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What I Wish Everyone Knew About Relationship Problems & Couples Therapy
At Flourish Counseling & Coaching, we're on a mission to teach busy, loving couples the key strategies and insights that will help them not only stay together, but reach a deeper level of fulfillment than ever before. Here's the first installment in our new series...
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Bringing Grace to Your Extended Family Interactions this Holiday
By now, many of you are preparing yourselves for holiday visits with parents, in-laws and other loved ones. Sure, you may value this time and be grateful that you’re able to spend it with the people you love. But then there’s the stressful part of these visits - that...
A Widower Reflects Back on 35 Years of Marriage
On vacation in the quaint, water-side town of Mystic, Connecticut my husband and I stopped in at a local pub one night and made ourselves comfortable at the bar. Beside me sat a gentleman who appeared to be in his seventies. On a Friday night at a bar, he was ordering...
Learn About Post Traumatic Stress and How it is Treated
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a term we've become familiar with in the aftermath of Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom. War is a traumatic situation that can bring post-traumatic stress to the forefront of conversation because it affects so many...
The Opposite of Love is Indifference
I don’t generally recommend the lyrics from rock songs as offering sound relationship advice. However, one of the lyrics in the Lumineers song “Stubborn Love” is spot on for a very common relationship issue. Here’s the line: “The opposite of love is indifference.” The...
3 Ways Coaching Supports Conscious Living & the Pursuit of Your Dreams
I myself have been a client of life coaching, off and on, for years. I’ve found there are 3 specific ways that working with a coach tends to make my life richer: Benefit #1: Consciously Charting a Course Instead of Blowing Adrift Like most of our clients, my life is...
Replace Peck Kisses with Something Steamier
Couples in long term relationships know that it can become challenging to maintain a “spark” or fiery chemistry with one another year after year. Even happy and committed couples frequently find that sustaining passion requires effort. Passionate kissing is one of the...
Couples Counseling: How it Can Help Your Relationship
Every relationship could use couples counseling at some point. While many relationships have a wonderful beginning, there comes a time when you simply have to deal with some of the more contentious issues between the two of you. If you are one of those rare couples...