Archive for September, 2009

Boundaries and Fences: A Visual Comparison

So I was meeting with a client over the course of the last week, and we ended up talking a bit about boundaries and how to apply them to her life. Much of the conversation had to do with how to set boundaries with family members and people she loves, which feels something like trying [...]

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No, Learning Doesn't Have To Suck (We Just Do It For Different Reasons)

Recently Jonathan Fields did a blog post entitled: Does Learning Have To Suck? In case you haven’t read it, do yourself a favor and go check it out. I wanted to comment on it, but after some consideration, realized I had more to say about it than I thought. So, you get what you have here. Now [...]

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The WATER Method Addendum: Openness and Awareness

So I’ve come to a revelation during my time here. I’ve realized that my approach to problems works for most people and most situations. However, when it comes to relationships, or family members, its really difficult for people to separate their problems into what they can and can’t change when they feel as though their [...]

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Meet Your Needs and Live Your Life

So I’m sitting with my wife today and we’re talking over coffee about our friends and how they’re doing lately. One of the things we noticed was that women and men seem to see their friends very differently. Not that we need another reason to create a difference between men and women mind you, because [...]

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Parents Beware: The Narcissist Generation

So I met with a clinician that I respect and admire, as she’s been in the business longer than I have, and has a ton of insight into the issues of today. You know what we talked about? Teenagers. Or more rather, The Narcissist Generation. Now why do I say this, and why the heck [...]

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How To Manage Financial Stress

So a friend of mine from college decided to do what I do for a living: help people. Only instead of helping them the way I do, he helps people get out of debt and determine if they should go into banruptcy or if there’s another way out. Personally, I think that’s pretty dang cool, [...]

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Should You Do What I Want You To Do, Or Should I?

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhgDvdaUd90&hl=en&fs=1&] So I’m racking my brain to try to think of something to post. I was dead tired last night and I couldn’t even think straight, so I wasn’t about to try to write something legible for you to read because it would probably look like a combination of rants and long 3 syllable words. [...]

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Movies Brought to You in Full ADHD

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGqRP7RECWg&hl=en&fs=1] So I’m sitting with the family on this fine Labor Day (why I didn’t post earlier…sorry guys), and we started talking about TV and movies (you know the usual stuff at family gatherings). Eventually, the conversation ended up on the Bourne Trilogy, and my brother brought up something that my wife and I had [...]

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Joe Pantoliano Goes Live To Reduce The Stigma Of Mental Illness

  In case you didn’t know, the guy in the pic above is Joe Pantoliano, more commonly known as Joey Pants (though I remember him best as Cypher from the Matrix).  Now this post isn’t about me being a fanboy, because there are plenty of other people I could be a fanboy about (like Johnny Depp, Jason [...]

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