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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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You Can Have Excellent Listening Skills!

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, encouragement, marriage, nagging, newsletter, parenting, stress, teens, tweens
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 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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Staying Mentally Healthy In Times Of Crisis

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, happy families, mental health, parenting, stress, teens, tweens
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
chores, communication, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress, teens, tweens
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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10Feb

Family Meeting How-To’s

Andrea Ramsay Speers
chores, communication, gratitude, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress, teens, tweens
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
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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Gratitude in the Time of Abundance

Andrea Ramsay Speers
entitlement, gratitude, happy families, holidays, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens, tweens
It’s hard not to notice how much our kids have.  One study found that not that long ago – only a few decades – the average child had 50 toys.  By 1995, that number had jumped [...]
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