Betty W. Phillips, Ph.D., Psychology
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Dr. Betty Phillips

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about Self-Improvement, Happiness and Optimism, Coping with Grief, Relationship and Marriage Counseling Issues

Forest Garden Office
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Open the door to self-improvement

SPECIAL NOTICE: Click here for Meditations, Prayers or Intentions to assist the Gulf as well as a beautiful video and song also for this purpose.

 
 
 
At this point in time I am writing articles for the Southern Neighbor every other month. Be sure to  also check out the Advice Line section of this website for additional articles.  My articles on this website often contain information additional to my published articles due to space limitations in the publications. My next article will appear September 2010.
 

Can You Achieve Happiness? I Think I Can! July 2010

Achieving Happiness with Positive Thinking: Do You Really Know Pollyanna?

Achieving Happiness

"All you need is love..."

Light Up Your Life

Why Settle For Less Than Happiness?

The Good Life: Positivity

Loving Kindness Meditation, September 2009

This is an updated version of this article. I consider this meditation very important and may update my thoughts and information on this topic from time to time.

Lead With Your Heart

Do "Good Fences Make Good Neighbors? ... The Importance of Personal Boundaries

Power Up, Boundaries Part II

The Secret Called Forgiveness

Forgiveness, Part II

Procrastination?

Learning Marriage Skills: An Approach to Premarital and Marital Counseling.

I. PAY ATTENTION !!!

II. Do YOU have ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder)?

III. Good News for ADD!!

IV. More Good News for ADD !!

V. Marriage Counseling, Coaching and ADD.

Treat Your Marriage Like Your Teeth!

Keeping Your Love Alive

Multitasking.

Burnout?

Jingle Bells: Do You Have Time to Listen? Coping With Holiday Stress

Let's Laugh!

Teasing: Just Joking?

When the Going Gets Tough: Be Kind to Yourself! Coping with Guilt and Shame

Let's Plan a Vacation!

SELF ESTEEM I: Have You Met Your Internal Critic?

SELF ESTEEM II: Let the Sunshine In and Banish the Internal Critic

SELF ESTEEM III: Fighting the Internal Critic

Do Crazy People Need Shrinks?

2007 Happy New Year: Are You?

New Years Resolutions: Self-Improvement for 2006

Panic Attacks: Can You Cope?

Double Your Problems!!

Mind Over Mood

Can You Manage Your Anger? Learn to Cope, not Explode

Take Control of Your Anger

Introduction to Assertiveness

Assertiveness: A Life Skill

Sleep for Health

Sleep for Health, Part II

Dreams and Nightmares; Changing Unwanted Dreams, Parts I and II

Protection Against Victimization

Beating the Winter Slump

Psychology of Happiness, Part I

Psychology of Happiness, Part II

Optimism: An Introduction to a Happier Life

Overcoming Blockages to Happiness

Optimism and Happiness

Self Care

Introduction to Assertiveness

Coping with Grief, Loss, Suicide

How to Argue and Stay Married

Rebuilding your Marriage

New Year's Resolution: A Good Marriage

Marriage Counseling: For Us?

Do You Listen to Your Spouse?

Marital Conflict: Search for the Guilty

Mind Reading in a Good Marriage

Infidelity

Our Marriage: For Better Or Worse

Warning Signs of Infidelity

Infidelity: What About the Children?

Infidelity Discovered: What Next?

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Forest Garden in the Spring



Check back to this page. New articles will be added monthly.

Most of the articles in this section have been published in the Southern Neighbor, a monthly publication available free at various locations in Orange, Chatham and Durham counties and also published on the Web.

Due to space limitations in the Southern Neighbor, some of the articles on this website will be longer and contain more information than the article published in the Southern Neighbor.



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Forest Garden in the spring

 
 
 
 
 
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