Ken Donaldson
M.A., L.M.H.C., C.A.P.
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Ken Donaldson Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Relationships, Dating, Life Purpose, Divorce Recovery, Addictions, Depression and Anxiety Disorders
- Best Sellers
- Marry YourSelf First! Say "I Do" to a Life of Passion, Power, Purpose and Prosperity
- Career Focus
- Psychotherapist, Life and Relationship Coach, Author, Speaker, Consultant
- Affiliation
- International Coaching Federation, American Mental Health Counselors Association, National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors
I’ve been based in Tampa Bay, Florida offering counseling, coaching, and educational programs since 1987. I’m a licensed mental health counselor; board certified as an addictions professional and clinical hypnotherapist; and certified as a master relationship coach. I am also a graduate of the University of South Florida, the Institute for Life Coach Training and the Relationship Coaching Institute. I’ve been exclusively in private practice since 1993. I am the author of the breakthrough life and relationship success book Marry YourSelf First! Say “I Do” to a Life of Passion, Power, Purpose and Prosperity. The material in this book is a result of my clinical counseling and coaching experience with thousands of individuals and couples. Find out more at www.MarryYourSelfFirstBook.com. And you can always get answers to your toughest questions about life, business and relationships at www.AskKenDonaldson.com . I was also one of six people who received the 2006 Tampa Bay Health Care Hero Award. I founded the Personal Empowerment Coaching Program to empower people to have more successful lives, businesses and relationships by building a powerful relationship with themselves first. All of my workshops are designed to assist all the participants to live the most passionate and balanced lives possible. The Marry YourSelf First! program has assisted numerous singles in having more successful relationships and more satisfying lives. The Partners for Life program for couples provides the tools and resources to help couples create more fulfilling relationships. Couples report they have deeper intimacy and more fun as a result of utilizing the tools from these programs. I also offer a number of education and training programs for businesses and community organizations. Visit my website at http://kendonaldson.com/ to get a complete list of the topics offered. You may contact me directly at: Ken Donaldson PO Box 4654 Seminole FL 33775 (727) 394-7325
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Life Success Strategies - United States Of Addiction
I’m mad...mad as hell, in fact! This is time for my monthly rant. I’ve seen and heard just a bit too much. Now you get hear about it. Do you know that our society is promoting a slew of addictive behaviors? Let me name a few for you: Over-eating, gambling, video games and internet games, over-spending, codependency, sex, worhaholisim...shall I go on? All of the above listed are not only promoted, but socially acceptable to the point where we don’t even acknowledge (until I come along) their severe consequences.
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Personal Success Strategies - Bull-Fighting, Rabbit-Chasing And Wrestling With Pigs
So...did I get your attention? Yes? I thought I might! I did a small presentation for the Greater Seminole Area Chamber of Commerce on "How to Win Over Difficult Prospects" and the bull-fighting, rabbit-chasing and wrestling with pigs came as a result of that (I never know what is going to come out of my mouth when I get up to present!).
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A Chiropractic Epiphany
I had my very first chiropractic visit last week and in the midst of it I had a few “a-ha” moments. It never ceases to amaze me how Life brings forth a lesson or two in the most surprising and unlikely settings. First of all, the reaso I had never gone to a chiropractor before was because I could not imagine going through all the twisting, turning, pulling, popping and cracking that I “knew” there would be….Hmmmmm, sounds a little like fear huh??
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Random Acts of Kindness and Pay it Forward
You can actually push the envelope in your life a bit more by practicing good deeds for no seemingly special or specific reason. One very powerful action and attitude you can embrace is the practice of random acts of kindness while also creating the pay-it-forward system of living. Random acts of kindness are just that: They’re random, and they’re kind. When you give out of your pure desire to give and you expect nothing in return, AND you do this only to benefit others, then you’re practicing random acts of kindness.
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Winning Success Strategies: The Same Actions Will Always Get You The Same Results!
The ego-driven smaller self tends to live in the predicting-the-past-and-forgetting-the-future mode. What this refers to is the tendency to believe the past will always repeat itself in the future and therefore, no real change can happen. The ego tries to compensate by making you feel as if you need to be driving yourself to try to be something more than who you really are. It’s as if who you actually are isn’t good enough, which prevents you from being your true self. I’ve heard people refer to this as trying to drive your car by steering your rear-view mirror.
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Life Success Strategies - Your Personal Integrity Meter
Disce between accepting and settling. Accept what you cannot change, but never settle for anything below your standards. When you settle for less than your standards, you allow yourself to lose integrity and you lose a piece of yourself every time. Simple math tells you that the more you’re not in integrity, the more you lose. Being out of integrity is very similar to your spine being out of its healthy alignment, or the alignment of your car being out of its proper settings.
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What Goes Down (Sometimes) Comes Up Again
This is about the law of gravity inverted...sorta. Nature always strives to create balance, which is otherwise known as homeostasis. Examples would include day and night; high tide and low tide; summer and winter; and, of course, up and down. Gravity, however, seems to create a skewed dimension because it pulls everything down. In day-to-day life terms, especially from an emotional perspective, the “down” energy can seem as powerful as gravity, and henceforth, very challenging. I was thinking about all this as I was hiking in an area yesterday known as the Tuolumne Grove.
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Personal Success Tips - Don't Let Your Barometer Direct Your Compass
Huh??!! Let me explain...A barometer is used to measure atmospheric pressure. This pressure change helps weather forecasters to predict what weather conditions might be forthcoming. Barometric conditions are always changing; therefore barometric measurement is always fluctuating. A compass, on the other hand, is used to determine direction. Since our North Pole has a natural magnetic pull to it, the needle of a compass will always point in that direction.
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Life Success Strategies - What Are Your Core Values?
What are my core values? What's most important? The most important thing about the most important thing is to keep the most important thing the most important thing. I hope by now you are beginning to realize the importance of knowing what you want in your life, and you're beginning to take the steps to figure it all out. But how do you decide when to do what and for how long? You can start by creating a values and priorities oriented life. It may sound simple, but for many people it's quite challenging. When was the last time you sat down and inventoried your values?
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Anger and Hurting and Fears….oh dear!!
Have you ever thought about how ill-equipped we are to handle our emotions? I know, that is a terribly negative opening statement, but really think about it…how many people do you know that are really okay with all their emotions and the expression thereof? I suspect not many; at least that has been my experience. But then again, how often were you instructed with the skills and attitudes that would result in healthy emotional processing and expression? Not much, if any, is what I have heard from many hundreds of people.
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Relationship Success Strategies: The Apples in the Apple Pie - Knowing What You Got to Have, Want to Have, and Absolutely Will N
What do you have to have in life? What are those absolute, non-negotiable essentials for you? When you settle for nothing less than those essentials, you’ll find all your inner needs met. The problem is our culture has become very used to settling for less. This outcome, as I see it, goes back to the fact that most people don’t know who they really are and, therefore, don’t know what they really want.
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Do You Have a Safe Harbor?
I have been involved in a number of groups over the years and I have found them to be extremely helpful in my life. Groups are one of the foundational pieces of having a balanced life. Whether it is a support group, a recovery group, a mastermind group, a planning group, a creativity group, or whatever type of group, you will always get more from a group then you can by yourself.
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Marry YourSelf First!
Always get your FREE Life and Relationship Success Special Reports at http://www.marryyourselffirstbook.com/ .
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The Relationship Coach
Weekly advice about relationships and life!
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The Men And Depression Book
Depression in men is a growing epidemic in the US, but it never gets the urgent attention it deserves. Male Depression is often misdiagnosed and mistreated. A new digital book for men: No Grace In This Face: The Male Depression Syndromer What It Is...Where It Came From...And What You Can Do About It!
December 30, 2008
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Ken Donaldson
Life is a river: You cannot push it to make it go any faster, nor can you turn around and stop it. You may, however, choose to learn how to kayak and in doing so you'll discover kayaking to be an imperfect process as you zig-zag your way down this river of Life. Rapids, currents and still pools will all provide you with an endless variety of opportunities to grow and develop your perfectly imperfect process of Life kayaking. You may also want to pay close attention to waterfalls and make a conscious decision to portage at these times.
Contacting Ken Donaldson
Ken Donaldson has been offering counseling, coaching, and educational programs since 1987. His programs are focused on empowering people to have more successful lives, businesses and relationships. Claim your FREE Relationship Success Special Report at http://www.marryufirst.com. Ken is the author of Marry YourSelf First! Saying "I DO" to a Life of Passion, Power and Purpose. Contact Ken by email at Ken@KenDonaldson.com or by phone at (727) 394-7325.
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Ken Donaldson has been offering counseling, coaching, and educational programs since 1987. His programs are focused on empowering people to have more successful lives, businesses and relationships. Claim your FREE Relationship Success Special Report at www.MarryYourSelfFirstBook.com. Ken is the author of Marry YourSelf First! Say to a Life of Passion, Power, Purpose and Prosperity.