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Beth_Murray

Feb 06
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marriage finances

Dealing With the Unknowns

By Mental Health
As humans we don't like unknowns! In fact, some of us hate them and really struggle if things are unknown. Yet life has so many unknown components. When we get new information, our brains want to figure things out. If we have very black and white thinking, it's even worse…
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Jul 11
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hope

How to be Hopeful

By Mental Health
First, let's differentiate between hope and optimism. “Hope focuses more directly on the personal attainment of specific goals, whereas optimism focuses more broadly on the expected quality of future outcomes in general.” In other words, optimism is the belief that things will turn out all right; hope makes no such…
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Apr 04
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treatment for depression

You Can Do Hard Things!

By Mental Health
Have you been dealt some unfair blows lately? Has your life been impacted by grief and loss? Has trauma blown your life apart? If you answered 'yes' to one or more of these questions you have been through hard things. This also verifies that you CAN do hard things. It's…
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Aug 22
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Depression Treatment

Still Experiencing Anxiety?

By Anxiety
We all felt a certain amount of anxiety when the COVID 19 pandemic started. So many unknowns were infiltrating our lives. What was going to happen next? What if... Now that we are in a less restricted phase of pandemic response, many people are still finding they continue to have…
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Dec 21
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Christmas Blues

Not So Happy Holidays

By Depression, Mental Health
Although this is known to be a joyous season it doesn't mean that it is. The Holidays can cause a sore spot to fester even more. Perhaps you are experiencing grief or loss, or enduring a time of illness/chronic pain. You might be walking through a time of broken dreams…
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Dec 01
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being yourself

Do You Have Impostor Syndrome?

By Mental Health
I keep hearing about people having 'impostor syndrome.' I guess it's become a thing. Actually it was first referenced in 1978 followed by research done in 1985 by Dr. Pauline Rose Clance and the first measurement scale: the Clance impostor phenomenon scale (CIP). The scale measured impostor syndrome across six…
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Oct 20
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Five Horsemen of the Marital Apocalypse!

Are You Living a Distracted Life?

By Mental Health
Our world has become a place of distraction. The internet has shortened our attention spans and trained us to distract and detach. All these 'time saving' inventions have left us feeling more busy and hurried than ever before. The problem is we are not meant to live a life of…
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Jul 27
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Am I a Narcissist?

Am I a Narcissist?

By Mental Health
If you are wondering if you are a narcissist, here's a simple test put forward by Scott Barry Kaufman, Writer and Psychologist: Step 1: Take a moment to think about yourself. Step 2: If you made it to Step 2, you are not a narcissist. Narcissism is a personality disorder…
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