Who Teaches The Art Of Emotions?
Imagine walking into a store not exactly sure what you're looking for. In fact, you've gone to store after store, looking for "it" but not sure what "it" looks like and not even sure if you'd recognize it when you see it. But this thing that's missing from your life...
MYTH: Leave An Abuser. Run!
You don't know what to do. It's happened again. You've gotten yelled at. Made fun of. Put down. Name-called. Gotten eyeballs rolled. Threatened. Even a little of that gets under the skin. It's corrosive. Toxic. It hurts. And everyone that cares about you - who knows...
Okay, I lied. Okay, I Hid Money. Is That So Terrible?
When your spouse finally learns that you've caught him or her cheating - in one way or another - what's the usual reaction? They get defensive. They cover it up. They minimize it. And they're not the ones reading this post. You are. The one that got cheated on. And...
How To Have A Positive Mindset
If I were going to play Devil's Advocate, the first question should be: Why is it useful to have a positive mindset anyway? If I'm feeling rotten, why hide it? Shouldn't I be honest? If someone wronged me, why gloss over it? Shouldn't I be entitled to lick my wounds?...
Why Should I Work With DrDeb? – Because of Your Past and Your Future
WHY DRDEB? - My slant First, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! May this be the Thanksgiving that begins your journey of a whole and wholesome, happy family. I would like to share with you a compliment I just got today. I never know what people are thinking until you tell me, and...
WE TRIED COUNSELING. IT DIDN’T WORK. NOTHING WORKS.
WE TRIED COUNSELING. IT DIDN'T WORK. NOTHING WORKS. There's that feeling that life passes you by, right? That feeling that things are good for everyone else, but not me. Listen, we are all prey to that down feeling sometimes. It's normal. As long as you don't stay...
I LIKE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. DO YOU?
I LIKE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. DO YOU? There are two kinds of people in this world. We can call one kind pessimists. They also can be called depressed. Because the definition of depression is loss of hope, lose of belief, loss of a dream. Well, that's also pessimism. Maybe...
WHY TALK TO DRDEB? Because I See Patterns That You Don’t
There's lots of reasons why a couple could be unhappy. Do you notice that the same stuff repeats itself over and over? There's a reason for that. It's not because people are "insane" - meaning they keep doing the same thing expecting a different result. Not at all....
OKAY, DRDEB, PEOPLE DO CHANGE, BUT NOT THE PERSON I’M MARRIED TO
Why would someone say that? Why would they be so dead set against seeing that the person they were married to could change? Here's my theory: Research says that we make decisions and THEN we come up with reasons for them! That's called rationalization. That means we...
HE REFUSED TO STOP HURTING ME EVEN THOUGH I KEPT PLEADING. And NOW He Changes??
The story of Impatience-In-Therapy. Like, he or she is hurting you by bringing up a sore topic. Or by not paying attention to you, not putting you first. Or by flirting too much. Or by spending too much. Whatever it is, you've told them and told them and told them....