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3 fingers: a simple practice to reduce conflict and increase connection with your partner

accountability, awareness, blaming, boundaries, breathe, change, codependency, communication tips, counselling, couples counselling, feeling responsible, language of love, mindfulness, nagging, positive life changes, relationship joy, Relationship Therapy

3 fingers: a simple practice to reduce conflict and increase connection with your partner One of the most common “complaints” I hear from couples when they make an appointment for couple’s counselling or relationship therapy is how fed up they are with all the negativity between them. Are you tired of bickering all the time? Are you a nag? Does it feel like conflict erupts out of nowhere… one minute things seem to be fine …

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Has Addiction damaged your self-esteem?

Addiction, boundaries, codependency, communication tips, counselling, couples counselling, depression, feeling responsible, low self-esteem, marriage counselling, positive life changes, Relationship Therapy, self-esteem, self-love, stress tolerance

Has Addiction damaged your self-esteem? It doesn’t matter whether you love someone who is struggling with Addiction or if you are an Addict, part of the emotional roller coaster of living with Addiction is the impact it has on your self-esteem. As an Addictions Counsellor and Marriage therapist I often help couples navigate the journey of recovery from co-depency and other addiction to rebuilding trust and self-esteem. Can you relate to Hank and Renée? When …

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Are you stressed and feeling in constant crisis mode?

Addiction, Anxiety, awareness, boundaries, breathe, codependency, counselling, couples counselling, crisis management, depression, feeling responsible, freedom, low self-esteem, marriage counselling, perfectionism, stress tolerance

Are you stressed and feeling in constant crisis mode? Do you spend a lot of time worrying about things that are out of your control? Do you agonize over doing it just right so you can avoid conflict of disappointing others? Perhaps you experience “crises” similar to the following examples: Your adult daughter calls you frantically from work. This is her first day at the new job and she was supposed to bring various signed …

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Improve your happiness quotient by learning this mantra

Addiction, Anxiety, awareness, boundaries, codependency, communication tips, counselling, couples counselling, depression, feeling responsible, intimacy coaching, life transition counselling, low self-esteem, marriage counselling, positive life changes, stress tolerance

Improve your happiness quotient by learning this mantra Do you worry about your loved ones being disappointed, or feeling bad in some shape or form? Do try to save your children from feeling/experiencing pain and disappointment in life? Do you work hard to manage your loved one’s feelings so he or she doesn’t get sick, relapse, become depressed again, get triggered into some other painful place? Are you the super attentive and kind friend always …

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Is your relationship affair “proofed”?

affair prevention, counselling, couples counselling, intimacy coaching, Joy, marriage counselling, mindfulness, positive life changes, relationship joy, Relationship Therapy

Is your relationship affair “proofed”? Are you familiar with the major reasons for betrayal in relationship? And do you know how to avoid them? When couples come to see me for affair recovery or marriage and relationship therapy, we usually start with an assessment to identify the strengths of their relationship and where they need support. Check out this list of the six most common causes that have been identified to put your marriage at …

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When you can’t stop criticizing each other – how to stop the blame game

Anxiety, boundaries, communication tips, core differences, counselling, couples counselling, feeling responsible, low self-esteem, marriage counselling, perfectionism, relationship joy

When you can’t stop criticizing each other – how to stop the blame game Do you ever think or say “I can never do anything right!” or “No matter what I do, it’s never good enough for you!” when you’re involved in yet another squabble with your partner? When Harry and Jen came to see me for couple’s counselling in Burnaby they were both very frustrated. Over the last couple of years their bickering had …

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3 fingers: a simple practice to reduce conflict and increase connection with your partner

Has Addiction damaged your self-esteem?

Are you stressed and feeling in constant crisis mode?

Improve your happiness quotient by learning this mantra

Is your relationship affair “proofed”?

When you can’t stop criticizing each other – how to stop the blame game

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