Jeff King Counseling
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| We Do Better Keeping to Our Own Self Inventories |
AA’s Twelve-Step program focuses on taking responsibility for oneself as key to the recovery process. Two of the steps deal specifically with taking a personal moral inventory and acknowledging one’s own shortcomings.
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| 8 Dec 2009 - 14:52 by Jeff King |
Marriage & Family
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| PLUGGING THE SHAME DRAIN, PART TWO |
In the last couple of articles we’ve examined the impact of personal shame on our capacity to experience effective relationships. Again, shame is that internal judge that gnaws away in our gut with messages such as:
• You’re not good enough.
• You’re unlovable. No one wants you.
• You’re a mistake. You always mess things up.
• You’re unacceptable. No wonder people reject you.
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| 31 Oct 2009 - 00:13 by Jeff King |
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| PRETTY IN TWO WAYS |
Growing up I experienced my grandpa as a big tease. Looking back, I see that teasing was the main way he related to people.
On the whole I enjoyed it. It helped develop my sense of humor and my capacity to joke around with others.
One of his favorite lines was to tell me, “You’re pretty in two ways—pretty ugly, and pretty apt to stay that way.”
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| 30 Aug 2009 - 22:09 by Jeff King |
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| PLUGGING THE SHAME DRAIN |
In my last article we explored the impact of personal shame upon our relationships. As way of reminder, shame is the inner critic or judge that gnaws in our gut and tells us we don’t measure up and aren’t good enough.
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| 30 Aug 2009 - 22:06 by Jeff King |
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| PRETTY IN TWO WAYS |
In my last article we explored the impact of personal shame upon our relationships. As way of reminder, shame is the inner critic or judge that gnaws in our gut and tells us we don’t measure up and aren’t good enough.
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| 30 Aug 2009 - 22:04 by Jeff King |
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| DEVELOPING THE SKILL OF SHOWING UP IN YOUR MARRIAGGE |
It’s not unusual for clients to tell me of an “absent” member of their family:
• A dad who never attends school or sporting events.
• A mom absorbed in her own interests and emotionally cold and unavailable.
• A spouse who seldom talks about their feelings.
• A spouse afraid to give their opinion.
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| 14 Jun 2009 - 21:22 by Jeff King |
Marriage & Family
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| PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR |
Some time ago my wife worked at a skilled nursing facility. On a regular basis the facility held memorial services to honor those residents who had died.
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| 14 Jun 2009 - 21:20 by Jeff King |
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| Coming to Terms with the Unwanted |
Last summer I was offered what seemed to be the job of a lifetime. A counseling center specializing in caring for pastors indicated they wanted to hire me.
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| 3 May 2009 - 19:15 by Jeff King |
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| PUTTING A BUG IN YOUR EAR |
I woke up in the middle of the night last week with a strange sensation in my right ear. I have an extensive history of ear problems, but always in my left ear. This certainly grabbed my attention.
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| 18 Mar 2009 - 15:30 by Jeff King |
Marriage & Family
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| Anger: It's a Dog's World |
Someday you need meet our dog, Cinnamon. She’ll greet you with tail wagging and will try to get you to scratch her tummy.
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| 18 Mar 2009 - 15:28 by Jeff King |
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