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You Can’t Think Your Way Into Happiness

Approaching your therapy in the same way you tackle a new project at work or develop a certain concrete skill may be just what’s getting in the way of your happiness. The emotional logic you need may be different from the logic you successfully use elsewhere. It...

Learn to Re-Connect Men to Feelings

Counseling for Men

I often get asked about how to get guys to be “emotional” or to connect men to feelings. Well, first off, we’re all emotional whether we want to admit it or not and whether we try to hide it or not. That said, I’m never sure what my response is...

“This May Sting a Bit”: Feeling Your Feelings May Suck (AT FIRST)

Counseling for Men

One of the strange things I say to people when they first start working with me is that feeling feelings may not feel so great at first. Things may even feel a bit worse before they get better. And, believe it or not, that means we’re on the right track. I talk...

Getting in Touch with Feelings: Having an Emotion Before the Intellect Intervenes

Counseling for Anxious Men

We’re a smart people. We are rational beings and when the worst is thrown at us our minds try to “figure it out” to “problem solve” and all that good stuff. Getting in touch with feelings seems to be in opposition to that. It easily spills into overthinking...

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You Can’t Think Your Way Into Happiness

Learn to Re-Connect Men to Feelings

“This May Sting a Bit”: Feeling Your Feelings May Suck (AT FIRST)

Getting in Touch with Feelings: Having an Emotion Before the Intellect Intervenes

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