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Bathroom Technique

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, parenting, Pet Peeves
Time outs are nothing new to parents.  There are many, many parenting approaches that advocate using them with your children.  But what about parents?  Don’t we sometimes need [...]
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30Jan

What Are You Tolerating?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, depression, gratitude, mental health, Pet Peeves, stress
We all have things that we tolerate in our lives. Some of them are big things (like a nasty neighbour), but many of them are small things (a messy desk is an example), and we [...]
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Do We Need Intuition In Parenting?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress, teens, tweens
Who do you trust for information about raising your children? Your doctor, your mom, your girlfriends, the internet? Who do you receive information and advice from (whether [...]
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Mistakes Happen

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens, tweens
Nobody’s perfect; we all know that. But it would appear that the best way to motivate children and get them to modify their behaviour is by paying less attention to their [...]
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Happiness At Home Newsletter: Help! I Need To Make A Decision!

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, mental health, stress
Many people who come to my office say they have a difficult time making decisions. I have developed a process to help my clients master this skill. I recommend that people [...]
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19Dec

Kids and Stress

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, happy families, health, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, teens
What are the symptoms of stress? You can probably name a few that you recognize in yourself – irritability, emotionality, trouble sleeping, inability to concentrate – but what [...]
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No More Pity Parties

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, entitlement, mental health, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens
Nobody likes to see their kids get hurt.  Every parent would like to think that it’s possible for them to help their child make it through life with no hardships, no [...]
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How To Talk To Your Kids About A World Crisis

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, parenting, stress, teens, tweens
Between the Paris attacks in November, Sandy Hook a year or so before, and now the mass shooting in Orlando, parents have, sadly, never had more opportunity to talk about [...]
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Conversation Basics

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, friendship, happy families, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, tweens
I think every parent wants to raise a polite child.  Sometimes how that is defined varies from family to family, but overall, there are some things that we have as a culture [...]
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Skin Deep

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, keeping kids out of trouble, mental health, parenting, self esteem, teens, tweens, weight
We’d all like to think that appearances don’t matter as much as what’s on the inside does. But if you haven’t heard, even researchers have to sadly admit that better looking [...]
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Oakville Family Institute (Trafalgar and Dundas in north Oakville)
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