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What It Takes To Stop an Addiction
By
Linda Mintle
Student doctors get all excited when a patient tells them he or she wants to stop drinking or using drugs. Of course, we all like to hear that news. But what they don’t realize early in their training is that it takes more than desire or intention to stop an addiction. The work that has…
Give This Up, Boost Your Positivity!
By
Linda Mintle
Something is really bothering you. So you complain. Complaints are about the difference we see between our expectations and reality. We expect something and then it doesn’t come true. But does complaining really help? After all, it is easy to complain and it comes naturally to many of us. Has complaining become a habit like brushing your teeth? Are you so used…
Do You Have a Love Map for Your Partner?
By
Linda Mintle
Most of you won’t remember the old Newlywed Game that aired on television years ago. The goal of the game was to win by guessing your spouse’s right answer to a number of questions. If you matched answers, you could win the game. The game tested how well you knew the person you recently married. We all…
One Thing Marriage Can’t Tolerate
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Linda Mintle
When Mike and Jan sat in my office for couples counseling, I knew they were on a slippery slope. They were doing the one thing marriages can’t tolerate. Jan rolled her eyes every time Mike brought up a complaint and responded, “Whatever.” John responded with an insult. Then came name-calling, mocking and complete disrespect for one…
HAPPY EASTER
By
Linda Mintle
Living Your Own Good Friday Season
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Linda Mintle
Today is Good Friday and some of us may feel as if life is lived in a perpetual Good Friday mode. Like the movie, Groundhog Day, it seems we are replaying the same bad day over and over, fighting despair and struggling. Disease, broken relationships, prodigal children…the landscape looks bleak and can easily lead to despair. Good Friday…
Break Free from Co-Dependency
By
Linda Mintle
Co-dependency can hurt your sense of self and ruin your relationships. Not sure if that is you, keep reading. If you say yes to these questions, you have some work to do. Are you constantly putting the needs of other before yours? Is your relationship one-sided? Do you allow others to fill their needs but discount yours? Are…
Easy, Daily Ways to Improve Memory
By
Linda Mintle
“I am blocking on the name of that movie! Give me a minute and I will remember.“ Many of us have a commitment to exercise our physical body, but how about exercising our memory and brain? Here are a few things we can do to improve our memory. Stop slouching! It may surprise you that proper posture…
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder
By
Linda Mintle
Living with someone with borderline personality disorder is not easy. “One minute I am her best friend and the next, she won’t talk to me. Everything is a crisis or a conflict. And I am wondering if I should even answer the constant text messages blowing up my phone.” This all or nothing behavior is characteristic…
Are School Shooting Drills a Good Idea?
By
Linda Mintle
Shooting drills are now part of most public schools. Similar to when, as children, we practiced tornado drills, these exercises have become routine. Some public school students have been participating in these drills since their grade school years. Often the drills are unannounced so students can practice how to handle a lockdown in case of a real…
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