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Making Change
A psychologist provides guidelines to help individuals define their best pathways to change
By Leslie Becker-Phelps, Ph.D.

“User’s Guide” to Personal ChangeLearn what really needs to happen for you to improve.

It Takes Courage To Face Down Your Dark Side

“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.

Weight Loss Help: What To Look For

You’ve heard it before: Obesity is in epidemic proportions in the United States, and it is linked to numerous health issues. It’s a serious problem that needs an effective solution.

Positive Emotions; Building Blocks for Personal Growth

When faced with difficult circumstances, positive people are open to many possible solutions, rather than being overwhelmed and shutting down.

Compassionate Self-Awareness, A New Concept

Personal change begins by knowing what change you want to make. You think about what you are doing now and what you would like to be doing differently in the future.

Self-Acceptance: More Substance than Self-Esteem

When people concoct their recipe for good emotional health, a generous portion of self-acceptance should be one of the main ingredients.

Confronting your fears with a ‘friendly voice’

Sadness, anger, fear, and any other feeling of distress can be overwhelming and strike terror into the heart of anyone. To defend themselves, people often tense up as they try to block or fight those feelings.

Feeling stuck? How to get free

Sometimes life just hands us metaphors to live our lives by; and I recently had such an experience. I was walking a main trail in New Hampshire’s

The Shame Game

Shame. It’s a destructive emotion that I see all too often when people enter therapy. One frequent reason for it is that people feel ashamed of needing to seek out professional help.

Work Out For Your Well-Being

People usually think of the phrase ‘No Pain, No Gain’ as applying to their physical bodies. Exercise, like jogging or lifting weights, breaks down muscles—and you ache. But you know it’s a good pain associated

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