by Jeff Packer | Feb 12, 2024 | Affairs and Adultery, Change, Love & Relationships, Marriage, Sexuality
What exactly does “back burner” mean? Well this “back burner phrase is very popular in the therapy room, usually carrying quite a negative connotation with it. Couples struggling with their marital relationships, due to both internal and external...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 11, 2024 | Change, Conflict, Grief, Stress
What is it about smooth stones, weathered over centuries by the constant tumbling and jostling of the waves and currents, that we seem to find so attractive? As stormy and turbulent waters persistently knock randomly shaped rocks into one another, their sharp edges...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 10, 2024 | Change, Children & Adolescence, Family, Parenting
We can do a lot to help our children be more truthful and honest. As parents, our response to children, both when they are honest and when they misbehave, has a significant impact on their inner thoughts, feelings and choices. Sometimes we just get into a pattern of...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 9, 2024 | Change, Family, Friendship, Grief, Love & Relationships, Mental Health
What are your birthday celebrations like? Do you feel special and appreciate the day you were born? How about others? Do they contact you, text, email, post on your wall or call? Are your birthdays marked by traditions such as being woken with the Happy Birthday song,...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 8, 2024 | Change, Conflict, Crisis, Family, Love & Relationships, Mental Health, Parenting, Stress, Teens
Family: composed of many unique individuals, with varying thoughts, beliefs, opinions and pursuits for life. We don’t choose our family; they are pretty much assigned to us. We may assume that we were destined to be in the family we are in; that the individuals...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 7, 2024 | Anxiety, Change, Friendship, Holidays / Vacation, Spirituality
Travelling to a foreign country can be rather exciting and stressful at the same time. You don’t know the customs, the people, the geographic area etc.. Even going to the USA from Canada, when you don’t travel much, can elevate stress levels. Thoughts that...
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