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Navigating Life After Loss
Do you feel completely lost about how to navigate through life after losing someone you love? This is an extremely common feeling when someone is faced with grief and loss. Most people wonder, “How long will I feel like this?” and “What does this journey through grief...
When You Are Flooded, Stop Arguing
If your heart rate exceeds 94 beats per minute when you are in an argument with your spouse, you are “flooded.” That’s another way of saying that your brain has activated your body’s fight or flight response. Recognizing and responding to flooding are cornerstone...
Three Steps To Better Communication For Couples
If arguments with your spouse routinely escalate and end with hurt feelings and disconnection, the most likely culprit is in the way you begin the conversation. You can begin with harsh starts, or gentle starts. Which one of those you choose will almost always...
Three Effective Communication Techniques For Parents of Teens
As a parent, your words have power, even when it doesn’t feel like it. Learning effective communication is key to breathing new life into any relationship, and your relationship with your teen is no different. Incorporate these tips into your everyday conversations...
The Four Rs of Forgiveness
“When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche In the #BGT method of living and growth, focussing on the present and all of its majesty and brilliance is a key. But there are times when our past creeps up...
Ten Warning Signs Your Teen Might Need A Counselor
This Just Normal Teenage Behavior Or Does My Teen Need A Counselor? With all the changes and intense emotions teenagers experience, even their normal behavior can be concerning. It’s often hard for parents to know when professional help is necessary. Although...
The 5 Reasons You Need an Executive Coach
Leaders in all organizations face hurdles. Executives in for and non-profit businesses often face barriers to upward mobility and managing dilemmas alike. An executive coach is someone with leadership skills who has no political interest and who only benefits from...
100% of What You’ve Got
Perfection Is Not Possible. Giving Your Best Is. Sometimes it’s not easy to give your 100%. That’s alright. Let me share a personal story to explain why! Have you ever experienced so much physical pain that you could not bring yourself to talk? That’s the pain I...
Creating Trust in Relationships
Every couple has an emotional bank account that uses trust as currency rather than money. The balance in that account determines how couples react when things go wrong in the relationship. It works just like a checking account. If you have plenty of money in the bank...