When Should You Consult a Mental Health Professional?
Andrea Ramsay Speers
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 [...]
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Happiness At Home: Dealing with Midlife Issues
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Benefits of the Midlife Checkup Taking the time to assess how your life is going at this point can result in benefits such as these: • It can help you identify and intensify [...]
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What To Do About The Holiday Blues
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Not everyone feels festive around the holidays. Pressure to pull off the “perfect” holiday can come from others or from within ourselves. Even when we try to stay calm about [...]
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Happiness At Home: 33 Ways to Use Your Journal for Self-Discovery and Self-Expression
Andrea Ramsay Speers
As a therapist, I often suggest to clients that they explore their feelings and thoughts by keeping a journal. Sometimes clients ask for a bit of direction with this process. [...]
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No Is Not A Four-Letter Word
Andrea Ramsay Speers
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 [...]
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Number One Secret To Happiness
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Well, how could I not be intrigued with a title like, “I tried Denmark’s No. 1 secret to happiness for a year. It truly changed my life — and even made me [...]
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Why Are Women Stepping Away From Relationships?
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Really interesting article about women, dating, and the emotional toll it takes. I often talk with clients about men’s emotional needs and how we aren’t educating [...]
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Helping Your Kids Through Divorce
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Everybody hurts during a divorce; it’s not easy on anyone. Children react to and cope with divorce differently based on lots of factors: their ages, their relationship with [...]
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Happiness At Home: Caring For The Caregiver
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Few people are prepared for the responsibilities and tasks involved in caring for loved ones who are ill, elderly, or disabled. The success of the relationship between you and [...]
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Happiness At Home: Moving beyond Grief and Loss
Andrea Ramsay Speers
In my work as a mental health professional, I have seen many clients dealing with losses of all kinds—loss of loved ones through death and divorce, for instance. These [...]
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