Blogs By Phoenix Men’s Counseling

Dealing effectively with anger is a difficult thing, because it can ruin relationships. In this article, Jason offers up six tools to help you control and use your anger to better yourself and your relationships.

Stop Getting In Your Own Way: 6 Ways You Undermine Yourself

Learning to tune into your gut, hunch or intuition can be just as critical as listening to your mind when making decisions.

At the end of the year, taking stock of the things that worked (and didn't) is a great opportunity to build on those things in the new year. Sometimes, our blind spots get in our way, but this self-assessment gives you a chance to identify how your life was in 2011.

For a lot of men, dealing with their problems means putting them off, not attending to them or simply burying their head in the sand. Here's a quick article to help you start dealing with this unattended problems, so they won't build up and fester over time.

Dealing with guilt is a tricky thing, and Jason talks about dealing with it in the most effective way you can. Don't let guilt chip away at you - learn to command what you really want and not fall victim to others' wants of you.

When life demands our attention, it's easy to lose track of our own progress as men. This easy self-assessment looks at different life domains of a man's life, and helps guys take an honest look in the mirror towards self-improvement.

It's hard to be focused and present, when we get sucked into the constraints of modern living and responsibilities. Getting present isn't hard - we just have to modify some things to get there.

Do you really know how to find meaningful time for yourself, away from the constraints of work, home and other life stressors? Jason offers tips on how to meet your own needs, so you're more available to others, including your wife, girlfriend or partner.

For single guys getting back into the dating scene, there's a lot that can go wrong. What's worse, we often enter the dating arena not having worked out old issues from previous flames. In this post, we'll help you have a better, more productive dating go-round.

For a lot of men, the "loser voice" undermines their experience of success - whether it's with work, relationships or just in relationship to self. Looking at Paul Newman's "The Hustler", Jason looks at ways guys can deal with that "loser voice" that prevents them from growing.

As much as you try to be and look successful, is there a part of your inner voice that says you're a loser? Most guys deal with this inner critic, that undermines their real success in the world. Jason looks at this negative self-beliefs in this 2 1/2 min. video, Kicking the "Loser" Thinking, and gives you some tips to think about when confronting these negative self-beliefs.