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When Should You Consult a Mental Health Professional?

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, communication, couples, depression, friendship, happy families, health, holidays, keeping kids out of trouble, marriage, mental health, nagging, newsletter, parenting, Pet Peeves, school, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens

Most of us experience times when we need help to deal with problems and issues that cause us emotional distress. When you are having a problem or dilemma that is making you [...]

No Is Not A Four-Letter Word

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, communication, entitlement, friendship, marriage, mental health, self esteem, stress

People ask a lot of us. Whether they want us to take on a new project at work, bake a dozen cupcakes for the school bake sale, or water their plants while they’re away, we [...]

Happiness At Home: Develop Your Personal Negotiation Skills

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, friendship, happy families, marriage, newsletter, parenting

Negotiating skills can help you manage lots of different kinds of life situations, both at work and in your personal relationships. Here are a few examples of where these [...]

A Few Of My Favourite Books

Andrea Ramsay Speers

announcements, anxiety, bullying, chores, communication, couples, depression, encouragement, entitlement, friendship, happy families, marriage, mental health, nagging, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens

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 [...]

Happiness At Home: Managing The Stress In Your Life

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, friendship, mental health, newsletter, stress

In the last newsletter, we discussed what stress is and what causes it. In this issue, you will learn how to manage the stress in your life and protect yourself against it. [...]

Express Yourself

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, friendship, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens

I spend a lot of time with my psychotherapy clients focusing on communication. I’m not sure that I’ve ever had a couple come for couples therapy that has NOT brought up “poor [...]

Happiness At Home Newsletter: You Can Build Your People Skills

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, couples, friendship, happy families, marriage, newsletter, parenting, teens, tweens

How would you like to get along even better with others in your personal relationships and in the workplace? Getting along well with people sounds kind of general and is [...]

Surviving Sleep-Overs

Andrea Ramsay Speers

friendship, parenting, Pet Peeves, tweens

Sleep-overs are an important rite of passage for teens and pre-teens. But any parent who’s ever hosted one will tell you that the potential for disaster (spills and [...]

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 [...]

Meeting New Friends

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, friendship, parenting, school, self esteem, teens

Switching schools or classes in the middle of the school year can be hard for younger kids, especially when they don’t know anyone in the new place yet. Work with the [...]