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Cultivating Intimacy in Your Relationship

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger02.22.2010 Communication
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Healthy relationships are one of the most important keys to gaining balance and happiness. Intimacy is the experience of belonging together. It embodies shared knowledge, experiences, sexual encounters, and memories. Cultivating intimacy is the best gift we can give to ourselves and our loved ones. Intimacy is a basic human need like eating, breathing and [...]

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Robin Confronts Her Demons

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger02.19.2010 Disorders
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How do you let go of the hurt that another person has inflicted on you? Robin grew up with an older brother that sexually abused her for years, when their parents were sleeping or not home for the evening. Erik, 15 at the time of the first episode, was left to care for his 12 [...]

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The Healing Powers of Friendship

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger02.16.2010 Balance & Happiness
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Remember those times when you felt lost and all alone. Maybe your relationship was on the rocks. Maybe you were sick and no one was around to take care of you. Perhaps you screwed up at work or that you were about to get downsized. Maybe you thought no one could possibly understand the pain [...]

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The Love Game

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger02.14.2010 Communication
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Everything changes when you feel love, especially your brain. Valentine’s Day reminds us to take stock and acknowledge what matters most – the connection we feel for others. Think about the people in your life with whom you experience love. Learn to “fire up” your brain and feel more love and intimacy in your life. The [...]

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Strategies for Happiness and Balance – How To Create These Practices

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger02.10.2010 Balance & Happiness

Abdominal breathing, meditation, mindful walking, constructive rest and building friendships are some of my favorite behavioral strategies for balance and happiness. Click on any of the titles listed at the bottom of this page and learn how to create these practices for yourself. Abdominal breathing is useful anytime and can be practiced in a concentrated [...]

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Enhancing Intimacy in Relationships

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger02.03.2010 Mind Sculpting

How to create a practice of enhancing intimacy: Learn to tolerate difficult feelings through abdominal breathing. Deep breaths bring you back into the present moment. Remember that all feelings have a rise and fall. The intensity of any feeling you experience will subside. Actively listen to your partner or friend by paying close attention to [...]

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The Benefits of Laughter

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger01.10.2010 Balance & Happiness
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At a motivational seminar three women are asked to come up to the stage. They are all asked, “When you are in your casket and friends and family are mourning, what would you like to hear them say about you? The first woman says, “I would like to hear them say that I was a [...]

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Red Mountain Spa: Adventure, Relationships and Inspiration

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger01.04.2010 Adventure
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Every year I am blessed with the opportunity to present workshops and seminars at the Red Mountain Resort and Spa.  The workshops and seminars cover a wide range of women’s issues like resilience, building healthy relationships, happiness, gratitude and forgiveness, parenting concerns, building supports systems etc. This year my talks will be about love, romance [...]

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Welcome 2010

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger12.30.2009 Balance & Happiness
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My favorite and only resolution for the coming year is to have more fun. This year my commitment to myself is to clear the decks for at least an hour a day so that I can devote more time to doing things that make me laugh, feel enriched, balanced or energized. Not the usual resolution [...]

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Create the Practice of Building Friendships

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger12.12.2009 Mind Sculpting

How to build friendships: Be pro-active. Be willing to take a risk and make a new friend. Make daily contact with one or two friends or potential friends. Building friendships takes time. Foster your friendships and put them high on your “to do” list. Pay attention to which friends leave you feeling uplifted and which [...]

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