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How to start liking someone you dislike Sometimes we have good reasons for disliking people or groups of people, such as when they...

((SCROLL DOWN TO BOTTOM OF BLOGS PAGE FOR UPDATES)) Probably, at first, this seems like a weird way to share my journey, as opposed to...

Doing the work: Overcoming our own racism and racial biases Our biases hurt us, people and groups about whom we hold biases, hurt...

Click here to Play the 5/4/3/2/1 meditation instructions Pick your agitation number Follow the prompts Reduce your agitation level Teach...

Fire me (Or partner with me) Build Your Own Mental Wellbeing Author's note: This is not intended as psychological consultation or a...

Sexual Trauma Most women I have counseled, and many of the men have at some point reported experiencing sexual trauma which continues to...

From media portrayals of psychotherapy, many people get a lot of negative ideas about what therapy is like, including overrepresentation...

Thought distortions are beliefs we hold which are not supported by evidence – in fact, most are contradicted by evidence – and usually...

Why learn new skills? ​People usually work on their skills when their current behaviors stop being successful in a context they are used...

Closure: Peaceful acceptance that something has changed or ended. I have counseled many people who, at the end of a relationship,...

Negative age bias has serious negative impacts, both on the people toward whom the bias exists, and on those who hold the negative bias,...

Have you noticed that some of the very things you loved about your romantic partner at the beginning of the relationship are the things...

There's been a lot of misinformation out there, and a lot of negatively biased information about the uprisings, the protesters...

Intercultural or cross-cultural relationships bring both challenges and opportunities. While it may take more time and effort to...

Anger gets a bad rap.  Like all of our emotions, anger has a purpose, and while many of us can use a tune-up in terms of the way we...

STAR Model (Business Feedback) In some roles, both in business and personal life, we are responsible for getting results, not from our...

Listening: This is the most underrated of life skills. Listening helps you to gather information, demonstrate that you care, and builds...

Providing Feedback: ​I like to distinguish between two types of feedback -- personal and business. It's not that one works exclusively...

Have you ever said, “I was so mad, I didn’t have any choice?” Have you heard a family member say, “I was so sad that I had to…?” If so,...

Author, Alex Mackenzie, 1/14 Who is a leader? Everyone is a leader in some respects. Even if you’re not a formal manager with...