by Margie | May 5, 2014 | Self
In The How of Happiness, Sonja Lyubomirsky, offers a comprehensive guide to what happiness is, isn’t and how we can get closer to the happy life we envision for ourselves. After studying thousands of men and women at the University of California, Sonja recommends...
by Margie | Apr 22, 2014 | Marriage, Parenting, Relationships, Self, Tip
People get stuck in parenting where they themselves are stunted psychologically, and the same is true of marriage partners, according to Harville Hendrix (Giving the Love that Heals). Marriage can be healing when both partners restore their own wholeness by stretching...
by Margie | Mar 17, 2014 | Marriage, Parenting, Relationships, Self
So often in my work with couples, I see a pattern that one or both of the partners of a couple fail to express their needs, issues, or problems. It sometimes feels easier to ignore our concerns and push them away. Maybe we are afraid of hurting our partner’s feelings...
by Margie | Mar 10, 2014 | Self, Tip
“Procrastination is a habit you develop to cope with anxiety about starting or completing a task. It is your attempted solution to cope with tasks that are boring or overwhelming.” Neal Fiore: The Now Habit. Instead of getting caught in the vicious cycle of getting...
by Margie | Mar 2, 2014 | Self
“Learning To Be With Our Experience: Dan Siegel writes in The Mindfulness Solution: When we practice mindfulness meditation, we practice being with whatever is occurring at the moment without doing anything to try to change or escape it. We pay attention to how things...
