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How to use affirmations and have them be effective

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Affirmations help us to affirm the way that we want to see our lives. When I was first introduced to affirmations I was not yet a therapist and I was very skeptical about them actually working for me. So lets explore the science behind positive psychology and the use of affirmations. The thought behind affirmations is that you are stating …

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Taking Charge of the Inner Critic

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So it is 2017, it is January so everyone is reassessing their lives and trying to make changes. So what make us not attain our goals and fall back into old patterns? One reason is not having a good action plan, with measurable steps and ways of reinforcing goals. (I will write about setting and completing goals in another blog …

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Why you need to take care of your mental health

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Mental health is tricky because many people don’t even realize that they have a mental illness. Usually it is because they have been living with that negative voice that lives inside their head for so long that it seems normative that they live that way. However it is possible for you to find solace, joy and a better life if …

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Transforming self-defeating beliefs

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  Spend an Evening helping yourself transform the cycle of self-defeating beliefs Do you notice that you have a pattern of doing things that are self-defeating? Would you like to stop these behaviors?  This workshop will help you to become aware of your patterns of self-defeating beliefs and behaviors and help you get a  jumpstart on changing that coping skill. In this …

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Learning to tame your temper

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“I lost my temper today. Fuck it. Whoever finds it can keep it.” ― Jarod Kintz We all have a hard time sometimes and can become angry. It is when it becomes a pattern of relating to others that it can cause problems in our relationships. So here are 5 ways that you can work on reducing your temper. 1) …

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How to have needs without being needy.

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“You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.” ~Mick Jagger Have you ever caught yourself stating that a person is too “needy” or someone is acting to “needy”? What exactly does it mean to be too needy? Urban dictionary.com defines being needy as: “Requiring attention beyond what is normative. …