By Stacey Rose, PhD, LCSW Each year that comes and goes reminds us that we are getting older. What does that mean to you and how are you coping? For some of us, it’s simply another opportunity to have a birthday celebration. Yet, for others, it is a clear reminder of our mortality. The ways in which we view […]
How to Get Really Really Happy…
By Stacey Rose, Phd, LCSW “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told […]
What Inspires You?
By Stacey Rose, PhD, LCSW When the weather is cold, bills are coming in, and maybe you feel like you’re just not having any good luck, what inspires you? For some, it can be hearing a story in the news that reminds you someone else always has it worse. For others, it can be listening […]
Time to Live Your IDEAL Life…
By Stacey Rose, PhD, LCSW So the summer is finally here and as the school year winds down for your kids or your work schedule eases a bit, you can take a deep breath. Go ahead…inhale…and exhale. What do you want to do this summer? Will it be a great vacation? How about heading to […]
You and Your Relationships – At Work
By Stacey Rose, PhD, LCSW If you are one of the lucky ones to be employed today, you might think you have no right to complain. And maybe you don’t; but just because you have a job doesn’t mean you are happy. The relationships we have with co-workers and bosses can be just as stressful […]
Give Your Spouse A Gift
By Stacey Rose, PhD, LCSW We give our partners many gifts throughout our relationships. Can you remember the first gift you gave your partner? Can you remember the first one you received from your partner? Gifts can be very telling. How many times have we heard about the husband who buys a toaster for his […]
He’s Not a Mind-Reader!!!
By Stacey Rose, PhD, LCSW Time after time, I hear women complain that their husbands just don’t understand them. “He should know after all this time what I need!” This is a common statement by many of these wives. How should he know? Are you one of these women? If so, you might say, “Yes, […]
Courage and How More of it Could Change Your Life
By Stacey Rose, PhD, LCSW Ambrose Redmoon said, “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important that fear.” If you were less fearful in your own life, what would change? Would you be living your life more fully? Living more to your potential? Or are […]
What Are You So Afraid Of? Fear and Marriage.
By Stacey Rose, PhD, LCSW “How are things?” I asked a married couple whom I’d been working with for a few months. “Same old, same old” the husband replied. “Why should it be any different?” the wife responded defensively. “The kids have schedules they have to be on and our work schedules […]
Flirting With Finances – Your Money and Your Relationship
By Stacey Rose, PhD, LCSW Did you think you knew your partner when you became a couple? You may have known how he or she felt about kids, religion, drinking, sex, and even politics. But did you know, really know, how (s)he felt about money? Did you know what type of relationship (s)he had with […]
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