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What Rats Can Teach Us About Getting "Unstuck" community habit change Jan 02, 2025

Written by: Dr. Mike Ronsisvalle

Have you ever wondered why some people are able to change their diet and exercise habits and lose significant amounts of weight while other people get stuck in negati...

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Achieving the "Awe" Experience gratitude hope parenting Jan 01, 2025

Written by: Dr. Mike Ronsisvalle

I walked into the delivery room with my wife 15 years ago with little awareness of what was about to happen.  I knew we were about to have our first baby but I had no...

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Gratefulness acceptance relationships thanksgiving Dec 31, 2024

Written by: Dr. Mike Ronsisvalle

Every holiday season, I enter Thanksgiving with the best of intentions.  I always have this strong desire to spend more time with my family, capture moments of real j...

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Goals addiction coping strategies growth and healing habit change Dec 30, 2024

Written by: Dr. Mike Ronsisvalle

I sat in my clinical office one Friday afternoon feeling utterly helpless as I hung up the phone after talking with my friend.  Two weeks earlier I had referred him t...

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Selfie Culture Needs to Find Purpose acceptance habit change social media Dec 29, 2024

Written by: Dr. Mike Ronsisvalle

My wife and I were at a party several weeks ago and decided that it would be incredibly important to take a quick selfie so that we could post about our evening on al...

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Response to the South Florida Shooting anxiety depression kid's mental health parenting Dec 28, 2024

Written by: Dr. Mike Ronsisvalle

Another school shooting has yielded new fears for the safety of our children and more questions about how we should respond as a nation to what amounts to a crisis of...

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Resilience in a Broken World acceptance adversity coping strategies Dec 27, 2024

Written by: Dr. Mike Ronsisvalle

If there is one thing I have learned after almost 30,000 hours of providing clinical services to individuals and families it is this:  There is no cookie cutter way t...

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More Not Less, Forgiveness dr. mike forgiveness second chances Dec 26, 2024

Written by: Dr. Mike Ronsisvalle

My pastor told a story during his sermon that I thought was incredibly relevant for our world today.

As the story goes, Thomas Edison finished a prototype of the lig...

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Worth the Risk? addiction gambling addiction Dec 24, 2024

Written by: Dr. Mike Ronsisvalle

One look at your Facebook feed and you will quickly see that the Supreme Court has struck down a law prohibiting gambling on sporting events.  Everyone from amateur s...

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Marine Turned Counselor, Combats Mental Health in Brevard anxiety depression veterans Dec 23, 2024

Written by: Dr. Mike Ronsisvalle

Adrian Marquez’ heroic story began back in June of 2000 when he joined the Marine Corps.  His superiors quickly realized that Adrian was an unusual soldier who was gi...

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Everybody Gets A Trophy competition kid's mental health parenting Dec 22, 2024

Written by: Dr. Mike Ronsisvalle

We were down 27 to 28 with only a few seconds left on the clock in the first game of a single elimination tournament.  It was win or go home and even though I was onl...

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Strategy for Change growth and healing habit change new year new year's resolutions Dec 21, 2024

Written by: Dr. Mike Ronsisvalle

It’s hard to believe, but the new year is upon us! Soon we will be sitting down with family and friends celebrating all the promise and excitement a new year brings. ...

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