Standing your ground
Living a life that follows what other people think is a terrible way to live. We go through our days thinking about how other people...
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Sam DiFranco
Nov 9, 20151 min read
Tips for Co-Parenting
The key to co-parenting is to focus on your child and your child only. This can be very difficult at times. It means that your own...
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Sam DiFranco
Jul 30, 20152 min read
Tips for a Happy Relationship
Tips to finding happiness and satisfaction in a relationship: Express admiration and affection. The idea is to look for ways to...
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Sam DiFranco
Jul 15, 20152 min read
Summer Parenting
Summer is well underway for school kids, but summer also has a long way until it is time to start thinking about going back to school....
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Sam DiFranco
Apr 17, 20153 min read
It All Begins With Clear Communication
Many people will agree that communication is KEY to any relationship. Whether it is with your significant other, family members, or very...
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Sam DiFranco
Oct 21, 20142 min read
Solving Communication Problems with Your Tween.
Maintaining a good relationship with your child is important for getting them to do things that they prefer not to do and being able to...
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Sam DiFranco
Sep 18, 20141 min read
Being An Active Listener.
Active listening is a communication technique used in counseling, it requires the listener to feed back what they hear to the speaker, by...
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Sam DiFranco
Aug 19, 20141 min read
Communication Guidelines.
Communication isn’t just about talking to your partner, it’s about really understanding and acknowledging what your partner is saying and...
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Sam DiFranco
Jun 16, 20146 min read
Five Communication Tools You Need for Difficult Conversations
It’s virtually inevitable that even the best close relationship will involve some degree of conflict, at least some of the time. When...
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Sam DiFranco
Apr 29, 20143 min read
10 Commandments of Clean Communication
Experiencing communication blockage in your relationship? You might not be using clean communication. Follow these basic guidelines for...
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Sam DiFranco
Mar 4, 20142 min read
Fighting Big = Big Resolution
Some say that having a screaming match with their partner is effective, because it shows that there is passion in the relationship. But...
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Sam DiFranco
Feb 20, 20142 min read
Chick Flicks For Better Relationships
When was the last time you took your spouse to see a chick flick? If you can only think back to the beginning of your relationship (i.e....
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Sam DiFranco
Feb 13, 20141 min read
Improving Relationships By Reducing Blame
Blaming the other person is one of the most common ways couples tend to destroy their relationships. According to Psychology Today,...
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Sam DiFranco
Jan 11, 20142 min read
Metacommunication
Recently I conducted a poll with friends and acquaintances about communication with their significant others. I asked, “What is the...
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Sam DiFranco
May 19, 20121 min read
Communication II.
Often times, people have trouble speaking to one another without disagreeing or without arguing. Has this happened to you? And have you...
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Sam DiFranco
Aug 20, 20112 min read
Tips For Raising Troubled Teens
The Star Point Counseling Center provides counseling in Brandon as well as counseling in Tampa and surrounding areas to parents of...
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