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  • Dr. Jan Anderson, PsyD, LPCC
    What Happens When A Husband Shares Power? What Happens When A Husband Shares Power?

    What Happens When A Husband Shares Power?

What Happens When A Husband Shares Power?

The period drama Mad Men highlighted the American cultural revolution during the 1960s, when it was a man’s world at home and when sexual banter at the office wasn’t yet harassment.  Not long after the final episode ended in the time period 1970, an unknown researcher was beginning another “relationship” revolution.
By |July, 7th, 2015|Love & Marriage, Success: Conflict|Comments Off on What Happens When A Husband Shares Power?
  • HOOKING UP IS THE NEW DATING: Here’s What You Need to Know About College Hookup Culture HOOKING UP IS THE NEW DATING: Here’s What You Need to Know About College Hookup Culture

    HOOKING UP IS THE NEW DATING: Here’s What You Need to Know About College Hookup Culture

HOOKING UP IS THE NEW DATING: Here’s What You Need to Know About College Hookup Culture

There’s been over a decade of solid research on “hooking up” — uncommitted sexual encounters that involve anything from kissing and touching to oral sex to penetrative sex— among college students.  There’s a lot we know… and a lot we have to learn.
By |June, 2nd, 2015|Love & Marriage|Comments Off on HOOKING UP IS THE NEW DATING: Here’s What You Need to Know About College Hookup Culture
  • THE OTHER TALK: How to Start Your Least Favorite Conversation THE OTHER TALK: How to Start Your Least Favorite Conversation

    THE OTHER TALK: How to Start Your Least Favorite Conversation

THE OTHER TALK: How to Start Your Least Favorite Conversation

There are a million reasons to avoid or put off having the Other Talk, but you and I already know the primary reason: Whether you’re doing the asking or the telling, it’s hard to talk about how we want the end of our lives to be.
By |December, 30th, 2014|Uncategorized|Comments Off on THE OTHER TALK: How to Start Your Least Favorite Conversation
  • ESTRANGED: What to Do When Your Adult Child Wants Nothing To Do With You ESTRANGED: What to Do When Your Adult Child Wants Nothing To Do With You

    ESTRANGED: What to Do When Your Adult Child Wants Nothing To Do With You

ESTRANGED: What to Do When Your Adult Child Wants Nothing To Do With You

Nothing can create more feelings of shame than to be rejected by your own child. One parent described it this way, “It’s like she died, only worse — my adult daughter lives here in town, but she won’t have anything to do with me — and places all the blame for the estrangement on me.”
By |November, 18th, 2014|Resilience|Comments Off on ESTRANGED: What to Do When Your Adult Child Wants Nothing To Do With You
  • Three Ways to Boost Your Resilience Three Ways to Boost Your Resilience

    Three Ways to Boost Your Resilience

Three Ways to Boost Your Resilience

I’m the only person I know who actually uses and shares on a daily basis the information I explored in my doctoral thesis — how to cultivate resilience, that resourceful, persevering ability to cope effectively with daily stresses and successfully adapt to loss, adversity, conflict and other struggles of life.
By |October, 14th, 2014|Mindfulness, Resilience|Comments Off on Three Ways to Boost Your Resilience
  • PODCAST: The Calming Breath Part 1 PODCAST: The Calming Breath Part 1

    PODCAST: The Calming Breath Part 1

PODCAST: The Calming Breath Part 1

The Calming Breath is a simple, but powerful way to release tension and refocus your mind. Use this brief guided experience of The Calming Breath Part 1 to relax, refresh and refocus, both mentally and physically. When you’re comfortable with The Calming Breath Part 1, you […]
By |October, 14th, 2014|Mindfulness, Resilience|Comments Off on PODCAST: The Calming Breath Part 1
  • PODCAST: The Calming Breath Part 2 PODCAST: The Calming Breath Part 2

    PODCAST: The Calming Breath Part 2

PODCAST: The Calming Breath Part 2

The Calming Breath has a profound effect on your physiology. It is a very effective anti-anxiety technique and an excellent preparation for meditation. Use this brief guided experience of The Calming Breath Part 2 to release stress and refocus your mind.
By |October, 14th, 2014|Mindfulness, Resilience|Comments Off on PODCAST: The Calming Breath Part 2
  • Five Surprising Things I’ve Learned About Men Five Surprising Things I’ve Learned About Men

    Five Surprising Things I’ve Learned About Men

Five Surprising Things I’ve Learned About Men

When I asked my husband to review the list below, he asked, “Is that all?  You’ve just learned five things about men?” and promptly referred me to Dave Barry’s The Complete Book of Guys. In the meantime, I’m standing by the few things I’ve learned about men, all of which I wish I had known sooner. 
By |August, 10th, 2014|Love & Marriage|Comments Off on Five Surprising Things I’ve Learned About Men