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How To Fast Track Your Resolutions This Year

January 5, 2020 by Dr. Gary Brown

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Many of us make resolutions and set goals at the beginning of the year. Actually, you may or may not have written them down. I recommend that you do. So, what’s next? What do you do with them for the rest of the year? How often do you revisit those goals that you were so excited about in January, but might have faded by the time you get to ...read more

Filed Under: Individuals Tagged With: courage, empowerment, goals, inspiration, motivation, personal development, personal success, resolutions, self help, success, vision, vision board

The Core Foundations of Real Love and True Intimacy – Part 3: Living Courageously

March 9, 2019 by Dr. Gary Brown

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Do you know that feeling when you are so vulnerable and scared about something, you can barely bring yourself to even look at your partner in the face? This situation can be very painful because we may be locked into feeling shame, guilt, embarrassment, fear, sadness, or anger. And we feel that we have to keep it inside because if we talk about it, ...read more

Filed Under: Couples, Foundations of Love, Relationships Tagged With: core foundations, courage, intimacy, love, marriage, needs met, relationships, strength, tears, vulnerability

The Core Foundations of Real Love and True Intimacy – A Six Part Series: Introduction

February 26, 2019 by Dr. Gary Brown

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  Having been in private practice for over 25 years, I have met hundreds and hundreds of individuals and couples who are struggling in their relationships…or lack thereof.  Their challenges are many and as diverse as the people I work with. Each person and situation is unique. Having said that, I have learned – and, really, my clients ...read more

Filed Under: Couples, Foundations of Love, Relationships Tagged With: couples counseling, courage, gratitude, intimacy, kindness, love, marriage, marriage counseling, relationships, self-awareness, therapist, trust, vulnerability

11 Tips to Help You Cope with Rejection

May 22, 2018 by Dr. Gary Brown

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This is going to be one of the deepest dives I have ever done on almost any other blog I have ever written. That’s because feelings of rejection are one of the most common, powerful, and confusing emotional experiences any of us can have. This subject simply doesn’t lend itself to a few electronic soundbites. The feeling of rejection hurts. It ...read more

Filed Under: Individuals Tagged With: anxiety, assumptions, career, cope, courage, depression, friends, good enough, mean girls, people pleasing, rejection, self-fulfilling prophecy

Dating in LA: There Are Many Reasons to Be Optimistic!

May 8, 2018 by Dr. Gary Brown

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All it takes is one quick Google search and you’ll find dating articles about everything from “In L.A., there will always be someone richer and better looking than you” to “Traffic and proximity make dating expensive and near impossible.” But, I have to ask, how is thinking about dating in this way helpful? True, some people in Los Angeles ...read more

Filed Under: Dating Tagged With: being single, courage, dating, dating in LA, LA, Los Angeles, relationships, self care, self-love, the one, Tinder

Anxiety in the Age of Social Media: What to Do for You & Your Family

October 3, 2017 by Dr. Gary Brown

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Is social media ruining our relationships and causing anxiety and depression in our teens and tweens? My wife and I were lucky enough to raise our three children before the age of social media, but the studies I’m reading on the negative and dangerous effects that social media is having on the development of children’s and teenagers social ...read more

Filed Under: Family, Individuals, Parenting, Teens Tagged With: anxiety, bullying, bullying on social media, connection, consequences, courage, cyber-bullying, depression, lonely, relationships, social media

How to Apologize Well and Repair a Relationship

September 19, 2017 by Dr. Gary Brown

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People are sorry all over the place. Some apologies are demanded. Some are expected. Some are politically played. There’s a new celebrity apology every month and some get it right and some may never recover. There are angry and flippant apologies, “I’m sorry, Ok?!?!” There are fauxpologies, “I’m sorry that you feel that way.” There ...read more

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