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How Honesty Can Save Your Relationships

“Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living and truth loving.” ~James E. Faust When we talk about honesty in relationships, our minds often go straight to deception–to lies, to manipulation, to ruined relationships. We think about honesty in relationships in terms of whether someone lies to their partner

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How Honesty Can Save Your Relationships

“Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living and truth loving.” ~James E. Faust When we talk about honesty in relationships, our minds often go straight to deception–to lies, to manipulation, to ruined relationships. We think about honesty in relationships in terms of whether someone lies to their partner

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Relationships

Embracing Our New Normal

All around our globe, amidst the chaos, there is also good happening. Communities are coming together, families are spending more time together, c02 emissions are down, the list of good can outnumber the bad if we focus on the good.

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Relationships

Change Begins With Me

While it is easy to feel overwhelmed by the problems plaguing the world, there are ways for us to take action now. We can do better. I can do better. Change starts here.  The recent sadness and heartache populating the news has caused personal and public reflection. This constant self-reflection has many, including myself, asking,

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Self-Care

Surviving & Thriving Quarantine with Children

“Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning.” ~ Mr. Rogers Right around the time when quarantine madness started happening, I was on the phone with a friend who has four children. She told me how excited she was about an activity she had set up for her children, but how her

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Self-Care

Letter Writing-a Path to Self Discovery

Blog Update-This week our guest blogger shares her journey through a year of writing 1 letter a day. She shares with our readers her very powerful and personal path to self discovery. What could you learn about yourself if you shared daily thoughts with others this way?

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Relationships

Staying Close While Quarantine Keeps You Far Apart

“Connecting with others is rewarding; it makes us feel like we’re not alone in the world.”  ~ Jonah Berger My friend recently told me that when quarantine started, she found herself checking her phone more than she ever had before. She thought about it for a moment and realized that she was feeling lonely and

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Self-Care

Staying Connected with Yourself During Quarantine

For many of my readers, quarantine has meant an increase in responsibilities–helping everyone else survive. How are you helping YOURSELF, though? This edition of Quarantine Talk is dedicated to ways to show yourself love during quarantine.

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Melissa Cluff, MS, LMFT, CSAT

Melissa Cluff is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in North Texas, providing face-to-face and telehealth therapy options to clients in Texas.