Health & Wellness
Walk the Talk
September is a good month to walk the talk. The weather is changing, school is starting, and there is a bit of hopeful anticipation in
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September 3, 2024
Distress Tolerance
Distress Tolerance
Distress Tolerance is using our own abilities and tools to manage difficulties in a healthy way.
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July 15, 2024
Women
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March 8, 2024
Health & Wellness
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February 2, 2024
Health & Wellness
Living On Purpose
You are worthy of a beautiful life. Let me help you live on purpose!
Happy New Year!
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January 1, 2024
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Begin Again
There are all sorts of new beginnings. Some see Mondays or the first of the month as a time to start again. Others mark the
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November 1, 2023
Health & Wellness
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September 8, 2023
parenting
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August 9, 2023
Communication
On Fire For Communication
Communication is intentional and healthy for all types of relationships.
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July 3, 2023
Health & Wellness
Surviving Emotions
Somehow, it became normal to spend more time working and less time knowing and caring for ourselves. This is sad and counter intuitive to productivity,
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June 4, 2023
Health & Wellness
Getting Through
Getting Through Mother and Father’s Day Mother and Father’s Day can produce hella emotions. The scenarios can run from the excitement of ‘gifting lavishly’ to
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May 11, 2023
Health & Wellness
Connections
Connections If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. – Mother Teresa One of the biggest
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April 17, 2023
Health & Wellness
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February 7, 2023
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Managing relationships can be difficult, but with skill tips and practice they can be more enjoyable.
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December 6, 2022
art
Art is essential. Body positive art in the form of cards and acrylic on wood pieces is my jam. You can look on this post
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September 13, 2022
Health & Wellness
Let’s Talk About Value… Defining value is complicated because values are internal. We write them in our narratives and they, in turn, show people who
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September 9, 2022
Health & Wellness
Selfcare
I took a year sabbatical after a serious medical condition hit me out of the blue. I’m self-aware and listen to my partner, so I
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July 26, 2022
Health & Wellness
Love Me? I Don’t Even Know Me It is February, and the word love is everywhere. If you believe social media, everyone is fanatically happy
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February 1, 2022
Health & Wellness
I’ll Work for Peace
I get a lot of calls from parents who are heartbroken, fed up, or exhausted because their adolescent child is wreaking havoc in the home.
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January 6, 2022
Health & Wellness
Sleep, The Cheapest Medicine You Can Give Your Body
The best advice my sister ever gave me was, “sleep when you can.” This is good advice for new moms, people in crisis, and those
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August 4, 2021
Health & Wellness
Anxiety
Anxiety is an output of excessive worry that continues over a long period of time. It can be debilitating, frustrating, and also common. Some familiar
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July 20, 2021
Health & Wellness
Curve Balls
Curve balls is a soft sounding phrase. Curves are rounded and caressive. The image may seem elegant. “Oh life sent you a curve ball,” is
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July 13, 2021
Change
Growth is Messy
Growth is messy, but your are not in this alone. New Direction Life Management has tips to help you with your journey.
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March 3, 2026
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Say, “I Love You!”
*It is this counselor’s belief that our children and grandchildren are to be loved unconditionally, but that all other people in our lives are subject
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February 5, 2026
Change
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December 29, 2025
Communication
Winter and Deadlines and Bills Oh My!
It’s a bit strange that we tend to expect and even try to rustle up joy and holiday spirit in December; but often feel sad,
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December 2, 2025
Distress Tolerance
Pain
Emotional and physical pain activate the same areas of your brain and these areas are connected in ways that we are just beginning to understand.
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November 3, 2025
Distress Tolerance
Calming the Chaos with Influential Leadership
Chaos happens in the home and on the playground, as well as in the boardroom; but incivility is costly. When a family member, a friend,
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October 1, 2025
safety
Safety – Emotional and Otherwise
Workplace safety is a standard today. There are laws; even government entities that manage it, but do you consider it a personal goal? Many don’t.
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August 28, 2025
Emotions
Building Social Emotional Assets
“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein Social emotional development is paramount to happiness and success. We grow when we understand
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July 31, 2025
Change
Manipulation
Manipulation happens often in the course of our lives. Sometimes we use words like gaslighting (Gaslighting is a type of manipulation that causes a person
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July 3, 2025
