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Pathways of Love
How to Override Our Brain’s Responses to Someone Else’s Feelings February 8, 2019 With Valentines Day rapidly approaching…. It is no secret that within relationships we are expected to support each other emotionally but what does this...
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December 21, 2018 Some of you may be frantically scrambling to buy for everyone on your gift list, and we want to gently and lovingly remind you to take a pause. Check in with yourself. Is gift-giving really the spirit of the season? Are gifts...
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December 7, 2018 As mental health professionals, if we could give any gift for the holidays, it would be this: Permission to care for yourself as you are right now. There is a tremendous cultural pressure to rejoice, to spend time with family, to...
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February 2, 2018 For years I have been blaming Hallmark for commercializing Valentine’s Day. But I was wrong. The commercializing was brewing for a few centuries. The life and times of St. Valentine dates back to the third century when...
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December 29, 2017 I am not much of a history buff, but I found the origins and the development of New Year resolutions fascinating. Did you know the ancient Babylonians were the first people to make New Year’s resolutions? Each year in March...
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December 11, 2017 Christmas carolers and mall music remind us that this “is the happiest time of the year.” This Advent/Christmas season is an opportunity to reflect on what truly makes us happy. It can’t just be the busyness and bustling. Is...
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November 15, 2017 Just about every American can tell you Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November. Just about every American finds some way to acknowledge their gratitude on the official gratitude day. Just about every American joins...
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January 5, 2017 Jazzed in January and a flopped in February. That pretty much describes New Year’s resolutions that fifty percent of us make. Those of us that don’t this year still remember years of failure that results in an attitude of, “Why...
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December 23, 2016 The Board of Directors and staff of NCC got together Christmas week for breakfast, pictures with Santa, and a fun art team project all themed around social justice. Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!
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December 14, 2016 Grief doesn’t take a holiday. In fact, the holidays are poignant reminders of our loss and loneliness. As Christmas approaches, our first instinct is to retreat or withdraw but somehow grief manages to find us. There are several...
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December 3, 2016 Barb’s Blog Some practical thoughts from Sr. Barbara Kennedy, LPC, therapist and co-founder of NCC: Last year I was invited to speak on holiday stress at two different gatherings. During both presentations I could almost...
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