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		<title>Work / life balance &#8212; an excellent quote</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Tucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to find the right balance between work and life is a dilemma for many of us. Here&#8217;s a wonderful quote I just came across. I think it&#8217;s great, and hope you do too! Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and [...]


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		<title>How to &#8220;fight fair&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Tucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nobody likes to argue, but if we need to have a argument, it certainly helps to have some conflict resolution skills.  Everyone can benefit from learning how to &#8220;fight fair&#8221; &#8212; couples, family members, co-workers &#8212; all of us can benefit from better skills. The link for &#8220;Fighting Fair to Resolve Conflict&#8221; is from The [...]


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		<title>Change your money habits by playing a game</title>
		<link>http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/change-your-money-habits-by-playing-a-game/922/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Tucker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marriage and Relationships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/change-your-money-habits-by-playing-a-game/922/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dollar_sign_green2-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Dollar Sign" title="dollar_sign_green" /></a>I just read a great column in today&#8217;s Ventura County Star about a fun and easy way to take a look at your attitudes about money.  Syble Solomon, who gives lectures on the psychology of money, has created a deck of cards called &#8220;Money Habitudes&#8221; that individuals, couples and groups can use to understand how [...]


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		<title>Make your marriage better, in 5 minutes a day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Tucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found some great hints in my copy of the Psychotherapy Networker by Steven Stosny, Ph.D.,  who works with couples and other with relationship problems.  You can read more about his programs at CompassionPower.  I&#8217;m going to quote very liberally from what he wrote, because it is well-done and so concise. He asks couples to [...]


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		<title>How to raise a competent young adult &#8212; Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Tucker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marriage and Relationships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last post, I took the position that it is getting harder and harder for some young adults to successfully &#8220;launch&#8221;; that is, to move out of their parents&#8217; house and become independent.   I state that there are two main areas where parents have gotten off track.  One  is regarding helping their children plan [...]


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		<title>How to raise a competent young adult &#8212; Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Tucker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marriage and Relationships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I keep reading articles these days on how the &#8220;new normal&#8221; is for young adults to remain financially and emotionally independent on their parents, long into their twenties.  The articles quote studies showing how much more common this is, and give lots of reasons why this should be so.  They go on to cite positive [...]


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		<title>Step-mothers &#8212; step-monster no more!</title>
		<link>http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/step-mothers-step-monster-no-more/430/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Tucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love it when clients recommend books! There is nothing like someone who has experienced a situation to recognize good advice when they see it. So here is a recommendation for women who are step-mothers. I haven&#8217;t yet read it myself, but the reviews on Amazon from actual readers are strongly positive. As of today, [...]


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		<title>Chronic illness and your marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Tucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/chronic-illness-and-your-marriage/378/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=5d8ee586-d5db-4797-b16f-6062511e80f0" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" title="" /></a>More Magazine recently published an article entitled &#8220;Married, with Illness&#8220;.  It is full of examples of how husband and wives cope when one, or both, have a severe chronic illness.  Not surprisingly, this takes a tremendous toll on a marriage.  According to the article, 75% of such marriages end in divorce.  This is especially tragic [...]


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		<title>Help your marriage survive recession stress</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Tucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marriages, like all relationships, and like all living things, need to be nurtured. When we get stressed, we may forget to do and say the things that help our spouses feel connected to us. Some simple concepts, practiced regularly, can really make a difference. John Gottman, a well-known researcher and author on the topic of [...]


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		<title>Christian and struggling in your marriage?  Try Fireproof</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Tucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/christian-and-struggling-in-your-marriage-try-fireproof/204/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=eeb65a8e-e6de-4008-af2c-6d78416ce677" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" title="" /></a>My clients are always more on top of popular books and movies that I am, so I hear about some great ones, but it takes me awhile to get to them. Several clients in the last couple of months have told be about Fireproof. My husband and I finally watched this last night, and we [...]


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