What Are Defense Mechanisms? Defense mechanisms are your unconscious thoughts that provide you with emotional distance from your unpleasant feelings. For example, if you are […]
Communication – Communication with other people is based on sending and receiving messages. These messages are traditionally sent and received based on a combination of:• […]
Stressful Cycles in Marriage – If you have been reading my blogs, you probably realize I talk a lot about relationships and stress. Relationships relearned! […]
Emotional Baggage Definition of emotional baggage: The feelings you have about your past and the things that have happened to you, which often have a […]
My Anger and How to Understand it Aristotle (384 B.C.-322 B.C.) had an interesting quote about anger: Anybody can become angry – that is easy, […]
Consciously vs. Unconsciously Hiding Your Anger Consciously you may know you are angry. Or you may have hidden or unconscious anger, anger you may not […]
Time Outs “Time out” is an interesting phrase that has so many meanings:• During a basketball game the Celtics can call a “time out” to […]
Four Simple Resolutions to Conflict In my private practice I listened to my clients talk about hundreds of different topics of importance in their life. […]
What is FOMO and JOMO? Not familiar with the acronyms of FOMO and JOMO? In the age of social image crafting and social media overload, […]
The Influence of Red, Yellow and Green (Traffic Light) People Early in my clinical social work practice I wanted to find a simple way to […]