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When A Parent Needs Too Much: What Is Enmeshment and How Does It Hurt A Child
Being a parent is a complicated job. Healthy parenting includes doing your best to create a loving environment, supporting your kids so that their talents and interests help you guide them to build their own life. Parents are still going to make mistakes that impact...Four Ways To Get Emotional Closure In A Relationship — By Yourself
I’ve been divorced twice. And there was no emotional closure either time. Neither parting was easy. There was a lot of hurt on both sides, and I shared in the responsibility of the failure of both marriages. I felt tremendous shame. Later, I hoped for some kind...How To Understand When You Love Someone With Recurrent Depression
Patricia brought her husband, Dan, into therapy a couple of years ago, ”Can you try to help him understand what it feels like to have depression? He thinks I could stop the cycle if I was more positive, or exercised more.” Patricia worked at a huge church, where...What Pushes Your Buttons? How To Manage Your Insecurity
During my years in elementary school and well into junior high, while the other kids were in gym class or at lunch, I had to go home. I had a neurological problem that made it dangerous for me to be too physically active or get too hot, and so my mom picked me up in...4 Ways To Create Kindness With Your Partner – Before Your Words Lead To Divorce.
Your reality is created with your words. “I can’t take much more of this.” “I can’t believe I ever married you.” “I’ve had it with you.” These words may be said in jest, or in a heated moment, or perhaps...
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