You Can Have Excellent Listening Skills!
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Any psychotherapist will tell you that one of the biggest problems they see among their clients is poor listening skills. People get into trouble in their relationships [...]
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Happiness At Home: How To Manage Conflict At Work
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Kinds of Workplace Conflicts Let’s start by identifying where conflicts happen. Think about the kinds of conflicts that happen around your workplace. Disagreements over turf [...]
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Relationship Checkup
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Most adults engage in long-term relationships, including marriage and other committed partnerships. Nearly everyone experiences difficulties in their marriage or committed [...]
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Encouraging Words
Andrea Ramsay Speers
There has been a movement in parenting in the past number of years that is generally referred to as the “self esteem movement”. The basics of this movement focus on raising a [...]
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A Few Of My Favourite Books
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Looking for something to keep you busy over the next few weeks? Books can be a great way to get information, get inspiration and new ideas, and to keep momentum going between [...]
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Staying Mentally Healthy In Times Of Crisis
Andrea Ramsay Speers
These certainly are unprecedented times we live in. With the world on high alert and everything we take for granted in our daily lives, put on hold, now more than ever we need [...]
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Put That Away!
Andrea Ramsay Speers
One of most parents’ pet peeves is seeing stuff lying all over the house. Stepping over shoes in the doorway, or seeing dirty dishes on the counter, or the remains of an arts [...]
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Family Meeting How-To’s
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Family meetings can be one of your best discipline strategies as a parent. Here’s what your kids learn from participating in family meetings: Listening skills Brainstorming [...]
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Being A Good Sport
Andrea Ramsay Speers
There’s a lot of pressure to achieve in our part of the world. We live in a fast-paced culture and there are just so many opportunities available to us. While this [...]
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Lowered Expectations
Andrea Ramsay Speers
As parents, we set pretty high standards for ourselves. When we’re expecting our first child, we plan on having a child who listens, who is patient while we’re shopping, who [...]
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