So I took a sabatical from the blogging thing to take some well needed rest. From today forward, as long as I can, I will continue with my Monday and Thursday posting schedule. To kick things off, I figure I’d get a handle on one of the most stressul times of the year for most Americans. [...]
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anxiety / change / counseling / depression / fear / feelings / management / relaxation / stress / thoughts
Tags: anxiety, control thoughts, emotions, family, feelings, holiday, holiday stress, management, stress, Thanksgiving, thoughts
November 22, 2009
The holidays are coming, and for some of us, that means a lot of fun with family we haven’t seen in a while. It means spending time and sharing stories and eating food til we burst.
But for some of us, that means a lot of stress and frustration around spending time with people that we may not [...]
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My approach to problems is very simple, as you probably know from reading this blog. Still, life gets complicated, and sometimes we tend to make our problems out to be more than what they actually could be.
One of my clients told me a story about a person who annoyed her a lot. It seemed everything [...]
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I’ve often said that if a woman can multi-task, she’s normal, but if a guy can multi-task, he’s got ADHD. I am about to introduce you to a very strange and magical place that men frequent often, but women may be unaware of. I’ve run into a lot of clients and friends who go to [...]
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Self-Help / anxiety / feelings / management / relaxation / stress / therapy / thoughts
Tags: actions, can't change, change, control thoughts, emotions, good choices, mental health, overwhelmed, stress, therapy, thinking, thoughts, work stress
November 12, 2009
More often than not when I work with men, a common theme that I run into with them is that they have tried hard to manage their problems by “not thinking about it.” This is a pretty common idea for guys, because hey, if we don’t have to think about stuff, then we don’t have [...]
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There’s something missing from this blog, and its my last post. It seems I was wrong about Spalding Gray and the extent of his treatment. I have John Boland, the representative from his estate to thank for setting me straight, and that my research was poorly executed and flat out wrong. To learn more, as [...]
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Self-Help / anxiety / change / counseling / depression / fear / feelings / management / relationship / stress / therapy / thoughts
Tags: actions, can't change, change, control thoughts, emotions, feelings, good choices, mental health, stress, thoughts, words
November 5, 2009
If you’ve ever called yourself an idiot (like me), then you’ve probably kicked yourself for doing something stupid. More often than not, its probably not the first time that you’ve done it either. Why is this the case? Because humans are creatures of habit. This is nothing new really, but sometimes I wonder if we take the [...]
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I’ve recently realized that in the process of blogging, I’ve had to revisit the purpose and title of said blog. One of the things that hit me was that everyone manages stress differently, and some of you may not even have an effective way to manage your stressors.
So as a result, I’ve decided to throw [...]
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