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Your Beliefs and How They Can Make You Unhappy

by Beth McHugh

03 Feb 2008 08:41 PM

Ever wondered just why you don't seem to enjoy life as much as other people around you? Perhaps you think they have just got better lives than you and therefore suffer less stress and worries.

New Year's Mental Health Resolutions

by Beth McHugh

04 Jan 2008 07:16 PM

Whether you suffer from a pre-existing mental health condition or just plain-old garden variety stress, why not try a different type of New Year's resolution this year? The resolution to improve your mental health.

More Positive Thoughts for Your Day

by Beth McHugh

08 Jun 2007 03:21 AM

At times, we all get bogged down in negativity or difficult situations. Here are some more positive statements to meditate upon and perhaps inspire you to a better, more productive and happy frame of mind. The thoughts you chose to think and believe right now are creating your future.

How Ann dealt with Julie (or How to Stop Being a Doormat)

by Beth McHugh

06 Jan 2007 04:11 PM

Remember Ann? She got dumped by Julie just days before Julie had agreed to accompany Ann to the doctors. Ann had given her six weeks notice of the impending appointment yet Julie phoned to cancel three days before the Big Day.

Have a Mentally Healthy New Year!

by Beth McHugh

05 Jan 2007 06:49 PM

Another year has come, bringing new hope and endless possibilities. What will you achieve this year? New Year is the typical time of that solemn process of Making Resolutions. We decide to stop smoking, or lose weight, or do that course, or relate better to our teenage children.

Liking What You See in the Mirror

by Beth McHugh

11 Dec 2006 10:58 PM

We all need to work consistently on maintaining a positive image of ourselves. We need to train our brains just as much as our bodies.

Cleaning up our act

by Beth McHugh

05 Nov 2006 09:37 PM

Not too many of us made it through childhood and adolescence without being told on numerous occasions to clean up our room. Most of us hated it! But, in hindsight, when our mothers hounded us to "clean up our act" they were unknowingly giving us a gift.

The Healing Comfort of Family Words

by Megan Bayliss

19 Oct 2006 08:28 PM

Some years ago I studied post graduate Solution Focused Therapy under Dr Robert McNeilly. He had just coauthored "Healing with Words" and since then I have been interested in the traditional family words that have far greater positive meaning than anyone else could possibly realize.

Do you worry about what other people think?

by Beth McHugh

07 Oct 2006 07:05 PM

Do you find yourself changing your behaviors based on what other people might think? Do you rush off to put make-up on just because someone has phoned to say they're coming over? Do you decide to get the "good" cups out for an unexpected visitor or do you just use the regular ones in the cupboard?



Recent Blog Comments
 
Pregasaurus says...

"Having said that there are other families where one daughter is "selected" to be the scapegoat of the mother while the others are not treated particularly badly."

In The Aging Narcissistic Parent (1)

Beth McHugh says...

"Hi Anony, You are describing the typical feelings of a child who has been emotionally neglected by a parent."

In Dealing with a Narcissistic Mother

Anony says...

"I don't know if my Mom has NPD though she always thinks she is right."

In Dealing with a Narcissistic Mother


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