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By Chandrama Anderson
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About this blog: About this blog: I am a LMFT specializing in couples counseling and grief and have lived in Silicon Valley since 1969. I'm the president of Connect2 Marriage Counseling. I worked in high-tech at Apple, Stanford University, and in ... (More)
About this blog: About this blog: I am a LMFT specializing in couples counseling and grief and have lived in Silicon Valley since 1969. I'm the president of Connect2 Marriage Counseling. I worked in high-tech at Apple, Stanford University, and in Silicon Valley for 15 years before becoming a therapist. My background in high-tech is helpful in understanding local couples' dynamics and the pressures of living here. I am a wife, mom, sister, friend, author, and lifelong advocate for causes I believe in (such as marriage equality). My parents are both deceased. My son graduated culinary school and is heading toward a degree in Sociology. I enjoy reading, hiking, water fitness, movies, 49ers and Stanford football, Giants baseball, and riding a tandem bike with my husband. I love the beach and mountains; nature is my place of restoration. In my work with couples, and in this blog, I combine knowledge from many fields to bring you my best ideas, tips, tools and skills, plus book and movie reviews, and musings to help you be your genuine self, find your own voice, and have a happy and healthy relationship. Don't be surprised to hear about brain research and business skills, self-soothing techniques from all walks of life, suggestions and experiments, and anything that lights my passion for couples. (Author and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Calif. Lic # MFC 45204.) (Hide)
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Get Couple-Ready for the Holidays
Nov 19, 2021 12:57 pm
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While this may be a time of family, love, thanks, giving, cheer, good food, and relaxing around the fireplace with good friends, it also may be a time of stress,... More
Nov 19, 2021 12:57 pm
Comments: 0 | Views: 17,978
While this may be a time of family, love, thanks, giving, cheer, good food, and relaxing around the fireplace with good friends, it also may be a time of stress,... More
"He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away."
Nov 12, 2021 8:22 am
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- Raymond Hull
Hull is absolutely correct. Trying to suit your partner is the opposite of living authentically. I should know, because that’s what I did... More
Nov 12, 2021 8:22 am
Comments: 2 | Views: 15,303
- Raymond Hull
Hull is absolutely correct. Trying to suit your partner is the opposite of living authentically. I should know, because that’s what I did... More
"All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward . . .
Nov 8, 2021 8:54 am
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that causes all the trouble."
- Raymond Hull
Yesterday I came up with the “elevator pitch” for my nonfiction couples graphic ‘novel’... More
Nov 8, 2021 8:54 am
Comments: 0 | Views: 17,039
that causes all the trouble."
- Raymond Hull
Yesterday I came up with the “elevator pitch” for my nonfiction couples graphic ‘novel’... More
My Halloween Trauma Lingers
Oct 29, 2021 12:54 pm
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On Halloween, in broad daylight, when I was 10 years old, a man in a Camaro tried to lure me into his car with candy.
Fortunately, I knew about Stanger Danger... More
Oct 29, 2021 12:54 pm
Comments: 3 | Views: 19,636
On Halloween, in broad daylight, when I was 10 years old, a man in a Camaro tried to lure me into his car with candy.
Fortunately, I knew about Stanger Danger... More
"A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong . . .
Oct 22, 2021 9:37 am
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. . . is to think you control it."
-John Steinbeck
Steinbeck makes a great point; we control almost nothing, whether on a journey or in marriage. We have... More
Oct 22, 2021 9:37 am
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. . . is to think you control it."
-John Steinbeck
Steinbeck makes a great point; we control almost nothing, whether on a journey or in marriage. We have... More
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