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Happiness At Home: Suicide Warning Signs and Treatment

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, depression, mental health, newsletter, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens
It is reported that suicide, the act of deliberately ending one’s own life, is a cause of death for about 4,500 people each year in Canada. Since many suicides are not [...]
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Happiness At Home: How To Be Less of a Perfectionist and Enjoy Life More

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, depression, mental health, newsletter, Pet Peeves, self esteem, stress
This is the second of a series of two newsletters that explore the dynamics of perfectionism. In my last newsletter, you learned what perfectionism is and why people develop [...]
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Happiness At Home: Managing Perfectionism

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, mental health, newsletter, self esteem, stress
This is the first of two articles that address perfectionism. In this article, we will explore what perfectionism is and why it is destructive. In the next one, we will take a [...]
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Happiness At Home: How To Be More Self-Confident

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, mental health, newsletter, self esteem
Signs of Self-Confidence Let’s explore the meaning of self-confidence by taking a quiz. Read the list of statements below and check which ones, in your opinion, are signs of [...]
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Happiness At Home Newsletter: What Makes Us Procrastinate?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
depression, encouragement, mental health, nagging, newsletter, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens
All of us procrastinate on occasion. For some people, it’s a chronic problem; for others, it’s only a problem in certain life areas. Procrastination is always frustrating [...]
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Encouraging Words

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, encouragement, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens, Uncategorised
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
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 [...]
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Happiness At Home Newsletter: Take Charge Of Your Life

Andrea Ramsay Speers
mental health, newsletter, Pet Peeves, self esteem, stress
Goals are good for your physical and mental health. Looking to set some new goals for the rest of the year? Here are a few ideas to get you started: Career Learning Clubs [...]
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Being A Good Sport

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, encouragement, parenting, self esteem, teens, tweens
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
anxiety, chores, communication, encouragement, happy families, mental health, nagging, parenting, self esteem, stress
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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