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February 1, 2010 5So now that I have my laptop back in my possession, I can finally get back to doing this regularly, as well as working on the WATER Method book. Since I last posted a number of things have happened that caught my attention, and I’ll be sharing them with you over the course of the [...]
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January 10, 2010 1So I’m sitting with my wife watching a church service from our home, because we had planned on going to church that morning, but she really wasn’t feeling good, so we stayed in (she’s pregnant, she’s allowed). So I decided to go check out my old church, as they stream their church services every Sunday. [...]
You made it! You got through another holiday season! For a lot of people this was a time of stress, parties, presents for family members, and eating a lot of food that you will eventually regret eating. You got through it, and now here you are on a Monday, sending your children back to school [...]
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December 3, 2009 4Bottling things up. When you hear someone say this, its usually perceived negatively. After all, you can’t bottle up your emotions, right?
Well, to make this a little easier to understand, and less boring, I’ll tell you a little story that I learned from therapy school.
In order to listen to people’s problems every day, and not [...]
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November 22, 2009 4The 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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November 20, 2009 0My 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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November 12, 2009 7More 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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November 2, 2009 2I’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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August 31, 2009 0Remember how I can’t stand big box stores because I allow them to make me sleepy? Well, yesterday I went to one, but this post isn’t about that. Its about what happened on my way over to the store.
See, I parked my car and as I crossed the lanes in the parking lot to get [...]
I recently had a surprise birthday party for my sister where I invited all her nearest and dearest friends. We were super stealthy about it, and kept it top secret! We even had a friend of hers kidnap her for the day and bring her to our home! Sure enough, we pulled off the surprise [...]