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> <channel><title>Deborah Brakeley</title> <atom:link href="http://deborahbrakeley.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://deborahbrakeley.com</link> <description>Registered Clinical Counsellor</description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:10:57 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Deborah Brakeley quoted in &#8220;Happiness in couples is contagious. So is misery&#8221;</title><link>http://deborahbrakeley.com/585/deborah-brakeley-quoted-in-happiness-in-couples-is-contagious-so-is-misery/</link> <comments>http://deborahbrakeley.com/585/deborah-brakeley-quoted-in-happiness-in-couples-is-contagious-so-is-misery/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:18:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Brakeley</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Couples]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://deborahbrakeley.com/?p=585</guid> <description><![CDATA[Originally published by SARAH HAMPSON in the Globe and Mail Published Sunday, Sep. 18, 2011 4:00PM EDT Last updated Monday, Sep. 19, 2011 7:49AM EDT Need a little example of what happens when you stop caring about the happiness of your partner? &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://deborahbrakeley.com/?p=555</guid> <description><![CDATA[written by Brenda Roberts M.Ed., LPC, www.BrendaLeeRoberts.com. In the July 2011 DMagazine there was an article entitled, &#8220;Highland Park&#8217;s Finest Garage Sale&#8221;. The article reads, &#8220;Our next door neighbor recently held a garage sale. At the edge of the driveway, she&#8217;d placed &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://deborahbrakeley.com/?p=493</guid> <description><![CDATA[The link below takes you to a series of video presentations relating to Collaborative Divorce, by Collaborative Divorce Solutions of Orange County. How To Get A Divorce, Part 1.1]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://deborahbrakeley.com/493/how-to-get-a-divorce-part-1-video/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Positive Parenting</title><link>http://deborahbrakeley.com/486/positive-parenting/</link> <comments>http://deborahbrakeley.com/486/positive-parenting/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:52:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Brakeley</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://deborahbrakeley.com/?p=486</guid> <description><![CDATA[This type of parenting approach uses discipline in a way that provides guidance and encourages positive and responsible behavior in children. Positive parenting replaces fear based and punitive parenting. Basic principles: Set expectations and limits appropriate for the child&#8217;s age &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://deborahbrakeley.com/?p=460</guid> <description><![CDATA[EFFECTIVE SPEAKING SKILLS When expressing feelings or points of view, use &#8220;I messages” to own and express what you want to say in order to avoid statements that are perceived as blaming. When the listener feels blamed or attacked, defensive &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://deborahbrakeley.com/?p=457</guid> <description><![CDATA[This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://deborahbrakeley.com/?p=454</guid> <description><![CDATA[Results of a new study show that engaging in activities that you and your spouse view as exciting can help you feel more satisfied in your marriage.
"We did one experiment where we had people for two hours a week do something new and exciting and it dramatically increased the quality of their marriage," says Dr. Arthur Aron, from the Interpersonal Relationships Laboratory at the State University of New York. <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://deborahbrakeley.com/?p=449</guid> <description><![CDATA[The focus of recent workshops has been centred around the difference between having bonded relationships and relationships mired in fusion. In a fully bonded relationship you would have a true connection with others that would allow for a flow of &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://deborahbrakeley.com/?p=445</guid> <description><![CDATA[My experience in working with couples who come to therapy because of sexual difficulties is that unsatisfying sex or a lack of sex is consistently preceded by, and perpetuated by a pronounced, often profound, sense of emotional disconnection between the &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://deborahbrakeley.com/?p=393</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Have you ever had the experience of stopping so completely, of being in your body so completely, of being in your life so completely, that what you know and what you didn&#8217;t know, that what had been and what was &#8230; <a
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