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When Mother’s Day is Hard, There is Hope

May 4, 2024Blog, Mental Health, Productivity, Relationships, Self-Care, Social Media, Therapy Tips, Traumachildren, cluff counseling, counseling, counselor, daughter, death, family, father, friends, grief, grieving, happiness, holiday, husband, infant, Infertility, joy, life, loss, love, mama, melissa cluff, MIL, mom, mother, mother-in-law, Mother’s Day, mothers, potential, progress, relationships, strained relationship, therapist, therapy, trial, wife, year

DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH “Mother is a verb. It’s something you do. Not just who you are.” ~ Cheryl Lacey Donovan The other day, I got an email from a major corporation saying that Mother’s Day is upon us and they recognize it may be triggering for some so they included an option to mute their […]

Jokes Aside: The Power of Laughter

Mar 29, 2024Blog, Mental Health, Productivity, Relationships, Self-Carecoping, counseling, counselor, happiness, happy, laugh, laughing, Laughter, life, melissa cluff, mental health, productivity, relationships, smile, smiling, stress management, stress relief, therapist, therapy

DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH “Laughter heals all wounds, and that’s one thing that everybody shares. No matter what you’re going through, it makes you forget about your problems. I think the world should keep laughing.” – Kevin Hart Do you know how powerful smiling and laughing is? While it takes 47 muscles to frown, it only […]

Perfectly Imperfect: Overcoming Perfectionism One Day at a Time

Feb 23, 2024Blog, Mental Health, Productivity, Self-Care, Therapy Tipsboundaries, comparison, counseling, counselor, disappointment, discouraged, disillusion, focus, gratitude, happiness, joy, melissa cluff, Perfection, perfectionism, perfectionist, progress, progression, relationships, sad, sadness, self-awareness, self-care, self-love, self-work, Social Media, sorrow, thankful, therapist, therapy, unhappiness

DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH “Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough.” — Julia Cameron Several years ago, my friend made a quilt for her brother for Christmas. Because she is a novice […]

Hobbies Add to Our Happiness

Apr 21, 2023Blog, Mental Health, Productivity, Relationships, Self-Care, Therapy Tipscluff counseling, counseling, counselor, focus, free time, friendship, friendships, happiness, hobbies, hobby, interests, joy, love, marriage, melissa cluff, partner, productiveness, productivity, recharge, relationships, self, self-appreciation, self-care, self-love, sense of self, spouse, strength, therapist, therapy, time, time management, union, unplug

DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH “Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.” ~ Wayne Dyer Recently, I went to the funeral of my friend’s father. I have–fortunately or unfortunately–been to my fair share of funerals in my short life. They can be uplifting and inspiring, as they celebrate the whole life […]

The Year of MORE

Jan 14, 2023Blog, Mental Health, Productivity, Relationships, Self-Care, Social Media, Therapy Tips2022, 2023, cluff counseling, counseling, counselor, family, fitness, focus, goals, growth, happiness, improvement, joy, life, love, melissa cluff, New Year, New Year Improved You, New Year New You, New Years, New Years Eve, relationships, resolutions, self, self-care, self-improvement, self-love, therapist, therapy, your year

DESIGNED BY UNSPLASH “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” ~Aristotle Welcome to 2023! I am sure many of you have been excitedly working on your goals and resolutions for the New Year. It is a very exciting time! My hope for you this year is to make […]

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