are hard to come by, it pays to make that relationship good. "

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From Misery to Splendor: Restoring Relationships

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Written by: Catherine Shainberg

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We live in relationship. Even if we’re hermits on the top of a mountain we cannot help but relate to the blade of grass, the brook, the sun, and the stars.

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The Path of Self Love Is Not for the Faint of Heart

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Written by: Sarah Love McCoy

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Truth be told, the path of Self Love is not for the faint of heart. There's no destination or end to it.

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How to Heal the Spiritual Wound from Childhood Trauma or Abuse 

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Written by: Ronni Tichenor and Jennie Weaver

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Children raised in homes with abuse, addiction, mental illness, and other traumas typically live in a state of denial. They must continually tell themselves that the terrible things they’re seeing, hearing, and feeling aren’t really happening.

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Is This The Day? Father's Day Turnaround

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Written by: Will T. Wilkinson

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It's Father's Day. What's the symbolic meaning? Could something life-changing happen today in your life and mine?

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Dating with Children: Feel the Guilt and Do It Anyway

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Written by: Ellen Kreidman, Ph.D.

Dating with Children: Feel the Guilt and Do It Anyway

Some of you might be thinking, "I'd love to start dating, but who would want to date someone with four children, a dog, and two parakeets?" Don't assume just because you have children, you're less desirable. There are plenty of people who like children and who want to date someone with children.

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How People Turn Crushes Into Relationships

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Written by: Karen Nikos, University of California, Davis

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New research on crushes among straight young people contradicts the hook-up culture stereotype, say researchers.

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5 Marriage Wreckers And How To Spot Them

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Written by: Mary Coleman

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As a lawyer, I spent a large portion of time advising divorce petitioners. I found there were a number of recurring themes -- types of conduct which are virtually guaranteed to drive the spouse to drink, desperation, and divorce.

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