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Emotional Intelligence: The highway to building long-lasting relationships –

Emotional intelligence, a skill that has gradually sipped into our everyday dealings, is probably one of the most vital skills anybody can possess.Since communication and relationship dealings are things we can’t afford to ignore as humans, finding the ideal way to approach issues and handle relational...

It Won't Go to Zero How concerned should we be about stock market downturns? Ken Robinson's rap song video explains why we needn't be too worried if we're long-term investors.

Marry Yourself First: Boundaries, Balance and the NO B.S. Life with Ken ...

Water, Moon, and Solitude...a custom-designed piece of digital artwork from the photography collection of Ken "Keni Lee" Donaldson, Seminole, Florida

Water, Moon, and Solitude...a custom-designed piece of digital artwork from the photography collection of Ken "Keni Lee" Donaldson, Seminole, Florida, available at https://www.artpal.com/KenDonaldsonArt?i=168395-12.

Also, visit https://kendonaldson.com/photos/ for more.

#DigitalArtistry #KeniLeeArtistry

Monarch Butterfly on White Iris flower in butterfly garden in Seminole, Florida

Mangrove Skipper on White Florida Wildflower in Seminole, Florida

Emotional Intelligence: The highway to building long-lasting relationships –

Emotional intelligence, a skill that has gradually sipped into our everyday dealings, is probably one of the most vital skills anybody can possess.Since communication and relationship dealings are things we can’t afford to ignore as humans, finding the ideal way to approach issues and handle relational...

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Do you know that "money hoarding" can be bad for your relational well-being?

Ken Donaldson, LMHC and Holly P. Donaldson, CFP® discuss money hoarding and its possible causes, effects, and solutions. Ken Donaldson, LMHC is a licensed psychotherapist in Seminole, FL and Holly P. Donaldson, CFP® is a fee-only financial planner serving Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater, FL.

An oldie, but a goodie...evergreen, we'd say!!

#money #MoneyHoarding #CFP #HollyPDonaldsonCFP #KenDonaldsonLMHC #BestRelationships

Do you have a black dog? It's okay. A lot of people do. Ask for help. It makes a HUGE difference. It's to be okay to not be okay. I had a black dog, his name was depression https://youtu.be/XiCrniLQGYc via @YouTube

Ken Donaldson, LMHC: Video Trippin to the Mt Yale Summit

Join Ken Donaldson, LMHC, for his "Video Trippin to the Mt Yale Summit," as he gives you short video snippets of his journey up to the summit of Mt. Yale at 14,196 feet. In this totally "raw" format (unscripted, unedited, and unshaven [Ken never shaves before long treks or mountain climbs]), you'll witness the natural beauty and the dramatic changes, starting from the trailhead, going to and through the tree line, over and around numerous rocks and rocky formations, and the final scramble over the sheer rock to the top. You'll discover the robust variety of wildlife, flowers, streams, and even a butterfly at 14,000 ft. Most of the video clips are from the trek up the mountain to the summit, as the trip down was more focused was on getting back safely and before dark (and there were increasingly higher levels of pain and fatigue).

This is about 20 minutes in length...watch a little or watch a lot...enjoy however much you watch, and hopefully, it'll inspire you to create some of your own adventures!

#KenDonaldsonLMHC #mentalhealth #video #nature #beauty #inspiration #adventure #life #journey #love

Women who regularly sleep badly have nearly double the risk of sexual dysfunction, a new study finds, while getting good sleep is linked to more sex.

Better Sleep = Better Sex...

In this episode of Sex, Addiction, and The Missing Peace, host Ken Donaldson interviews his first guest, his wife, Holly Donaldson, Certified Financial Planner™. While Ken lately has talked to more people about sex due to him recently becoming board-certified as a sex therapist, Holly, as a Certified Financial Planner, is board-certified to talk about money. And because sex and money are two things people don't like to talk about too much, Ken and Holly say they don't expect to get many post-covid party invitations. They're both comfortable talking about the uncomfortable subject matter!

Holly's been a lifelong student of economics. She holds a master's degree in it, and a master's in business administration, both from the University of South Florida (Go Bulls!!). Holly spent much of her career in banking, helping people and companies with their finances. Then, in the early 2000s, she became intrigued with behavioral economics, which is studying the psychology of money. Holly then wrote a book about it in layman's language called The Mindful Money Mentality. She has recently created an online course, "Retirement Readiness," for people concerned about how they will transition from working and saving to spending those savings.

You can read more about Holly at her website, www.HollyDonaldson.com.

In this episode, Ken and Holly quite candidly, openly, and honestly discuss:

• Holly's first thoughts when Ken shared with her that he was launching the Sex, Addiction, and The Missing Peace podcast. (Hint: The word "piece" when placed along "sex" typically means one thing, whereas "peace" means something completely different!)

• Holly's initial reaction, thoughts, interpretation when Ken first mentioned the term "sexual addiction." (Hint: Tiger_____________ and "yuck.")

• Holly's first impressions about Ken's Ph.D. project being focused on sexual addiction. Not being someone who works in this field, in reading some of Ken's initial findings, Holly quickly recognized the confusion and the many different opinions and ideas around sexual addiction. Holly observed this sexual addiction confusion, especially in what to call it, and the many differing research outcomes, all creating a challenging picture for an area to research in. (May The Force be with Ken!!)

• Ken then asked Holly about her thoughts, as a layperson, regarding addiction in general since she has heard Ken speak to numerous groups about addiction. (One of their first encounters previous to their romantic relationship was when Holly brought some of her friends to hear Ken talk about addiction at Turning Point of Tampa.) Holly suggested more Emotional Intelligence (one of Ken's favorite topics!) is needed so people can better understand and regulate their emotions and then be better able to express them. She also emphasized the importance of self-care for people who may be in a relationship with a person struggling with addiction.

• Holly and Ken both joked about sharing Ken's Ph.D. being in clinical sexology in different ways with friends, neighbors, and colleagues.

• Holly also offers some supportive and comforting advice for all of the significant others who might have a spouse or partner in an all-consuming Ph.D. program and again emphasizes open communication, self-care, and the importance of maintaining some of the simple relational rituals.

• In closing, Holly re-emphasizes the universal need for people to learn better how to give themselves "self-care."SHOW LESS

#sexualaddiction #sextherapist #SexAddictionandtheMissingPeace #sexacciction #clinicalsexology #podcast #vidcast

Sex, Addiction, and The Missing Peace Podcast: Ken Donaldson Interviews Holly Donaldson

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In this episode of Sex, Addiction, and the Missing Peace, host Ken Donaldson shares research about sexualization and the media. He references one primary piece of research, entitled "Media and Sexualization: State of Empirical Research, 1995-2015, that was published in The Journal of Sex Research in 2016.

#sex #sexaddiction #sexualaddiction #sexualization #sexualizationandmedia #research #media #podcast

Sexual, Addiction, and the Missing Peace Podcast: Sexualization and the Media

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In this episode of Sex, Addiction, and the Missing Peace, host Ken Donaldson talks about some of the controversies over the labeling of Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder versus Sexual Addiction. Ken reviews content directly from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the "bible" of all psychological diagnoses used in the U.S., and from the American Psychiatric Association's (the APA; they are the authors of the DSM) website and compares and contrasts some confusing terminologies and semantics. Then Ken looks at the diagnosis of Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder, which is from the World Health Organization's (WHO) International Classification of Diseases (ICD), and compares the languaging differences and similarities. Ken reviews the symptoms from the diagnoses of Gambling Disorder and Substance Use Disorder directly from the APA website, showing how strikingly similar they are to that of WHO's ICD. All of this backstory is to ask the question: Why has there so much time and energy spent on arguing about the labels when this same time and energy could be used more constructively on prevention and early intervention of sexual addiction?

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