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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 [...]
Read more You Can Have Excellent Listening Skills!

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 [...]
Read more Happiness At Home Newsletter: What Makes Us Procrastinate?

Relationship Checkup

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, couples, happy families, marriage, newsletter, stress
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
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: Recovering From An Affair

Andrea Ramsay Speers
couples, marriage, newsletter, stress
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
communication, couples, happy families, marriage
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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When Parents Disagree About Parenting

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, couples, happy families, marriage, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress, teens, tweens
Who knew that parenting could be so hard on your marriage?? When we meet someone and children aren’t even on our radars, we don’t really know that our parenting styles might [...]
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Date Nights

Andrea Ramsay Speers
couples, happy families, marriage
I’m sure all parents of young children have heard of the importance of date nights. How can it be avoided, when we talk about how tired and disconnected from our partners we [...]
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Happiness At Home: Skills For Making Your Marriage Thrive

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, couples, happy families, marriage, nagging, newsletter
Any marriage counselor will tell you that one of the most common problems observed when couples come for help is poor communication skills. People get into trouble in their [...]
Read more Happiness At Home: Skills For Making Your Marriage Thrive

The Hard Road To A Happy Marriage

Andrea Ramsay Speers
couples, happy families, marriage
Did you know that, statistically, half of all divorces take place in the first seven years of marriage?  Or put another way, if couples with children are going to divorce, [...]
Read more The Hard Road To A Happy Marriage
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