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EMOTIVE JOURNALING ™ – How to journal away emotional baggage

EMOTIVE JOURNALING ™ – How to journal away emotional baggage

Posted on 05.26.17 No Comments

Want to get rid of emotional baggage? Emotive Journaling ™ is self-therapy to get rid of emotional baggage from a difficult childhood, past relationships, bad work experiences or just stressful times. A NATURAL WAY TO HEAL EMOTIONALLY   Imagine this. Your 1st grader comes to you all Read More →

Reverse Procrastination-Procrastination Can Drive Productivity

Reverse Procrastination-Procrastination Can Drive Productivity

Posted on 02.07.17 No Comments

Reverse Procrastination - Use your natural tendency to procrastinate to train yourself to become productive and focused. Procrastination is when you tell yourself, "I'll just play one more game of solitaire and then I'll get started writing my paper."  Then - surprise, surprise - when Read More →

ANGER MANAGEMENT 201: Do You Blurt, Block or Channel Your Anger

ANGER MANAGEMENT 201: Do You Blurt, Block or Channel Your Anger

Posted on 11.29.16 No Comments

Blurting your anger hurts others. Blocking your anger hurts you. Channeling your anger is the only permanent solution to anger management. There are three basic ways that you can express anger.  Young children blurt out their anger, they express it in a raw physical form such as Read More →

Communication ABCD’s – Communicate your way into closeness

Communication ABCD’s – Communicate your way into closeness

Posted on 08.16.16 No Comments

When you run into communication problems you need to go back to the ABCD's - A) A Single Issue, B) Best Time, C) See Their Perspective & D) Do It Again. In sports when you are consistently missing with your tennis swing or your jump shot you always go back to the fundamentals.  In Read More →

4 Words That Can Stop Any Marital Argument.

4 Words That Can Stop Any Marital Argument.

Posted on 03.30.16 1 Comment

These 4 words can 1) stop marital arguments mid-sentence, 2) help you become a super spouse and 3) help your spouse to become less defensive. The next time you have an argument with your spouse I want you to say the very last thing that they will expect to hear from you, “You Are Read More →

Marital Time-Out Plus – Communication Skills For Hot Topics

Marital Time-Out Plus – Communication Skills For Hot Topics

Posted on 03.16.16 No Comments

Do your arguments about some topics blow up into major explosions.  Here are some advanced communication skills to help you avoid those minefields. Start with the first 6 steps of the standard Marital Time-Out Program and then add these additional steps to tame those totally Read More →

A SIMPLE EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE SELF-TEST

A SIMPLE EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE SELF-TEST

Posted on 01.19.16 1 Comment

Do you have problems with ANGER, FEARS, SADNESS, OBSESSIONS or COMPULSIONS? Do a simple exercise to find out if emotional baggage is subconsciously causing your problems.  Think of an issue that is interfering with your life right now.  This may be anger, sadness, anxiety, an Read More →

Start Breaking Compulsions & Addictions In 2 Minutes

Start Breaking Compulsions & Addictions In 2 Minutes

Posted on 12.08.15 No Comments

The difference between social drinking and problem drinking doesn't have anything to do with how ofter you drink, how much you drink, whether you drink alone or with other people.  Social drinking happens when you drink to make a good feeling better.  Problem drinking -  and any other Read More →

3 surprisingly simple but powerful communication skills

3 surprisingly simple but powerful communication skills

Posted on 12.01.15 1 Comment

Have you been avoiding bringing a hot-button topic up with your friend, co-worker or spouse?  Here are three surprisingly simple communication skills that turn arguments into real understanding. RUN YOUR HANDS UNDER COLD WATER When I wash dishes, I have a problem, I like to use Read More →

Dream Induction –  A fun way to beat insomnia

Dream Induction – A fun way to beat insomnia

Posted on 10.20.15 No Comments

Do you have insomnia just because you can't turn off your mind?  Dream induction allows you to turn off the TV and turn on a movie in your mind instead. Step 1 - Generate an emotion. Allow yourself to recall a positive memory. Vividly relive the memory using all five senses and then go Read More →

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