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put yourself on your christmas list

Put Yourself on Your Christmas List this Season

“We get so frustrated and weary chasing the perfect holiday season that we never take time to enjoy the one right in front of us.” ~Joshua Becker The holiday season can feel like pure chaos as the year draws to an end. There always seems to be a plethora of holiday parties to attend, gifts

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put yourself on your christmas list

Put Yourself on Your Christmas List this Season

“We get so frustrated and weary chasing the perfect holiday season that we never take time to enjoy the one right in front of us.” ~Joshua Becker The holiday season can feel like pure chaos as the year draws to an end. There always seems to be a plethora of holiday parties to attend, gifts

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Cluff Counseling - Sexual Addiction
Addiction

The New Drug

David, a recovering sex addict, said the following: “If there was a sexual thing that you could pay for, I bought it. Normal people don’t get triggered to do immoral things 20 different times on a 5-mile trip to work. That’s not normal, but that was my life. Some people think that sex addiction isn’t

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Self-Care

How To Rise and Shine

Whether we are facing depression or anxiety, love to sleep, or are just plain exhausted, we all have days where it is hard to find the willpower to get out of bed in the morning. The rigors of school, work, parenthood, and life may be all too daunting, and we end up staying in bed

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Mental Health

Outdoor Therapy: Nature’s Cure

When Stacy Bare returned from his deployment to Baghdad in 2006, he struggled with alcoholism, a cocaine habit, and suicidal thoughts. In 2010, a fellow veteran took him rock climbing and things began to turn around. “If I hadn’t started climbing, I’d probably be another sad statistic. The focus it gave me let me leave

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Relationships

Reclaiming the Bedroom, Part I: Benefits of Sex

**This will be the first post in a blog series on sex; this particular segment will focus on the benefits of sex. Stay tuned for my future posts on the common excuses/hindrances to sex, as well as how to communicate to overcome those barriers. Life can and will get in the way of your sex

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Cluff Counseling - Childhood Trauma
Trauma

What You Need to Know About Trauma

Mary J. Blige was only five years old when she was sexually abused. The trauma of that experience has followed her all of her life. She blamed herself for the molestation, felt great shame, believed she had no worth, and eventually struggled with alcoholism before finding hope and healing for her childhood trauma. A quick

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Finding Happiness After Pain - Cluff Counseling, Denton Therapist
Mental Health

Finding Happiness After Hurt

Life isn’t fair: people are unkind, injustices happen, and life sometimes seems to have dealt us a pretty hard hand. Here are practical tips to overcome emotional pain and find happiness. Every day I see clients who are hurting. Some are suffering from childhood trauma, others from addiction, chronic illness, or the unexpected ending of

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