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Helene Rothschild's Articles in General Self Help

  • Helping the Aggressive Child
    Pat sat upright on the couch as she told me about Chuck's angry outbursts, his desire to kill animals, his willingness to follow his destructive friend blindly—even when he knew the behavior was wrong, his hurtful aggression to his younger brother, and the complaint he received from his teacher about his bad attitude in class.
  • Healing Laughter
    Laughter has proven to be a very healing experience. Some people with serious illnesses have successfully laughed themselves back to health. When you laugh, there is an actual chemical release in your body that helps you relax, release stress, and feel good. On the contrary, when you take things too seriously, your body constricts; therefore, you are likely to feel stressed and create dis-ease.
  • Guilt is Hurtful to All
    Are you feeling guilty about something you feel you should have or should not have done, thought, or felt? Do you sometimes feel guilty for not feeling guilty? Are you aware how this negative emotion is hurting others and you? Would you like to learn how to release your guilt feelings?
  • Free to Be Happy
    Sherry’s face lit up. She had just heard a truth that set her free--free to be happy and successful. A few minutes before, she was in tears of hurt when she said to her father, “When I was in the hospital with severe burns and you yelled at me, I felt devastated. I decided that I must be bad and not good enough.”
  • Forgiving Mom, Your Best Gift for Mother's Day
    How do you really feel about your Mom? Are you experiencing a deep love and compassion for her? Or do you just feel loyalty and obligation? Are you one of those people who always want to please your Mom? Or are you filled with so much anger and resentment that you avoid them, or rebel by doing the opposite of what they taught you?
  • Forever Young
    Find out how you can be forever young and enjoy a long, fulfilling, healthy life.
  • Fear That I Do Not Deserve Success
    Are you striving for personal and professional success and not reaching your goals? Do you feel you deserve success? Could it be that you feel guilty about something you did or did not do that is causing you to feel bad about yourself and sabotage all your efforts?
  • Fear of the Unknown
    For some reason, we are often afraid of the unknown. We will stay in an unfulfilling home, job, or relationship, because we know how it is. It is familiar. We do not know what will happen if we make a change. One client once said, “I would rather be safe than satisfied.” Can you relate to that?
  • Empowering Questions
    Are you feeling stuck or powerless? Do you keep hearing the same problems or issues over and over in your head? Would you like to feel empowered? You can feel empowered when you ask yourself the right questions. The following 15 questions and examples can help you feel good and resolve problems and issues.
  • Detaching from Unhealthy Connections
    Are you feeling obligated to anyone? Do you feel responsible for other peoples pain or survival? Would you like to be free of emotional ties that are draining you? Cutting emotional cords has been a major practice in my counseling office. I discovered that many of my clients were attached to others in an unhealthy way.
  • Dear Earth
    Are you aware of what is happening to our beautiful Mother Earth? Do you feel concerned about the many people and businesses that have consciously or unconsciously hurt our air, water, land, animals, vegetation, and atmosphere? The truth is that the situation is not hopeless, you are not powerless, and you can make a difference.
  • Dare To Reach Your Goals
    Are you ready to enjoy a loving relationship, a successful career, a healthy and trim body, and prosperity? Learn about the 7 major fears that may be sabotoging you from reaching your desired goals. Once you identify your blocks, you can overcome them and experience success in every area of your life.
  • Dare To Be Prosperous
    Are you having a problem with money? Do you feel as though you never have enough no matter how hard you try? If you want to experience abundance instead of scarcity, you may need to overcome unconscious fears of prosperity. In the course of counseling many people, I have discovered 20 reasons why we struggle with money.
  • Creativity and the Excitement of Life
    Are you allowing yourself to express your creativity? When you were growing up, were your creative expressions discouraged? Would you like to express that part of you and experience more of the excitement of life?
  • Courage Is
    Do you envy others who seem to have more courage? Are you ready to be more courageous? What does that word mean to you? I believe that courage is doing something even though you are afraid. This positive personality trait can make your life much more fulfilling and adventurous. Find out how.
  • Celebrate the Spirit of New Years
    Celebration is often the word associated with New Years. Many fun, traditional parties are enjoyed. That is definitely part of the spirit of the holiday. However, there is much more.
  • Best Insurance Policy For Relationships
    Find out why lovers have affairs and how to prevent them.
  • Be A “Should Buster!”
    Are you ‘shoulding’ others and yourself? Do you realize how inappropriate and hurtful that usually is? That is because the word ‘should’ implies that if you do, or do not act, think, feel, or say something, you are not okay. That message hurts everyone’s self-esteem. It also hooks the rebellious part of us, and we are likely to react in a passive or active aggressive way.
  • Are You Listening?
    Read case studies of men and women whose marriages ended because they did not know how to listen. Then learn 18 helpful hints. If you take the time to listen to the people in your life, you can avoid many hardships, and you will be greatly rewarded. Enjoy healthy relationships by hearing others, and of course, by asking others to listen to you. Be able to say yes to the question, “Are you listening?”
  • Are You Left or Right Brain Dominant?
    Are you sometimes aware of judging others or yourself because of different behavior patterns? Could it be that people naturally react in a different way to similar situations and everyone is okay? Do you want to understand a basic difference so that you can have more love, harmony, and peace in your life?
  • All You Need Is HART! Holistic And Rapid Transformation
    You really can create love, joy, and abundance now! You do have what it takes to reach your desired goals. These can also be your success stories.
  • A Divine Partnership
    Have you ever been happy and felt proud for some wonderful thing that happened that you predicted and helped to bring about? Did you ever have anyone dampen your experience by saying, "You didn't do it, God did."?
  • A Degree in Intimacy
    Typical of all the clients, Sally and Fred had made negative decisions about themselves and others during their developmental childhood years. They had their brick walls of protection built way before they even met. Find out how they earned a "Degree in Intimacy".
  • 50 Ways to Nurture Yourself
    It is important to be able to do what you can to feel good on a daily basis. Then you are not dependent on others because you can nurture yourself. When you are self-caring you are not being selfish. In fact when you feel fulfilled, you then have more to give to others. Find out 50 ways you can give to yourself.
  • 50 Affirmations to Raise Your Self-Esteem
    Are you ready to feel good about yourself? That is the key to health, happiness, fulfilling relationships, and success. Negative thoughts hurt your self-esteem and positive thoughts help you feel good. To raise your self-esteem, say, sing, or write the following 50 affirmations (positive thoughts) until they become part of your automatic thinking.
  • 30 Ways to Resolve Upsets
    Do you ever get upset? Welcome to the human race! It is very helpful to have some course of action so that you can overcome that negative feeling and feel good again. Unresolved upsets hurt you and the others involved. As a Marriage, Family Therapist, I discovered some very effective ways to assist my clients. The following 30 guidelines for your personal and professional relationships can help you too.
  • 30 Guidelines for Solving Problems
    It is normal and human to have problems. If our hands get dirty we know how to wash them. Similarly, when we have problems we need to know how to clean them up. Relationships with loved ones, friends, children, bosses, etc. suffer when problems are not resolved in constructive ways. The following 30 guidelines can assist you to resolve problems and enjoy healthy, happy relationships.
  • 24 Secrets To Happiness
    Are you happy? Would you like to be even happier? You can if you understand what brings true, long-lasting happiness. We all have the ability to create a happy life and we all deserve it. When you focus on the 24 keys to happiness, your life can improve dramatically. It takes two happy people to have a happy relationship.
  • 24 Guidelines for Successful Business Relationships
    Are you feeling frustrated with your business clients? Are you a client who is dissatisfied with the services you are receiving? Do you find yourself stressed, and complaining about your business transactions? When all people concerned follow some basic guidelines, everyone can win.
  • 21 Biggest Mistakes Friends Make
    Are you being a good friend? Do you have friends that you appreciate? Would you like to improve your friendships? Is your loving partner your best friend? As a Marriage, Family Therapist for 27 years, I helped many people resolve issues with their friends and create healthier friendships. The same principles apply to romantic relationships. Ideally, your loving partner is your best friend.
  • 20 Keys to Parenting Teen-agers
    Would you like some help with parenting your teen-ager? As a Marriage, Family Therapist for 27 years, I noticed that parents were having similar problems with their children during their teen-years. I realized that the children and parents often talked about their frustrations and did not know how to express what they wanted. Read 20 insights and solutions that can assist you to be the succcessful parent you want to be.
  • 20 Keys to Fantastic Relationships
    Are you feeling frustrated in your relationship? Do you find that no matter how hard you try, there is often disharmony between you and your loved one? Are you ready to have the fantastic relationship that you deserve?
  • 12 Keys to Successful Parenting
    AN OPEN LETTER FROM EVERY CHILD
  • 10 Great Benefits of Halloween
    How do you feel about the Halloween? Are you getting into the action of dressing up or helping your children find a costume? Or are you just looking forward to November 1st?

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