Chad David:    Therapist, Officiant, & Really Cool Guy
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Chad David

Learning to ? dumb people

Know When to Let People Help

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Here’s a question: Do you make more friends doing a favor or asking a favor? I’ll come back to this in a moment. I remember years and years (and years and years) ago, I was at little league baseball game watching a friend play – why? I have no idea. We had made plans to have a sleepover that … [Read more...]

Are You Hearing Things Right?

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One problem that often pops its head in couples’ therapy is someone not “hearing” what the other person is saying.  The person is “listening,” but they don’t “hear” it right.  Does that make sense? (See what I did there?) Sometimes we assume we know what the other person is saying without actually … [Read more...]

Beware of the BUT

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I’ve always been a “but” guy and never really knew it until recently. (And yes, I meant it to be with one “t” because I’m talking about the “but” and not the “butt.”  I’ve never been a “butt” guy.  Even when I was young and single, I wasn’t a “butt” guy; I was more of “hot girl” guy.  I didn’t like … [Read more...]

Slow to Launch or Not Likely to Launch

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After my wife and I were engaged, her one aunt went to her privately and asked, “Are you sure you want to marry Chad when he doesn’t have his life together?” Why do I know this? Because my wife told me something that should’ve been kept private.  Fortunately, she didn’t tell me about this until … [Read more...]

The Four Most Important Apologizing Rules

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I’ve recently figured out the four most important rules to apologizing (I’m sorry I didn’t figure them out sooner).  It came out of the fact that apologizing is a major complaint for most couples I see as a psychotherapist.  The complaints almost always come in twos.  The first is the apology … [Read more...]

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