In this video, I discuss the ins and outs of boundary making for mental health.  Because this video was originally created for a Relief Society project, it is geared specifically
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Hello North Star blog readers!  Although I doubt anyone necessarily took notice, I didn’t post on my regular day last month.  The reason is, I have a very busy video project
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by Becky Mackintosh A flood of questions raced through my head as I read my son’s words, “I’m gay”.  What did I do wrong? What could I have done differently?
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If I were to tell you that there was one thing that you could do to improve your mental health that does NOT include talking to a therapist, or even
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Ok, so I’m turning 41 years old in just a couple of weeks, and I’m supposed to have life figured out by now.  After all, I’m technically half way to
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In the last couple of years I have taken up running as a sort of healthy habit. I’m not an avid runner by any stretch of the imagination – all
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Let’s get REAL! Life is not fair – it’s a roller-coaster filled with twists and turns and in the midst of those loop-de-loops things can become lopsided when we refuse
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ame-sex attraction is probably one of the most misunderstood phenomena in the known spiritual universe. I can understand why heterosexually inclined folks don’t get it. It is far beyond their
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I want to begin by posting the link to where you can download the audio of my presentation–not to boast for me, but to promote it for North Star.  https://vimeo.com/ondemand/spouses
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Listen, can we talk about pornography for a second?   Great, cuz I have some things to say. And I’d like to have a fairly frank discussion about this, so
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I recently finished a book called “The Power of Habit” by Charles Duhigg.  It was an interesting read.  The author’s writing style isn’t my favorite as he has a tendency
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With faith, forgiveness, commitment, and love, you can get through anything together.
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