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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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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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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Happiness At Home: Suicide Warning Signs and Treatment
Andrea Ramsay Speers
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: Managing Perfectionism
Andrea Ramsay Speers
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 Manage Conflict At Work
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Kinds of Workplace Conflicts Let’s start by identifying where conflicts happen. Think about the kinds of conflicts that happen around your workplace. Disagreements over turf [...]
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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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