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Choices: Why you don’t “have to” work, or even go grocery shopping!
Many people hold the belief that they “have to” do something. It might be as simple as saying, I have to go grocery shopping, however, there are few things we truly “have” to do.
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Changing Perceptions – Hurricane Shatters Perception of Reality
Our perception, or misperception, of something – whether natural disaster, social interaction or belief about ourselves – will influence how we feel and behave.
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Healthy Employees Mean a Healthy Bottom-line
Depression is one of the top four causes of disability worldwide and is expected to rise to at least the second leading cause of disability by the year 2020.
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Authoritarian Communication – When Our Strength Becomes Our Weakness
I see the impact on marriages and families when a person uses an overly authoritarian style. As a result, it is often helpful for the person to learn a more assertive style of communication for conflict-resolution.
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Are antidepressants preventing useful feedback?
What happens if we can’t feel pain? Antidepressants may numb us to useful emotional information – it may be helpful to learn to tolerate some level of emotional distress.
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Reason – How to dispute irrational thoughts and feelings
Did you know that if you can prove you have ESP, talk to the dead, read palms or can predict the future you can collect $1,000,000 US? No, I’m not kidding.
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Optimist, Pessimist or Realist?
Psychologically, it is often beneficial to view things from this more balanced and flexible perspective in order to be better able to resolve issues rather than remain stuck.
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Fight or Flight – How our bodies respond to stress
Over a prolonged period of time, the stress hormones – adrenaline and cortisol – are toxic. How can we reduce them?
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Time, Money & Relationships – the top 3 sources of stress
… adults that suffered high levels of stress had a greater risk of developing a variety of chronic health conditions seven years later – such as, arthritis and rheumatism, back problems, bronchitis or emphysema, and ulcers.
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