Comments for Patrick Ward, PhD http://www.patrickwardphd.com Patrick Ward, Marriage and Family Therapist, Enriching Lives and Building Relationship Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:02:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Tips for the Holidays by b ward http://www.patrickwardphd.com/2009/11/16/tips-for-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-257 b ward Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:02:07 +0000 http://www.patrickwardphd.com/?p=217#comment-257 Your tips for holidays cover a wide area of actions and thoughts. good article and very timely! One idea I could mention is that when people are in frame of mind to consider and help other people at the time of year from Thanksgiving through Christmas, it would be quite beneficial to many to just continue on with helping the same people through the following months. When people don't have family or friends to be with through the holidays , they still have the same needs afterwards. I agree, that a person someitmes has to accept less than perfect and it will create a more relaxed atmosphere. thank you Your tips for holidays cover a wide area of actions and thoughts. good article and very timely! One idea I could mention is that when people are in frame of mind to consider and help other people at the time of year from Thanksgiving through Christmas, it would be quite beneficial to many to just continue on with helping the same people through the following months. When people don’t have family or friends to be with through the holidays , they still have the same needs afterwards.
I agree, that a person someitmes has to accept less than perfect and it will create a more relaxed atmosphere.
thank you

]]> Comment on Resolve to Be Positive by Dorothy Stephen http://www.patrickwardphd.com/2007/05/03/resolve-to-be-positive/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Dorothy Stephen Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:29:49 +0000 http://67.15.157.12/~patrickw/?p=35#comment-148 Me and a friend are taking measures to allow God to help us with letting go of our quilt for wrong choices we made in earlier years...we are working hard at having a positive attitude and changing our way of thinking about ourselves..we don't want to fake it any longer..we want to have the peace that God wants us to have as his forgiven children..this article is so good. Now to put it to practice one day at a time... We both have great christian husbands and we have carried things over from our past that our husbands shouldn't have to deal with..We are going through lessons in a Life Recovery Bible.... Me and a friend are taking measures to allow God to help us with letting go of our quilt for wrong choices we made in earlier years…we are working hard at having a positive attitude and changing our way of thinking about ourselves..we don’t want to fake it any longer..we want to have the peace that God wants us to have as his forgiven children..this article is so good. Now to put it to practice one day at a time…

We both have great christian husbands and we have carried things over from our past that our husbands shouldn’t have to deal with..We are going through lessons in a Life Recovery Bible….

]]> Comment on To the spouse who is leaving by Ann http://www.patrickwardphd.com/2009/09/18/to-the-spouse-who-is-leaving/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Ann Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:38:25 +0000 http://www.patrickwardphd.com/?p=211#comment-123 Patrick, Your article shows great insight and the results of action without deep thinking and consideration of family are so very true. I believe courses stressing these ideas should be given to young people in high school. Principles can be applied to life actions besides marriages. Well written and easily understood. thank you Patrick,
Your article shows great insight and the results of action without deep thinking and consideration of family are so very true. I believe courses stressing these ideas should be given to young people in high school. Principles can be applied to life actions besides marriages. Well written and easily understood. thank you

]]> Comment on To the spouse who is leaving by Patrick Ward http://www.patrickwardphd.com/2009/09/18/to-the-spouse-who-is-leaving/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Patrick Ward Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:51:02 +0000 http://www.patrickwardphd.com/?p=211#comment-122 Kim, Your welcome for the post. I believe that several people could benefit from this information - including those close to our hearts. Kim, Your welcome for the post. I believe that several people could benefit from this information – including those close to our hearts.

]]> Comment on To the spouse who is leaving by Kim Borowski http://www.patrickwardphd.com/2009/09/18/to-the-spouse-who-is-leaving/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Kim Borowski Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:20:00 +0000 http://www.patrickwardphd.com/?p=211#comment-121 Hi Patrick. I'm Jenny's sister. I hope Chadd reads this and gets a lot out of it. I'm very confused right now as all of us are. My poor sister. I love her so much it hurts. Thanks for posting this and for helping in any way you can. It is appreciated and much needed. Sincerely, Kim Hi Patrick. I’m Jenny’s sister. I hope Chadd reads this and gets a lot out of it. I’m very confused right now as all of us are. My poor sister. I love her so much it hurts. Thanks for posting this and for helping in any way you can. It is appreciated and much needed.

Sincerely,
Kim

]]> Comment on Commitment by Dorothy Stephen http://www.patrickwardphd.com/2009/06/01/commitment/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Dorothy Stephen Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:14:23 +0000 http://www.patrickwardphd.com/?p=196#comment-117 This was a great article on commitment..I feel that is why so many marriages fail. Lack of commitment...young people seem to enter marriage with divorce on their mind if things don't work out the way they expected them to they don't stay together and work things out and if children is involved, they are the main ones who get hurt...Selfishness keeps one from desiring whats best for the other person and that is where we fail...I been their I know, and you have to be comitted to God first and the rest will follow..Love isn't a feeling it is a commitment...The comment the husband made is what every married couple should make to one another, "if you leave me I am going with you" :) This was a great article on commitment..I feel that is why so many marriages fail. Lack of commitment…young people seem to enter marriage with divorce on their mind if things don’t work out the way they expected them to they don’t stay together and work things out and if children is involved, they are the main ones who get hurt…Selfishness keeps one from desiring whats best for the other person and that is where we fail…I been their I know, and you have to be comitted to God first and the rest will follow..Love isn’t a feeling it is a commitment…The comment the husband made is what every married couple should make to one another, “if you leave me I am going with you” :)

]]> Comment on Coping with Change by Patrick Ward http://www.patrickwardphd.com/2009/04/18/coping-with-change/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Patrick Ward Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:27:57 +0000 http://67.15.157.12/~patrickw/?p=96#comment-79 Dorothy, Glad you finding some articles helpful. That's what they are here for. Dorothy, Glad you finding some articles helpful. That’s what they are here for.

]]> Comment on Coping with Change by Dorothy Stephen http://www.patrickwardphd.com/2009/04/18/coping-with-change/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Dorothy Stephen Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:17:22 +0000 http://67.15.157.12/~patrickw/?p=96#comment-78 Well I come back for more..keep up the good work..I shared Coping with Change with a couple people....I think I will find this very helpful in my own life. The best councelling ever comes from God's Word and much needed in our sin filled world.. Well I come back for more..keep up the good work..I shared Coping with Change with a couple people….I think I will find this very helpful in my own life. The best councelling ever comes from God’s Word and much needed in our sin filled world..

]]> Comment on Coping with Change by carol http://www.patrickwardphd.com/2009/04/18/coping-with-change/comment-page-1/#comment-77 carol Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:08:03 +0000 http://67.15.157.12/~patrickw/?p=96#comment-77 HEY PAT A GREAT SITE!! REALLY ENJOY READING IT. SUCH LOVELY PICS. YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. YOU'RE CLIENTS ARE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU. TOODLES HEY PAT A GREAT SITE!! REALLY ENJOY READING IT. SUCH LOVELY PICS. YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. YOU’RE CLIENTS ARE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU. TOODLES

]]> Comment on Don’t Take Life for Granted by Patrick Ward http://www.patrickwardphd.com/2008/11/02/dont-take-life-for-granted/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Patrick Ward Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:11:36 +0000 http://67.15.157.12/~patrickw/?p=98#comment-50 Dorothy, Thanks for your comments. You could print this article for your friend. Unfortunately, it often takes a traumatic event (either our own or others') to raise our awareness of the blessings we have. Dorothy, Thanks for your comments. You could print this article for your friend. Unfortunately, it often takes a traumatic event (either our own or others’) to raise our awareness of the blessings we have.

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