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Parents Thinking of Separation or Divorce- Blunt Words to Remember
In 2001 Minnesota Judge Michael Haas offered some words that will never get old. Words that all parents thinking of divorce must read and keep in mind as they make their present and future choices. “Your children have come into this world because of the two of you....
Heartbreak Breaks You: How to ‘Find Yourself’
Sanya Bari, MEd, LPC, NCC, CTS, NCC Founder and CEO of Counseling With A Difference If you don’t know where to start your healing journey, my recommendation is to find your authenticity and dare to practice it daily. Dare to find out who you are and to be...
Infidelity, Divorce, Heartbreak, & the Pain Cycle
Sanya Bari, MEd, LPC, NCC, CTS, NCC Founder and CEO of Counseling With A Difference When you get hurt, your natural defense system puts up walls to guard you against further pain. While this is important and helpful for you in the moment, it can become detrimental if...
Broken Heart & Pressure to Conform: Valentine’s Day & Other Holidays
It is so difficult to go through one holiday after another with a broken heart. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year. By the time it's Valentine's Day it really does become quite cruel. This list doesn't even include all of the personal anniversaries people grit and...
“Love Me The Way I Want To Be Loved”
Feeling loved is the most important emotional need of every human being. When you feel unloved it affects every single aspect of your life. Sometimes when you don’t feel loved in your relationship, it is not necessary that your partner truly doesn’t love you. It is...
Getting Back to Good: 1. How to Have an Intimate Conversation.
Couples get into a relationship with the best of intentions. Unfortunately a lifetime of exposure to fairytale logic sets people up for an unrealistic impression of what real love is and what a committed relationship looks like. When we don't experience the automatic...
Do Right By Your Resolutions
As you step into the new year there are some things to keep in mind to make sure that this is the year you are finally going to be able to stay true to the promises and goals you have made for yourself. No one stands in our your way but yourself. While it hurts to...
Heartbreak & New Year: 7 Tips to Prevent Heartbreak
As everyone gets ready to celebrate the new year, there are many that are walking into this year with broken hearts. Heartbreak has the ability to suck pleasure out of everything you enjoy. You can’t enjoy the company of people you care about, you can’t get pleasure...
Hidden Fences: Break Yours Before 2017
I saw a big muscular dog running after a squirrel across the yard, only to freeze into place as soon as he reached the threshold of an electronic hidden fence. The squirrel he was chasing ran across the fence climbed up a tree. The dog kept barking to intimidate, but...
Separation or Divorce? 15 ways to minimize stress on Kids
There is undeniable stress on kids after a separation or divorce. Agreeing about parenting issues is hard enough when parents are together, it can become unbearable during separation or divorce. Many good parents subconsciously start using their kids to get back at...