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Happiness At Home: Caring For The Caregiver

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, couples, depression, happy families, health, marriage, mental health, newsletter, stress
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: Managing Today’s Stepfamilies

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, couples, happy families, marriage, newsletter, parenting, stress, teens, tweens
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: Moving beyond Grief and Loss

Andrea Ramsay Speers
depression, mental health, newsletter, stress
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
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 Manage Conflict At Work

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, mental health, newsletter, stress
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: Managing Difficult Life Transitions

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, depression, happy families, mental health, newsletter, stress
Life is a process of beginnings and endings. In both life and nature, there are times when things move slowly and don’t seem to change very much. Then, suddenly, things change [...]
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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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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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