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Shedding Some Light On Marriage Counselling
A marriage doesn’t necessarily have to be on the rocks for a couple to seek the help of a professional marriage counsellor. These highly skilled trained listeners can help couples face their unresolved issues in a friendly, confidential and...
12 Steps To Making Marriages Go The Distance
Psychologist Harriet Lerner Ph.D. provides her professional advice in an article outlining 12 basic steps that we can take to help our marriages to go the distance. From The Huffington Post. 12 Simple Steps For A Sustainable Marriage 1. Respect Differences. We all...
Reasons Why Our Kids and Teens Rebel
According to The Independent UK, Justin Bieber is a prime example of too much too soon. The young celebrity had several run-ins with the law. One of those was for ‘drag-racing’ in a Lamborghini and another time for throwing eggs at a neighbour’s house and according...
Manage Anger To Keep Your Job
We’ve all had days where everything goes wrong, your boss is furious at you over something that’s out of your control, a project goes terribly wrong, you’re being taken for granted, aren’t valued in the workplace or you’re just on work overload without enough hours in...
The Power Of Choice Over Social Influence
Television, Radio, The internet and Social Media has a huge influence on people’s lives as a whole. According to Mark Stibbe’s observances, people’s reactions to the same kind of news can differ greatly from one nation to the next in keeping with their social...
Mental Health & The Overuse and Misuse of Technology
Our Hi-Tech society can order food online, book a hotel, locate pizza delivery drivers and we can buy goods from any location in the world where there’s an internet connection available. Scanning QR codes to view information about a business and their products &...
Social Media Trend & Technology Addiction
Information Technology has allowed modern day families to become more connected than ever before. We have become hi-tech households that carry smart phones everywhere we go. We use social networks to communicate and can instantly share our snap shots with one...
Avoiding Burnout – A High Achievers Sickness
According to Sherrie Bourg Carter’s article in Psychology Today, high achievers are more prone to burnout because of their, "I can do everything" personalities. She states the reason , “Because high-achievers are often so passionate about what they do, they tend to...
The Differences Between Fear, Anxiety & Phobias
Although anxiety, fear and phobias can seem alike, they are distinctly unique as explained in an excerpt from an article titled, ‘Anxiety and Fear’, by Psychologist Tim Clinton. Fear While most people experience fear as a negative emotion, fear has a positive...
STEP PARENTING – Establishing The Right Foundation
According to Relationships Australia, step families are different and complex. They say that it can take some time before strong family relationships will form, as it is highly unlikely that the children and the step parent will instantly love each other. Being in a...
WESTERN SOCIETY – Losing The Battle Against Stress
Dr Archibald D. Hart, believes that in this age of advancement in medicine and neuroscience, we are losing the battle against stress. Modern society has advanced rapidly and we now cram more and more tasks into our daily routines. But is it for the better? HOW THE...
HURRY SICKNESS – The Adrenaline & Stress Connection
No doubt that we live extremely busy lives in modern times. As we hurrying about, working, multitasking, facing tough challenges, meeting deadlines and living up to family expectations and commitments, our lives can become quite hectic and stressful. Dr Archibald D....