Neuroscience of love
Introduction Happiness is a universal pursuit, and one of the most profound sources of joy and contentment in our lives is our romantic...
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alexmackenziemft
- Sep 18
- 2 min
How to get past dislliking someone.
How to start liking someone you dislike Sometimes we have good reasons for disliking people or groups of people, such as when they...
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alexmackenziemft
- Feb 14
- 7 min
My Personal Prostate Cancer Journey
((SCROLL DOWN TO BOTTOM OF BLOGS PAGE FOR UPDATES)) Probably, at first, this seems like a weird way to share my journey, as opposed to...
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alexmackenziemft
- Aug 1, 2022
- 4 min
Overcoming Blind Spots and Biases
Doing the work: Overcoming our own racism and racial biases Our biases hurt us, people and groups about whom we hold biases, hurt...
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alexmackenziemft
- Jul 26, 2022
- 1 min
Mini Mindfulness
Click here to Play the 5/4/3/2/1 meditation instructions Pick your agitation number Follow the prompts Reduce your agitation level Teach...
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alexmackenziemft
- Jun 22, 2022
- 10 min
Being your own therapist or coach
Fire me (Or partner with me) Build Your Own Mental Wellbeing (Author's note: This is not intended as psychological consultation or a...
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alexmackenziemft
- Apr 7, 2022
- 2 min
Sexual Trauma -- you are not alone
Sexual Trauma Most women I have counseled, and many of the men have at some point reported experiencing sexual trauma which continues to...
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alexmackenziemft
- Apr 7, 2022
- 4 min
Why go back to painful childhood memories?
From media portrayals of psychotherapy, many people get a lot of negative ideas about what therapy is like, including overrepresentation...
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alexmackenziemft
- Apr 7, 2022
- 2 min
Thought Distortions: Are you calling me crazy?
Thought distortions are beliefs we hold which are not supported by evidence – in fact, most are contradicted by evidence – and usually...
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alexmackenziemft
- Dec 6, 2021
- 3 min
Time to brush up communication skills?
Why learn new skills? People usually work on their skills when their current behaviors stop being successful in a context they are used...
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alexmackenziemft
- Nov 1, 2021
- 2 min
On Closure: Don't be a hostage of someone else's narrative
Closure: Peaceful acceptance that something has changed or ended. I have counseled many people who, at the end of a relationship,...
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alexmackenziemft
- May 6, 2021
- 2 min
Age Bias
Negative age bias has serious negative impacts, both on the people toward whom the bias exists, and on those who hold the negative bias,...
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alexmackenziemft
- May 2, 2021
- 2 min
Personality Conflict or Communication?
Have you noticed that some of the very things you loved about your romantic partner at the beginning of the relationship are the things...
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alexmackenziemft
- Jun 23, 2020
- 2 min
Black Lives Matter
There's been a lot of misinformation out there, and a lot of negatively biased information about the uprisings, the protesters...
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alexmackenziemft
- Oct 14, 2019
- 2 min
Cross Cultural Partnerships
Intercultural or cross-cultural relationships bring both challenges and opportunities. While it may take more time and effort to...
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alexmackenziemft
- Jul 17, 2019
- 3 min
Anger -- Valuable and Misunderstood
Anger gets a bad rap. Like all of our emotions, anger has a purpose, and while many of us can use a tune-up in terms of the way we...
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alexmackenziemft
- Jul 15, 2019
- 2 min
Coaching-- Feedback in Professional Context
STAR Model (Business Feedback) In some roles, both in business and personal life, we are responsible for getting results, not from our...
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alexmackenziemft
- Jul 15, 2019
- 2 min
Basics of Active Listening
Listening: This is the most underrated of life skills. Listening helps you to gather information, demonstrate that you care, and builds...
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alexmackenziemft
- Jul 15, 2019
- 2 min
Interpersonal Feedback
Providing Feedback: I like to distinguish between two types of feedback -- personal and business. It's not that one works exclusively...
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alexmackenziemft
- Jun 26, 2019
- 2 min
Emotional Intelligence
Have you ever said, “I was so mad, I didn’t have any choice?” Have you heard a family member say, “I was so sad that I had to…?” If so,...
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