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Five Simple Steps to a Meaningful Holiday Season

Five Simple Steps to a Meaningful Holiday Season

With the start of December comes an almost audible, collective tensing-up of family members worldwide. People everywhere are forming lists ...
The Power of Positive Emotions

The Power of Positive Emotions

Wired for Danger  We have a natural tendency to focus on what goes wrong. Over thousands of years we have ...
Sticking Together through Transitions

Sticking Together through Transitions

Family life is marked by transitional moments. Throughout life together a couple could celebrate their first date, engagement, wedding day, ...
How to Declutter Our Relationships

How to Declutter Our Relationships

It seems we are living in the age of excess.  Some call it the Information Age due to the seemingly ...
Scary Thoughts

Scary Thoughts

Photograph by Conor MacNeill With Halloween around the corner, it seems like a good idea to go a little scary ...
Finding Peace Amid Life’s Chaos

Finding Peace Amid Life’s Chaos

We all have those days.  Those days that leave us feeling shackled to our humanity, trapped by our trappings, and ...
Calm in Houston Traffic

Calm in Houston Traffic

The diverse sites, sounds, cultures, and entertainment make Houston a great city. Never a dull moment. But a big challenge ...
9 Reasons Happily Engaged Couples go to Premarital Counseling

9 Reasons Happily Engaged Couples go to Premarital Counseling

Premarital counseling is only for couples who are engaged and having trouble, right?  Wrong. Premarital therapy is helpful for engaged ...
Trauma and the Body

Trauma and the Body

Photography: Solitude by Jeremy Hockin Many people suffer from either physical or emotional wounds that remain from a previous traumatic ...
Courage to Face Our Fears

Courage to Face Our Fears

 Courage We all have fears. Many of us have experienced times when we feel stuck because we are afraid; scared ...
Experience the Fullness of Life

Experience the Fullness of Life

Experience the Fullness of Life Full, you will find, may denote abundance, completion, perfection, saturation, satisfaction, and more. And so ...
Healing Practice: Laughter Really is Serious Medicine

Healing Practice: Laughter Really is Serious Medicine

This is our fifth post in a series where we explore daily practices that nurture and encourage healing. Our last post discussed ...