holidays

They're on My Case About Being Unmarried

Hi Karen, I’m going to my family’s home in Ohio for Christmas, and I am dreading it.  I’ll be around a bunch of nosy, judgmental family members that I don’t even like, and they’re going to get on my case about being unmarried.  I hate it!  It happens every year, and...

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Having Happy Holidays

This can be such a challenging time of year for people, partly because our expectations of experiencing all this joy, fun, love and happiness (that’s supposed to be abundant in our lives through the holidays) may not actually be happening. In fact, quite the opposite...

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Getting Through The Holiday Headaches

Dear Karen,  An issue arises between my man and me every Christmas.  I come from a family that enjoys the holiday immensely – in all ways.  Christmas is not something my man looks forward to with the same level of excitement that I do; each year, a couple of weeks...

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Happy (?!?!) Holidays

This can be such a challenging time of year for people, partly because our expectations of experiencing all this joy, fun, love and happiness (that’s supposed to be abundant in our lives through the holidays) may not actually be happening.  In fact, quite the opposite...

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The Trouble With Valentine's Day

If you’re like most women (from my observations), you can get yourself fairly worked up leading up to Valentine’s Day...and the media sure does throw gas on that fire!   Note: If you’re a woman who doesn’t get emotionally hooked by this “Hallmark holiday”, you may...

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