Perfectionism And OCD: What Are The Differences and Similarities?

A client came to see me recently and explained that he finds it very hard to decide almost anything. The more important the decision the more he agonizes. He wants every decision to be “perfect”. He is often petrified of...

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Burnout Prevention And Recovery

Burnout is real and widespread. Forbes Magazine has reported that a significant percent of the working population suffers from it worldwide. Burnout is not technically a clinical term, but one that is used to describe a state of emotional, mental...

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How To Rebuild Trust After An Affair

An affair has been discovered. It could feel like a powerful explosion has just shattered your world. You and your spouse are in turmoil. There are uncontrollable emotions rocking you. What do you do? When trust is broken there is often an...

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The Top 10 Barriers To Self-Growth

Almost anyone you meet these days is seeking ways to improve, become more “evolved” or just simply be a better person. The self-growth and self-help industry has soared in popularity almost as fast as the diet and fitness industry. It...

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How To Resolve Conflict And Create Great Relationships

We all have disagreements. We may bicker about or debate our differences but  just having a disagreement is not cause for a battle. Some people take what could be seen as a simple disagreement to the level of  a major conflict. A...

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Midlife Crisis And Male Menopause: The Challenge For Men

Midlife is a normal developmental stage that all men get to experience. It is at this time, somewhere between 40-60 years of age, that both psychological as well as physiological changes take place. It is often at this time that a...

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Become A Better Communicator: The Top 7 Tips

Communication is both art and science. The artful aspect of it involves using your own personal style and personality to shape the way you express yourself. It also involves the way you can make others feel when they express themselves...

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Sex Therapy For Sex Addiction

Almost everyone was exposed to the Tiger Woods sex addiction scandal back in 2009. That amazing example of a media circus brought our attention to the fact that yet another well-known so called sex addicted celebrity had been unfaithful to...

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Being Critical? Are You Helping Or Hurting?

We've all heard the expression that a person is “his own worst critic”. We often do not give ourselves enough credit for performing well and regularly beat ourselves up for not performing better. For some of us it is never...

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How To Improve Your Memory: How Memory Works

The mysteries of the brain intrigue most of us. That 3-pound mass of grey matter with its 100 billion neurons protected by a relatively puny bony structure (the skull) literally operates everything. The brain process we seem to be most...

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