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Happy 2024, I Have a Few Things for You

2023 was quite a year. There were definitely some challenges but my hope for you is that you are finding some inspiration and optimism for the New Year. LoveAndlLifeToolbox.com was about experimentation and change in 2023, having gone through a number of shifts in the over 10 years of its existence. I am proud that […]

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Dear Sybersue Helps People Move On After Breakups – Dating Relationship Coaching & Advice

Written by: Chloë Hylkema Edited by: Lillian Castro The Short Version: Susan McCord is the voice and expertise behind Dear Sybersue, the online hub for men and women going through breakups. Dear Sybersue is a Certified Coach, published author, and relationship advice show host. Susan talked to us about the issues she frequently observes when people end a relationship […]

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10 Adorable Valentine’s Day Date Ideas (2024)

This post may contain affiliate links. Read our disclosure page for full details. Valentine’s Day soon approaches. And with that come so many opportunities and options for Valentine’s Day date ideas! In this post, Katie of My Sweet Home Life shares 10 lovely Valentine’s ideas with us. Valentine’s Day – the 14th of February, A […]

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How to Handle Relationship Conflict in Your Partnership – Dating Relationship Coaching & Advice

Today’s conversation is one that I think we could all use some help with. How to Handle Relationship Conflict in Your Partnership. Anyone who watches my videos and reads my posts knows how important I think communication is within a partnership. If you have a communicative connection as a couple, you will always be able to […]

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Are You Holding Onto Things That Cause You Continual Heartbreak? – Dating Relationship Coaching & Advice

When you hold onto emotional trauma and heartbreak, it can keep you stuck in an unhealthy place that prevents you from finding happiness and contentment in your life. Emotional feelings of distress can take over your health and well-being if they are not dealt with in a timely manner. Life isn’t easy and when it […]

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Happiness: Questions to Ask Yourself…and a Caveat

Who doesn’t want to be happy? With much of your happiness in your control (40% says Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD), you are more empowered than you think to make legitimate changes to your emotional health. Some of the skills you can learn to do involve brain training where the more you practice certain habits, the more […]

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What is Family of Origin Work?

You may or may not be familiar with the term “family of origin” as it relates to therapy. When it comes to understanding how you function emotionally and/or in your relationships, it’s an important term to get familiar with. Family or origin work is basically the process of exploring your historical relational experiences to understand […]

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Break Your Unhealthy Patterns | LoveAndLifeToolBox

Criticism. Sarcasm. Disrespect. Repeat. These are just some of the relationship behaviors that some when reoccurring can leave you wondering, “How did I get here again?” The relationship may have even started great, you thought he/she was incredible, a nice person, a good match. But when red flags started to wave you either ignored them […]

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I’m a Therapist. Here’s what Happened the Day I Met with Both an Arab and a Jew.

(The following piece is by Dr. Carl R. Nassar, Ph.D., LPC, CIIPTS) It’s a Tuesday morning. A world away, more than two hundred hostages are held captive in the underground caverns of Gaza. I’m in my office—an upstairs loft in the heart of Old Town in Fort Collins, Colorado—and I’m caught a little off guard […]

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