Happiness At Home: Managing Today’s Stepfamilies
Andrea Ramsay Speers
If you are a member of a stepfamily, you know how difficult it can be to integrate all of the new members and adjust to the new boundaries and rules. The following ideas may [...]
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Happiness At Home: 12 Rules For Constructive Communication
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Poor communication patterns erode self-esteem and harm relationships but sadly, plenty of people fall into the trap of indulging in them. If you and your relationship partners [...]
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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 Stop Procrastinating
Andrea Ramsay Speers
This is the second of a series of two newsletters that explore the dynamics of procrastination. In my last newsletter, you learned what procrastination is and why people do [...]
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Happiness At Home Newsletter: What Makes Us Procrastinate?
Andrea Ramsay Speers
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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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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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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7 Habits Of Highly Effective Communicators
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Many of us take our communication style for granted. We just say what we’re thinking. We might assume that what we’re thinking is “common sense.” Maybe we don’t give much [...]
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Happiness At Home: Recovering From An Affair
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Forms of Infidelity Infidelity takes many forms. Some people have sequential affairs—a series of one-night stands or short affairs. These affairs involve very little emotional [...]
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10 Habits Of Happy Couples
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Ok, this was just such a great article, I had to share it! It was written by Mark Goulston on the Psychology Today blog. It’s fantastic. 10 Habits of Happy Couples [...]
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