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Why, Me? It’s a Question Difficult to Answer

Aug 31, 2018 11:32AM ● By Don Short

Many of us go through life with our families, developing our careers and participating in activities that we find fulfilling and satisfying. Our lives become routine. Then tragedy strikes...

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Pruning Can Create a Better Marriage

Jun 07, 2018 01:48PM ● By Don Short

For a marriage to be healthy, one needs to sow int the positive things that will strengthen it, while at the same time pruning/removing elements in our lives that tend to be destructive...

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A Better ME Makes A Better WE

May 07, 2018 11:52AM ● By Don Short

In our day to day lives we like to feel that we are on top of things, a sense of control. We desire a “perfect” day, a day that goes as planned...

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Stuck in Hand-Me-Downs

Aug 30, 2017 10:08AM ● By Don Short

There are many things that parents hand down to us, some good and some bad..

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Healthy Reciprocity: The Foundation Of All Relationships

Jul 20, 2017 03:17PM ● By Don Short

Reciprocity is a personal response to a perceived act of kindness or unkindness.

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HEALTHY BOUNDARIES = LESS STRESS

Jun 09, 2017 10:06AM ● By Don Short

Healthy boundaries are important between couples, between friends and between children & family members. How we define ourselves is determined by the boundaries we set in our relationships.

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Barriers to Intimacy - part 2

Apr 19, 2017 08:48AM ● By Don Short

Recovering Intimacy in Your Relationship - Intimacy is a very important part of our human experience. It brings satisfaction, health, happiness, and sense of meaning to one’s life.

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What Is Intimacy - part 1

Mar 09, 2017 01:43PM ● By Don Short

Intimacy is a process – not a thing. It takes place over time and is not stagnant. In fact, any kind of stagnation in a relationship kills intimacy. Intimacy can also take many forms.

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Codependent – The Caretaker and The Rescuer

Feb 20, 2017 08:30AM ● By Don Short

Codependency begins as a survival plan that a child develops so that their life will be more bearable in response to the abuse and/or neglect they are experiencing at that time.

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Shrink the Change – Notice the Change

Jan 19, 2017 03:47PM ● By Don Short

It does not have to be "All or Nothing" - Sometimes the picture of change we create in our minds is so large and overwhelming that the process is never started because we feel so overwhelmed.

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