Category: Psychology
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Through the Looking Glass: Dreaming, Development, and Getting Back to Even
In this essay, I explore from a depth psychological perspective our growing growing inability to dream, its effects on childhood development, current social woes, and what parents can do to help their children heal during this age of division.
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Weakness or Strength: Understanding Your Child’s Symptoms and Emotions from a Strength Based Perspective
Childhood behaviors are a major area of concern for the fields of psychology and education. As psychologists have advanced their diagnostic tool set, the list of disorders our children are exposed to, judged by, and labeled with has grown to staggering numbers in direct correlation with the advancements of our scientific endeavors. As a child, it seemed that I, along with most…
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Working with Your Children’s Emotions
A child’s imagination is limitless. Their emotions are no different. However, unlike their adult counterparts, children have not had the experience of learning effective ways to deal with the rising tides an emotional state can cause. How then, can we as parents, work with our children to teach them effective ways to handle emotionally distressing…
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Navigating Childhood Development: Ever Want Your Child to be Better Off than You?
Childhood is a rough time. Sit back, relax, take a deep breath, and go inside, to those fond memories you once had as a child. Examine the great times that were there, as you learned the finer points of your childhood experience. Remember the times of being popular. Remember all the friends you had that…
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Giving a Moment: Gifts from the Heart.
Remember childhood? Remember those times when you longed for the attention of your parents, hoping that during their daily hustle they would somehow take a moment to simply engage your interests with undivided attention? Maybe they were to busy to pay attention to your every need; or maybe your immediate need was simply overshadowed by the countless…
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The Little Question with Big Answers: Developing Meaning in Life.
How do we make meaning in life. Take control over your destiny and determine the direction you want to take in your life.
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Getting Your Groove Back: Tending the Emotional Garden Post Divorce — Maples Family Law, Inc.
“This feels like the end. Everything we had worked hard for is now gone. My life, as I know it, is over. Divorce is the pits. I don’t know how I can move on.” Is life over as you know it? Yes, but not in the way you may think. Let’s explore how divorce…
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Happiness: 2 Create Inner Peace in the Dark Meadow
From the VLOG Finding Happiness: Wandering the Meadow of Perception Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the Flower in it. (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Perceptions of Happiness In what often seems a fool-hearted journey to find the balance between work and play, responsibility and fun, family and personal interests, and harmony within, we often…
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Finding Balance 2 Cultivate Happiness
Life, The Key to Happiness Finding balance is a lifelong journey. John Lennon, I believe, sums this up when he explored the concept of happiness. When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to…
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Divorce and Children: Psychological Reactions & Solutions 4 a Family Divided
Words of Wisdom The Psychology of Divorce As a family therapist, I oftentimes see children who have been labeled by their schools, parents, or other professional parties involved in their life with behavioral disturbances. What is not seen, or is oftentimes overlooked by these parties is the effects family stress has on the development…
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Self Realization: A Psychology 4 Inner Potential
All Journey’s Begin with a First Step. What do you need to take that first step to Advance Confidently in the Direction of Your Dreams?