Life events trigger your brain to release certain chemicals. Your brain is capable of releasing seratonins, dopamines, and panic inducing chemicals. When there is a great deal of...
Change is Necessary
by Javan | Mar 29, 2015
Change is constant year after year, from the moment of birth. We grow as we learn and take in information based on life experiences. Change is necessary and normal. Have you...
Addictions
by Javan | Mar 22, 2015
If you have a brain, then you have the required tool to become addicted. Addicted people are not physically different from non-addicted people. Distorted thoughts cause...
Insight
by Javan | Mar 9, 2015
What is insight? Have you ever had an epiphany? Insight is all about being able to analyze and understand how you think, how you behave, and how you influence the world around...
Mindfulness
by Javan | Mar 1, 2015
Today, there are many different therapy techniques used to help people movefrom a place of "stuckness" to a fulfilled life.Thereis somuch information on-line on self help. Today,...
Betrayal, Loss, and Grief
by Javan | Feb 21, 2015
Have you been betrayed by a loved one? Have you felt loss after divorce? Are you grieving a life that didn't happen as you had hoped? Sometimes grief is losing someone you love....
LOVE
by Javan | Feb 13, 2015
What is love? What does love mean to you? How do you feel when you say that word to yourself? What is it like to say to someone "I love you?" How do you love when you're feeling...
I Blame Myself For Loving You!
by Javan | Feb 6, 2015
Here's a video link for listening/watching instead. Just copy and paste. http://youtu.be/mmuvnvIbdDQ Do you often ask yourself, "Whatdid I do to deserve this? " You are blaming...
Dating After Divorce
by Javan | Jan 30, 2015
Should I really start dating again? Am I going to make the same mistakes? Maybe I should just be single. Are you considering entering the dating arena after the divorce...
Premarital Counseling
by Javan | Jan 23, 2015
Begin the marriage journey prepared and informed with premarital counseling! Planninga wedding, getting engaged, choosing wedding rings, even remarrying are all exciting times in...
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
by Javan | Jan 13, 2015
What took down the gloriously engineered Titanic ship wasn't the massive iceberg that was visible. It was the smaller, below water, out of sight, non-visible iceberg, below that...
Change Your Relationship Landscape
by Javan | Jan 2, 2015
The ideal purpose of marriage and family is to be your true self, to grow,to be loved, and accepted, unconditionally. Family can be a place to learn the purpose and place for...
Hope, Gratitude and Giving Thanks
by Javan | Nov 26, 2014
Good, emotional healthis about knowing what works! Knowing your own strengths, your own happiness, and where you feel groundedis important for good, emotional health. Do you know...
Relationship Dependency
by Javan | Nov 22, 2014
You CAN change the cycle of pain you came from..Rewrite your story for hope, for change, for unconditional love.What triggers you into a state of fear? What pushes your buttons?...
We Never Resolve Anything…
by Javan | Nov 15, 2014
Are you the couple that avoids and distances when you don't agree? Or, are you the raging couple? Do you fightconstantly? In either situation,someone is trying to control the...
I Feel Abandoned In My Marriage
by Javan | Nov 7, 2014
If you read part one of abandonment,you have a bit of an understanding of howabandonment feelings arecreated in your life. What this looks like in current life, as an adult, is...
Addiction Sufferers
by Javan | Oct 24, 2014
Many addiction sufferers are unable to experience a full range of emotionalhealth within their day to day lives. This also leads to another issue of being unable to process and...
The Honeymoon is Over
by Javan | Oct 14, 2014
If your sense of who you are is definedby judgments or actions of others, then you are experiencing enmeshment. Over investment in others and less investment in...
Pain from an Affair
by Javan | Oct 9, 2014
Dealing with someone you love who feels distant, uncommitted, and is possibly having an affair can be gut wrenching and painful. The sting of betrayal, the lousy levelsof...
Why is it all My fault?
by Javan | Oct 3, 2014
Do you ever wonder how your spouse seemed one way when you first met but then turned out to be a totally different person after a few years??At first, you can't imagine how this...
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