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5 Holiday Outings for Couples in Sacramento

While providing couples therapy and marriage counseling in Sacramento, I have learned that all good relationships require maintenance. You have to work at it. Couples therapy can certainly help. But sometimes, the best thing you can do for your relationship

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Depression

The Pain of Grief

The Pain of Grief “The pain of grief is just as much part of life as the joy of love: it is perhaps the price we pay for love, the cost of commitment. To ignore this fact, or to pretend that

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Anxiety

Anxiety and Sleep

Anxiety and sleep go hand in hand, and not in a good way. When we don’t sleep well or get enough sleep, we are negatively impacted in many ways throughout our day. Daily exercise, regular meditation/mindfulness practice, and great sleep

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Infidelity

Intimacy After an Affair

After an affair, one of the most difficult aspects of the relationship is re-introducing and experiencing intimacy. This process can be painful and traumatic for both parties. Attempting to heal after an affair on your own is often difficult because

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Trauma

What Trauma Does to the Brain

When we think about trauma, we often think of physical trauma rather than trauma and the brain. Whether an incident or situation is physically abusive or emotionally abusive, a shocking accident or deliberate ongoing circumstances, the brain is involved. How

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Depression

How Your Body Responds to Depression

Depression is an illness that goes beyond the mind. It also affects the body. We all get depressed from time to time. It’s a very normal, natural, and important aspect of being human. We’ve gotten stuck in the paradigm of

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Depression

5 Signs Your Loved One is Depressed

When we think of our loved ones as being depressed, we might think of outward signs such as sleeping too much or rarely leaving the home. However, these are not the only signs that we need to watch for when

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Anxiety

5 Techniques for Calming Your Anxiety

Anxiety is a common experience in our modern world. Our bodies and brains were not designed for the constant onslaught of information that we take in from the external world through social media, electronics, people, and everyday life. If you

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