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Force of Sexuality
Sex and sexuality is a funny thing. On one hand, it’s one of our most basic primitive needs and desires, yet, on the other hand,
Children and Loss
Avi reflects on death in Tana Toraja, contrasting them with Western discomfort of death, and emphasizes the importance of helping children understand loss.
Your Words Create Your World
Unveiling the Power of Speech: How Dialogue Transforms Your Identity, Relationships, and Self-Understanding
Why Facts Create Fights in Your Relationship
Facts inform, but emotions connect. In conflicts, focusing on the relevance and feelings rather than mere facts can open doors to understanding and intimacy.
Breaking the Chains of Depression
Depression suffocates joy and purpose. But amid this darkness, lies hope. Building a future with action breaks depression, creating joy and purpose.
Transforming Relationships: From Stop to Start
Addressing problems in relationships requires more than shouting “stop.” A better approach is outlining positive actions and understanding each other’s needs
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Suicide Prevention And Clinical Protocols
What you as a therapist or friend need to know to save a life
How To Protect Your Children In A Divorce
Divorce is devastating. It’s especially hard on the kids. However it doesn’t have to be that way. There are four key things you can do to support your kids.
10 Things You May Not Know About Winter Blues
10 things you need to know about seasonal depression, and how to resolve it.
Keeping the Newness in our Relationships
Relationships take work. Here are 5 strategies to help you not take your relationship for granted.
What Do People Really Want When They Ask for Advice
Giving advice has two pit falls. The first is you might be wrong. The second is you are subtly implying the person you’re talking to isn’t smart enough to solve their own problems.
The Power of Positive Affirmations
Self affirmations to increase emotional well-being work… if done correctly! Here are 20 strategies to improve your mood.
Can Fear of God Stop Suffering?
Why is fear of God so vital to our well-being and can it even protect us from unnecessary suffering?
From “Potch-Therapy” to Success – How Marital Therapy Came into Its Own
Like marriages themselves, the beginning years of couple’s therapy was uninformed and unnecessarily convoluted. How did couples therapy become a success story?
The Gamble of Listening to Your Teen
Teenage-hood is letting go of your child to become adults. It doesn’t help they have a few biological screws loose. How can you rise to this challenge?