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Marriage therapy tip: How to improve your mid-life marriage
Lauren Napolitano Lauren Napolitano

Marriage therapy tip: How to improve your mid-life marriage

Are you trying to figure out if your mid-life marriage is worth fighting for? If you’re finding yourself contemplating divorce but not ready to go through it, read this marriage therapy tip that offers an alternative option to divorce or settling for an unhappy marriage.

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3 Keys to Preventing Seasonal Affective Disorder
Lauren Napolitano Lauren Napolitano

3 Keys to Preventing Seasonal Affective Disorder

January and February can be the hardest months of the year. The holidays are over, your driveway is covered in ice and the sun is setting at 4:45pm. It’s no big surprise that your mood tanks every year in mid-January.

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Dreading Thanksgiving with your in-laws?  Here’s your key to sanity!
Lauren Napolitano Lauren Napolitano

Dreading Thanksgiving with your in-laws? Here’s your key to sanity!

What is the secret to a happy (or at least tolerable) Thanksgiving with your in-laws?

Do you need to perform consecutive hours of loving-kindness meditations?

Will 3 glasses of wine with dinner take the edge off?

Should you pop a fake COVID test in order to avoid Thanksgiving?

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Increase your confidence with THIS mantra
Lauren Napolitano Lauren Napolitano

Increase your confidence with THIS mantra

Anxiety is the opposite of confidence. If confidence is like a placid lake at sunrise, anxiety is like a pinball machine with the pinballs racing back and forth as the machine lights up.

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3 steps to prevent a Halloween candy binge 
Lauren Napolitano Lauren Napolitano

3 steps to prevent a Halloween candy binge 

What’s wrong with eating too much candy? Absolutely nothing. Candy is delicious and should be enjoyed. This article is written strictly for individuals who binge on candy. Meaning that they lose control when eating candy, eat so quickly that they don’t taste the candy and continue eating even after they are physically ill.

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Anxious about your child’s first semester at college?
Lauren Napolitano Lauren Napolitano

Anxious about your child’s first semester at college?

Many parents experience anxiety when their children leave for college. Even those of us who swore that we would never become the dreaded 'helicopter parent' find ourselves anxiously hovering around our kids when they leave for college. We call, we text, and we plead for photos of our kids and their new surroundings. We are frantic for reassurance that our kids are okay on their own at college.

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5 ways to be happier this week
Laura Laura

5 ways to be happier this week

Over the years I’ve developed what I believe to be the five keys to happiness. These are principles I strive to live myself, day in and day out.

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How I learned to stand on my own two feet after getting divorced
Laura Laura

How I learned to stand on my own two feet after getting divorced

When your kids leave, it’s normal to go through waves of excitement that the house will finally be organized followed by gut wrenching pangs of sadness that the house is empty. In our efforts to be ‘good parents,’ we know that we need to let our kids grow up, but in reality, we might prefer that they were napping in their cribs.

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