Monthly Archives: December 2011

PTSD Sibling Post Holiday Therapy Needed?Take This Test.

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

If the main villain in the family tragedy is a sibling or step sibling – here’s a post holiday quiz to see if you need help. Continue reading →

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Have Post Holiday Blues About Fractured Family Rules?

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

Want to make a New Year’s resolution to change the rules that put you through such annual misery? Continue reading →

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The Weather Outside Is Frightful for Dysfunctional Families

Posted on December 20, 2011 by

If you’re in a dysfunctional family or suspect you might be – cheer yourself up by watching other people’s pain. Go to the movies . Continue reading →

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Red Flags for a Sibling “I Hate You” Story Pre- Holiday Daze

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

Perhaps your brother was pushy or slugged you behind Mom’s back. Maybe you had sisters who got much the new prom dress when you did Goodwill. Divorce may have shattered that family nest like a hurricane leaving you with a dual life of two houses, two beds, two sets of parents, stepsiblings, left you a and a rudderless childhood. Continue reading →

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Need Excel Spreadsheet for Step-parenting/grandparenting on the Holiday?

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

My blood grandson will spend Christmas week with his Dad. My daughter’s new husband ‘s children spend the holiday with their Mom. My blood granddaughter will spend Christmas week with her Mom and grandfather- my ex husband. The festive season takes a genogram to map. Continue reading →

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Are Your Bloods, Half’s and Steps in an Endless War-Pre Holidays ?

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

Do your half siblings hate their whole siblings? Are your bloods and steps in an endless war ?
If yes is the answer to any of these- approach the holidays in a new way.

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TV’s Modern Family Shows Us Sibling Rivalry

Posted on December 8, 2011 by

“Modern Family” mirrors the real sibling relationship, showing how old childhood baggage get carried forward into adult years. Sibling rivalry can last until midlife and longer. Continue reading →

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Who Will Be The Favorite Child This Chistmas?

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

Cleopatra was her father’s favorite child.  As the royal pet ,she killed at least two of her siblings and her father murdered another- to  triply insure her  destined  role as the beloved child and  Egypt’s most  storied ruler. In Stacy … Continue reading →

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Judy Garland and Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands face the Holidays

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

Johnny Depp is another victim of Christmas, as mutant Edward Scissorhands, as a Frankenstein fictive sibling. On Christmas Eve ,the mutant blade- fingered Depp almost fits in with his adoptive family, including sister Winona Rider, then misery strikes Continue reading →

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