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Frequently I talk to clients who find out that someone important in their life –spouse, child, sibling, parent– has being hiding something from them. Usually they feel betrayed, they wonder if they will ever be happy again, or they feel alone, like they are the only person in the world experiencing a betrayal of some …
One of the most valuable tools we can teach as parents is how to help children manage scary thoughts. As a child I was terrified of fire. Just ask my parents! My mom said at about 18-months-old she put me in a play pen in front of our fire place (that had the doors closed) …
I realized the other day that being a military spouse of 18 years has prepared me to know how to deal with being quarantined in the house with my seven kids. Now I get to do both deployment and quarantine! Sweet! Part of military life is never knowing what is going to happen. You wait …
I’m a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. One of our books of scripture is called the Book of Mormon. It is the best thought book ever written. It is full of conflict and turmoil between two different groups of people, the Nephites and the Lamanites. One phrase that is frequently …
My sister called me the other day to tell me that she broke up with her boyfriend. He was pretty upset about it and kept doing things, like sending her How to Win Friends and Influence People in the mail, to provoke a reaction out of her. He even posted their break up all over …
