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EMDR Therapy: Healing from Disturbing Life Experiences

CateyContes — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:04:34 +0000

EMDR Therapy: Healing from Disturbing Life Experiences By Maria Russell, MACC, LPC Hi. My name is Maria Russell, and I am a therapist at Southlake Counseling. I have recently returned from an intense 3-day EMDR training workshop, and I am excited to share my experience with you. You may be asking yourself, “What is EMDR?” [...]

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Your Weekly Meditation: It is Okay to Trust Yourself

Kimberly — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 21:49:34 +0000

It is okay to trust yourself. So often we look to our past for evidence that we can trust ourselves in our present. But we know more now than we knew then. We are stronger now. We are wiser. Our past has taught us valuable lessons we are now able to apply right here in [...]

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Your Weekly Meditations: Emotional Sensitivity is a Strength

Kimberly — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 00:08:24 +0000

Emotional sensitivity is a strength. There are so many levels of emotional sensitivity. Often, the most emotionally sensitive individuals are also introverts, but both introverted and extroverted people can be extraordinarily sensitive to the presence, depth and breadth of their own emotions, as well as to the same in others. While emotional sensitivity may initially [...]

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4 Things to Know About Communicating With the Opposite Gender

Kimberly — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:42:29 +0000

If you are a female, communication is likely second nature to you. As a female, you communicate without even thinking about it. You use every faculty at your disposal to communicate and take great pleasure in doing so. You understand – without giving it your conscious attention – the complex interactions that can take place [...]

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Your Weekly Meditation: Feeling, Learning From and Releasing Emotions is a Skill to be Learned

Kimberly — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:01:29 +0000

Feeling, learning from and releasing emotions is a skill to be learned. It is quite tempting to assume that people who appear as “still waters” with vast reserves of inner calm were simply born that way. However, appropriately feeling, learning from, and releasing emotions is a skill to be learned, just like any other. When [...]

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