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A Day Late and a Dollar Short
I'm not trying to discriminate against men or stereotype everyone. I just want to tell you a about every sad situation that I have heard about from clients for several...
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
I'm not trying to discriminate against men or stereotype everyone. I just want to tell you a about every sad situation that I have heard about from clients for several...
Easter - Life After Death
I don't know if it's because I am getting older or if there are just a lot more people who are dying. In February, two therapists who I knew died...
Easter - Life After Death
I don't know if it's because I am getting older or if there are just a lot more people who are dying. In February, two therapists who I knew died...
The Freedom of Spring!
Winter is a lot of work! Hats and gloves, scarves, boots and jackets have to be donned before one can even leave the house. Vehicles must be serviced with winter...
The Freedom of Spring!
Winter is a lot of work! Hats and gloves, scarves, boots and jackets have to be donned before one can even leave the house. Vehicles must be serviced with winter...
January Bills
It's bad enough that the Christmas celebrations are over, and the weather is not cooperating with our plans but what makes things even more depressing is the fact that by...
January Bills
It's bad enough that the Christmas celebrations are over, and the weather is not cooperating with our plans but what makes things even more depressing is the fact that by...
Good Work for Good Pay
When your employer hired you, it was because the company had tasks or projects that needed to be done. These were deemed to be so important that management was prepared...
Good Work for Good Pay
When your employer hired you, it was because the company had tasks or projects that needed to be done. These were deemed to be so important that management was prepared...
The Love Story
Once upon a time there was a very beautiful mortal princess who was the youngest of three sisters. The people loved Princess Psyche so much that the Roman Goddess of...
The Love Story
Once upon a time there was a very beautiful mortal princess who was the youngest of three sisters. The people loved Princess Psyche so much that the Roman Goddess of...
Watching Your Thoughts Is the Starting Point
Margaret Thatcher was the first female Prime Minister of England and held that position from 1979 to 1990. Her story was recently portrayed in a movie entitled "The Iron Lady"...
Watching Your Thoughts Is the Starting Point
Margaret Thatcher was the first female Prime Minister of England and held that position from 1979 to 1990. Her story was recently portrayed in a movie entitled "The Iron Lady"...
The Difficult Role of Parenting
For years I have had parents come to me asking about how they can change their children or improve their own parenting skills. Unfortunately, they often have the illusion that...
The Difficult Role of Parenting
For years I have had parents come to me asking about how they can change their children or improve their own parenting skills. Unfortunately, they often have the illusion that...
The Christmas Party
It is exciting! You have a new outfit and had taken extra care to make sure you are all "spiffed up". You are looking your very best. Just a little...
The Christmas Party
It is exciting! You have a new outfit and had taken extra care to make sure you are all "spiffed up". You are looking your very best. Just a little...
Twelve Tips For The Twelve Days Of Christmas
Every year the PNC Financial Services Group in the United States calculates the cost to purchase all the items in the carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas". For 2012, the...
Twelve Tips For The Twelve Days Of Christmas
Every year the PNC Financial Services Group in the United States calculates the cost to purchase all the items in the carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas". For 2012, the...
Different Perspectives of Christmas
The other day I bought a pop-up book of the Christmas story to share with my seven year old granddaughter. She was so surprised when I mentioned that the stable...
Different Perspectives of Christmas
The other day I bought a pop-up book of the Christmas story to share with my seven year old granddaughter. She was so surprised when I mentioned that the stable...
Confidence for the New Year
When you say that you have confidence in someone or something it generally means that you trust your expectations will be met. There are many, many different things in which...
Confidence for the New Year
When you say that you have confidence in someone or something it generally means that you trust your expectations will be met. There are many, many different things in which...
You Can Laugh or You Can Cry
So many times, I wished that God had put me on his Board of Directors. You see, I thought that I was wise and knew what would be best for...
You Can Laugh or You Can Cry
So many times, I wished that God had put me on his Board of Directors. You see, I thought that I was wise and knew what would be best for...
Making Resolutions That Bring Daily Success
At the beginning of each year, we hear people talk about leaving the "old beyond" and starting "anew". Often this involves making resolutions to lose weight, save money, reach career...
Making Resolutions That Bring Daily Success
At the beginning of each year, we hear people talk about leaving the "old beyond" and starting "anew". Often this involves making resolutions to lose weight, save money, reach career...
Genuine Friendship
I just had two lovely conversations with treasured long-term friends. (I won't call them "old friends" because that might imply that we are aging). First of all, I was pleased...
Genuine Friendship
I just had two lovely conversations with treasured long-term friends. (I won't call them "old friends" because that might imply that we are aging). First of all, I was pleased...
The Lucky One
Nicholas Sparks has done it again! This fictional story tells a powerful tale that has been, like several of his other novels, made into a movie. The main character in...
The Lucky One
Nicholas Sparks has done it again! This fictional story tells a powerful tale that has been, like several of his other novels, made into a movie. The main character in...
The Decision
In 2011, Penny Vincenzi presented her latest masterpiece to the world. This is her seventeenth book. "The Decision" is primarily set in sixties London and the United Kingdom countryside but...
The Decision
In 2011, Penny Vincenzi presented her latest masterpiece to the world. This is her seventeenth book. "The Decision" is primarily set in sixties London and the United Kingdom countryside but...
Tips for Employees to Reduce Stress
Many years ago, I was working in an organization in Saskatchewan and struggling with some of the management's behaviours. My friend told me that her husband had taken several business...
Tips for Employees to Reduce Stress
Many years ago, I was working in an organization in Saskatchewan and struggling with some of the management's behaviours. My friend told me that her husband had taken several business...
Why Wait Until It's Too Late?
It seems that almost every week I have an individual on my therapy couch who is upset over a lost relationship. There are usually tears and statements such as "I...
Why Wait Until It's Too Late?
It seems that almost every week I have an individual on my therapy couch who is upset over a lost relationship. There are usually tears and statements such as "I...
You Are the Role-Model
Children learn from those around them. What are you saying? Do you tend to use threats with your children that everyone, including you, knows that you will never act upon?...
You Are the Role-Model
Children learn from those around them. What are you saying? Do you tend to use threats with your children that everyone, including you, knows that you will never act upon?...