Empty Nest & Retirement Years as Invitations to Re-Create Shared Meaning

By Dr. Doug BurfordLPC, EMDR, DMin, Licensed Professional Counselor and Relationship Coach The apex of Dr. John Gottman’s “Sound Relationship House” – the metaphorical distillation of his decades of scientific….

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Coping with Isolation at the Holidays

American artists have painted hundreds of snapshots of the Good Life through the decades. From Norman Rockwell’s  “Freedom from Want” to John Holyfield’s “Blessings III”, we see families lovingly sitting….

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How to Master Retirement Relationships

  Moving into a household routine during retirement is often fraught with challenges. Doug Burford, Relationship Coach, in the video, opens our March blog about retirement relationships. He explains that….

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Technology at the Next Door

  Can you imagine having to go next door, as Dorothy Mansfield, age 94, describes in this video, simply to make a phone call? Dorothy explains, “This goes back a….

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The Importance of “How”

  In this short clip, Helen Rinehart, age 80+, assures us it is important how we react to what happens in our life; not what happens. Her steadfastness, positive attitude,….

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