Anger is like fire: it cannot survive without fuel. Like fire, unchecked anger can grow out of control and cause enormous damage and pain. But also like fire, anger can be recognized, controlled and managed in our lives. The fuel that keeps anger burning can come from many sources –
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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger July 15, 2020
We all have a running inner dialogue of thoughts. Sometimes this inner self talk is pessimistic, critical or blaming. By attending to our inner self talk, we will notice critical thoughts intruding, and that’s ok. We need to look carefully at our angry thoughts and try to see if we
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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger July 1, 2020
Why is it that we fall in love with our dream-mate and then spend the next forty years yelling, fighting and screaming as if we had married our worst enemy? It makes no sense. It makes even less sense to get a divorce and marry someone just like the first
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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger March 4, 2020
Emotions are a survival response and cause the human body to trigger the “fight or flight” response. This is a hardwired reaction, in which the body gets literally ready to attack or to flee. Many people label feelings (fear, anger, sadness) as bad or negative states and others (joy, excitement)
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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger February 25, 2020
You may have fallen victim to your daily routine becoming a series of tedious demands and unfulfilling obligations. Kid’s soccer games, mowing the lawn, pick up the dry cleaning, visit your mother-in-law, do the dishes, take the dog to the vet, clean the house, buy a bunch groceries…We are all
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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger September 9, 2019
Communication is 10% information and 90% emotion. Good communication is more than just sending a message, it’s like a game of catch. Communication involves making sure that the message you send, is the message received; and that the message you receive is the message that was sent. Easier said than
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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger September 4, 2019