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Three Powerful Tips for Achieving Long-Term Recovery

Three Powerful Tips for Achieving Long-Term Recovery

Posted on Jul 10, 2018 in Blog

Three Powerful Tips for Achieving Long-Term Recovery

Image by Pixabay Guest Post: Written by: Adam Cook Rebuilding a life after addiction isn’t easy. Addressing the physical and psychological issues that caused your substance abuse in the first place is an around-the-clock battle in many cases. Combined with the pressure of providing for your needs and those of your family, it can feel like too much to bear. To minimize stress and frustration that could threaten your sobriety, you must be patient, both with the process and with yourself. Here...

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No Guarantees

Posted on May 23, 2018 in Blog, Family, Friends

No Guarantees

In the city that I live a very popular chain restaurant just closed. Apparently, it was the lowest performing restaurant in the state and so they decided to shut it down. When I first heard about this I was really shocked. Five years ago if anyone would have told me that this chain would be closing stores, rather than expanding in 2018 I would have bet against you. But the fact remains that times change, tastes change and that nothing is guaranteed. Like the beginning of so many things, opening...

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Understand Work-Life Balance

Posted on Aug 9, 2016 in Blog, Commitment, Conflict Resolution

Understand Work-Life Balance

By: Zachary J. Lee When you think about not being able to spend enough time with your partner and feeling like work is overtaking your life (i.e., your job runs your life and not the other way around) what are you supposed to do? One of the biggest overarching themes that I see couples struggling with are feeling like they don’t get enough time with one another and they don’t have a good handle on their work-life balance. Before I started my company, I worked for a few years as a...

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5 Keys To Avoiding Divorce

Posted on Aug 9, 2016 in Blog, Commitment, Conflict Resolution

5 Keys To Avoiding Divorce

By: Zachary J. Lee Have you ever thought to yourself why you got married? The simple answer that we might say is “love”. But in my experience love only takes you so far. Love is absolutely the most important ingredient in a long-term relationship but there are so many other factors and determinants to avoiding being miserable, breaking-up or even getting a divorce. My wife and I have been together for almost 10 years and next week we’ll have been married for eight. Although we...

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Are Relationships Without Arguments Real?

Posted on Jul 25, 2016 in Blog, Conflict Resolution, Uncategorized

Are Relationships Without Arguments Real?

By: Zachary J. Lee Is there REALLY such a thing as an argument-free relationship? Sure, we’ve all heard friends or acquaintances say, oh we never fight. But it’s also evident they avoid real conversations that may inevitably lead to an argument. They keep it surface level. I’m talking about couples who don’t hold back. They aren’t afraid to tell their partner what they’re thinking and feeling. Dr. John Gottman says there are four types of conflict that tend...

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Creating Your Vision

Posted on Jul 19, 2016 in Blog, Commitment, Uncategorized

Creating Your Vision

Have you ever heard of a vision board? A vision board is a tool for inspiration and a helpful reminder of where you want to go in life. The cool thing is that you can have multiple vision boards for multiple goals that you want to accomplish and for daily reminders of things to be grateful for in your life. Your vision board can be extremely specific or more general for the future like the one above. On my vision board I have pictures of love, growing old with my wife, success, being a...

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Jealousy – The Root of Despair

Posted on Mar 3, 2016 in Blog, Conflict Resolution

Jealousy – The Root of Despair

by: Zachary Lee This past weekend my company hosted a pre-marriage retreat for couples from MN and ND. It was an awesome experience and one that I’ll never forget.  I’ll never forget it because of the connections and break-throughs that we had with so many couples. Couples struggling with communication challenges, family issues, depression, anxiety, sexual abuse and jealousy.  Although I could focus on any one of these issues, one connection I made with a young man at the...

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Are You A Finisher?

Posted on Oct 5, 2015 in Blog, Commitment

Are You A Finisher?

photo: courtesy of freedigitalphotos.net (stock images “Runner Practicing On A RaceTrack”) by: Zachary Lee I’m a terrible runner… at least by my standards. My average mile takes me around 10 minutes. I’m by no means good at it.  In high school I was really good at basketball, but not great. I was the sixth or seventh man on our bench for our varsity depending on the game. No matter how much I practiced, how much I played, I couldn’t break the top five. We...

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The Millennial Narcissist

Posted on Sep 27, 2015 in Blog, Conflict Resolution

The Millennial Narcissist

By: Zachary Lee This morning I was watching CBS Sunday Morning and they were talking about generational differences in the workplace and how it affects workforce dynamics. The main focus of the story was about millennials and how they tend to be the most narcissistic generation yet (I’m a millennial as well so this story pertained to me). Millennials are now the biggest part of the American workforce, according to a Pew Research study. So just as The Greatest Generation moved over for...

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That Emotional Affair Is Going To Cost You

Posted on Sep 21, 2015 in Blog, Family

That Emotional Affair Is Going To Cost You

Just fun and games? It doesn’t mean anything? It isn’t hurting anyone?   Just because you haven’t taken that extra-marital work relationship to “the next level” doesn’t mean it can’t have devastating consequences to your professional life and your personal life.   The challenge for individuals entering into emotional affairs is that they don’t necessarily see flirting, sharing intimate facts about themselves, and playing into the...

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