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ARTArticleWhat Gets in the Way of Your Joy?"Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls." Mother Teresan We all want to feel more Joy in our lives. It can be confusing and frustrating when you aren't experiencing the Joy you know you could be feeling. You can say to yourself "I want to feel better--I want to feel Joy--but I ...ARTArticleWhat Happens In The Brain When You Are Anxious?You must have heard and read that anxiety has a profound effect on the person’s brain, and that it is all in the mind. But in reality, what exactly happens in the brain when someone gets an anxiety attack? The feeling on anxiety starts with your sensory receptors (eyes, ears, nose, etc). Suppose when you see someone you love in a life-and-death situation, or you hear stressful news, or the way you feel when someone is stalking you in the middle of the night. When the sensory receptors pick up reasons that could lead to anxiety, it sends a message to the central nervous system.ARTArticleWhat is a White Knight?White knights have a compulsive need to rescue, but how and why they rescue can be quite varied. The following is an overview of the basic characteristics common to all white knights. There are also four subtypes: the overly empathetic white knight, the tarnished white knight, the terrorizing/ ...ARTArticleWhat is Postpartum Depression?Welcome. I’m a survivor of two life-threatening postpartum depressions. At the time of my illnesses, there was no help for me. The great news is that, if you’re suffering from depression in pregnancy or postpartum or know someone who is, there’s help now. For the last 20 years my mission has been to educate medical and mental health professionals, and work directly with women and their families around the country to make sure they don’t suffer the way my family and I did.ARTArticleWhat is Self-Respect?Recently a client asked me what Self-respect meant to me. She also shared her own definition and it got me thinking that my readers might benefit from considering this question and exploring their own definitions. Have a read of my off-the-cuff answer to my client and then please take a moment to share your own defniniton. How do you demonstrate self-respect, and how would you like to see yourself demonstrating it? Self-respect for me means respecting myself above all else. It means honoring my values and principles before anyone and anything else.ARTArticleWhite Knight Syndrome: SubtypesTo create our subtypes we reviewed numerous cases of rescuing behavior in intimate relationships. We examined and compared the personality styles, behavior in relationships, and early history. From this review, four basic subtypes of rescuers emerged: the overly empathic white knight, the ...ARTArticleWhole-Body Approach to Osteoporosis: How to Create an Anabolic BodyNo matter who you are, if you walk deeply into the forest enough times, you’re going to get lost. I certainly have—several times. Dark, twisting ravines, steeply sloped hillsides, and impenetrable tangles can be disorienting. That’s the bad news. The good news is that if you persist, if you ...ARTArticleWhy do Feet Swell in Pregnancy and What Can You Do About It?Pregnancy doesn’t only force you to go dress shopping but you might also find yourself searching for a bigger pair of shoes. Edema or swollen ankles and hands are common during pregnancy and affect almost three fourth of all pregnant women. So why exactly does your extremities swell? First off, your body expands under the effect of the fetus growing in the uterus and weight gain. Typically, women gain around 20 lbs during pregnancy and this sudden increase in weight puts a pressure on your feet making them swell up.ARTArticleWhy You Are Stuck"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come live.” Howard Thurma Do you feel stuck in your life? Do you feel there is something more for you in your life but you don’t know what that is? Or you know ...ARTArticleWorking SMART to reach your goalsLucy felt stuck. She was bright, talented and frustrated. She was stalled in her career and overwhelmed in her personal life and it was creating major stress in her life.ARTArticleWorking Through Feelings in Addiction RecoveryOne of the most important tasks necessary for maintaining abstinence and growing in recovery is learning how to appropriately work through feelings. Many people use alcohol and other drugs in place of dealing with or managing emotions. Alcoholism/drug addiction often involves skill deficits. When the chemical is eliminated, the roles that the chemical played in the addict's life must be replaced by healthy living skills. Sometimes recovering alcoholics/addicts must re-lea to do routine daily tasks without aid of the chemical.ARTArticleWriting Helped Save My LifeI have been fighting a substantial list of mental disorders for twenty years, including Agoraphobia, Borderline Personality Disorder, Panic Attacks, Social Anxiety, etc. All of these ailments can be challenging, but for the most part, I've lived a normal life.ARTArticleYour Spouse's Infidelity Revealed: Getting Over The Shock and Getting To Recovery: Part 2Marital infidelity can be revealed in a whole host of different ways. Regardless of how the infidelity is revealed, the revelation of the infidelity creates a crisis within the marital relationship and within the faithful spouse. The shock of discovering the infidelity leads to compulsive ...ARTArticleYour Spouse's Infidelity Revealed: Of Course You Are Angry and Scared: Part 1Infidelity can be a component of sexual addiction or relational event(s). It is generally enshrouded in secrecy and dishonesty, with great amounts of time and effort spent to keep it hidden. Spouses find out about the infidelity or sexual addiction in a wide variety of ways. Several are ...ARTArticle*** Myths About Grief, Part 6In this article I will be discussing a myth which most people can readily recall from early childhood, "Replace the loss and go on with your life." As young children we may have had a cherished stuffed animal or other special treasure. We may also have been fortunate enough to have a pet. The ...ARTArticle*** Myths About Grief, Part 7When you lose your spouse life feels very disorganized. All relationships provide a sense of structure, whether you think of it that way or not. Much of grief is really about coping with the lack of structure which manifests in the sad, empty space of what had been a significant ...ARTArticle***Can Spouses Have Friends with the Opposite Sex? The Do’s and Don’ts for Making it WorkMale or female friendships are usually a threat to the primary relationship, but they really don’t HAVE to be. What fears us the most is the sexual aspect of this oftentimes complicated relationship. It’s difficult to keep the friendship platonic, given that 90% of the time, one of the friends has experienced romantic feelings for his/her friend. Sometimes this is talked about, and sometimes it isn’t, but the feelings are there. The primary relationship can then be affected with secrets, lies, and avoidance.ARTArticle***Formula for Creating a Strong and Healthy MarriageThe healthiest and longest lasting relationships don’t just happen because a couple fell in love. The majority of strong and healthy marriages are created by using a formula composed of six vital elements.ARTArticle***Getting Back In So You Can Finally Stay OutOne of the hardest things to do is to leave a relationship. A more difficult undertaking is staying out. Maybe it wasn’t so bad. Maybe I didn’t try hard enough. Maybe she could change after all. Maybe I could put up with more tha I thought; after all, I do love him.ARTArticle***Giving Up the Fantasy of the Perfect Mate, What REAL Marriages Are All AboutWe all seem to think that we need to find our perfect mate or soul mate. But does a perfect mate even exist and, if so, does this mean that the only way to be happy is to find this perfect soul mate? What if you don’t? What if you spend your entire life looking, only to end up alone in your fantasy delusion because you didn’t find him/her? Are we really searching for fantasy in our relationships?ARTArticle***Have We Gone Too Far with List Making? 5 Reasons to Hang On or Let Go of Your Latest LoveWe’re a cult of list makers. We make to-do lists, grocery lists, packing lists, and now a list of must-have qualities for our potential partner. She needs to be independent, yet be devoted; he needs to earn a good living, yet have enough time for her. He needs to have follow-through on his promises; she needs to not be demanding. And on it goes. If some of these qualities don’t appear right away, do you end the relationship? Or how long should you stay if all the items on your list aren’t there?ARTArticle***Myths About Grief--Part 2In the previous article I shared with you one of the most prevalent myths encountered by grievers; namely,"...it just takes time to heal grief." I explained how this myth, along with many others, have been passed down from generation to generation, and how these myths are assumed to be factual ...ARTArticle***Myths About Grief, Part 5So far in this series of articles on the Myths of Grief we have discussed the following myths: 1) It just takes time. 2) Keep your grieving to yourself. 3) Put on a happy face. You'll feel better. 4) Be strong. Others are depending on you. We have explored how each of these ...ARTArticle***Myths About Grieving--Part 3As we continue in this series of articles on the myths of grief I want to discuss the third myth, "Put on a happy face. You'll feel better." With all the recent emphasis on the Law of Attraction, there is an urgency within the culture to be happy. We attract what we think about, says the Law of ...ARTArticle***Myths About Grieving, Part 4This is the fourth article in a series of 8 articles about some of the prevalent myths that can keep grievers stuck in their grief much longer than necessary. The myth we will focus on in this article is: "Be strong. Others are depending on you." This myth can be a real energy drainer. What ...ARTArticle***Myths of Grief, 8 Part Series, Part 1Since grief is a difficult topic for most people, there is a tendency to descend into myths about the subject of grief. These myths have often been passed down from generation to generation. These myths or paradigms easily become the truth of our lives that we accept without questioning. In ...ARTArticle***Seven Ways to Ruin Your MarriageUnless someone is completely vicious, no one enters a marriage with the intention of destroying it, yet the divorce rate gets higher every year and couples, even if they don’t divorce, are often unhappy and in loveless marriages. By being aware of what you may be doing in your marriage that could eventually destroy it, you can create a successful and flourishing relationship:ARTArticle***The Downfall of FallAs summer ends, we see the light changing and the days becoming shorter and shorter. That fall chill in the air seems to come out of nowhere, and we often begin to sense sadness and maybe even depression, prompting us to think, what’s that all about? Though fall is beautiful with the leaves changing color and the grapes being harvested, it is FALL, the ebbing part of the year. For me, fall made me sad and depressed because it represented the end of summer fun and a new year of school to tackle.ARTArticle***Tips for Grievers, Surviving Valentine's DayHow do you survive Valentine's Day when your special valentine is no longer around? 1) If you are feeling sad or depressed, be honest about it. In the past this may have been a special day for you and n your loved one. But now you are alone. If you are sad, n be being ...ARTArticle***What to Do When Your Partner Has Become Your EnemyWhere has all the love gone that you once felt for your partner? Do you seem to fight about everything? Has your partner become your enemy? How did it happen?

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