by Jeff Packer | Feb 18, 2024 | Anxiety, Change, Crisis, Mental Health, Stress, Work & Employment
The virus (our stinkin’ thinkin’), has us creating a standard; a stamp of approval, if you will. Some sort of measurable of what it means to be successful and happy. Sometimes to achieve this stamp of approval, we may add to our workload, increase our debt, and/or...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 16, 2024 | Affairs and Adultery, Change, Love & Relationships, Marriage, Separation & Divorce
How many times do you hear this phrase from a spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend? “We’ve grown apart”. I wonder where and when we first heard this phrase? Was it in a movie or on a TV show? Is it really true? Do people grow apart? This sounds like an...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 14, 2024 | Change, Family, Friendship, Love & Relationships, Marriage
“How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You” Sound too good to be true, impossible or unlikley? I’m here as a witness that the “Truly, Madly Deeply” lyrics can come true. Is that just too many trues in one paragraph already? In a world where we...
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...
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