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Wooden Stake, Crucifix, or Holy Water? How to fight an Emotional Vampire
It’s Halloween! What better day to discuss the various monsters in our lives? As all our little ghosts and goblins dress up to trick or treat tonight, the monster I’m thinking of today is the Emotional Vampire. Instead of sucking your blood, the emotional vampire...
How to Study Smart Not Hard
It’s report card time down here in Florida. In spite of Hurricane Irma closing schools in our district for 6 days in September (with two weekends included in those days off resulting in a 10 day break in the middle of the first quarter of the new school year) it’s...
Hurricane Irma Recovery and Relief (Video)
Some ideas to support friends & neighbors recovering after Hurricane Irma: 1. If you have electricity, gift your water and/or gasoline stockpile to someone who is without power right now. 2. If you have electricity, invite friends and family over for a shower, a...
How to Create and Maintain Healthy Boundaries
Boundary-setting 101 Earlier this year I said "yes" to a request, then re-evaluated and said "no" to the same request, then watched helplessly as the fallout included an ugly social media tirade and damage to no less than 5 relationships. What led to this unfortunate...
Enmeshed Family Systems and Emotional Abuse
What is an enmeshed family system? The short answer: the way one family member feels, all family members are expected to feel. Think of this: a mother picks up her children from school on a Friday afternoon. She is relaxed and joyful, thinking of the long three-day...
The Relationship Between Mental and Physical Health
I came down with a cold a week ago Tuesday. It started off as a wicked headache that lasted for days. Then it morphed into a sore throat and a lot of fatigue. But by the weekend, I was feeling better and on Monday, although I was still tired, I was pretty much back to...
Teach kids to communicate with confidence
Have you ever been in a situation that makes you so uncomfortable you break out in a full body sweat? There's nothing worse. You meet someone new and, all of a sudden, you feel self-conscious, or intimidated, or embarrassed and it happens. The getmeouttahere...
Secondary Infertility and the 5 Stages of Grief
Next year at this time, my baby will be starting high school. This week marks the start of a new school year. Summer break began in May, and although it feels like we're cutting the summer awfully short by going back to school in the beginning of August, we...
Do Something Brave
What scares you? What is the thing that you want to do, but are too afraid to do? What scares you about doing it? Is it a fear of failure or a fear of success? Or is it a fear of looking foolish in front of other people? Is it a fear of what they may say? (And...
Be grateful for what you have, while you have it
My calico kitty is in the hospital tonight. For the second time in 16 years (the first and only was during her spay when she was a kitten) she is spending the night away from home. Tonight, she won’t be curled on my lap while we watch TV, or snuggled into my shoulder,...
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Hi, I'm Diana Brummer a psychotherapist, writer, and coach in St. Johns, Florida. I love helping people thrive in their relationships and their lives. My hope is that you find the information in these articles educational and useful. Thank you for stopping by! Join us on Instagram
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