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Leap... And The Net Will Appear

In 1994, my life hit rock bottom. My husband was addicted to crack cocaine, my 17 year-old son had just gotten his 15 year-old girlfriend pregnant, we were about to get evicted from our home, I contracted a life-threatening illness with no health ins...

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An Excerpt from THE ENCHANTED SELF, A Positive Therapy

The women I interviewed caused me to look at my clients in new ways. As Proust states, "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." I discovered many aspects of enchantment in my clients as I began to...

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Born Aliens - Part II

Expectedly, it is vague in the first four months of life. When presented with depth, the baby realizes that something is different – but not what. Babies are born with their eyes open as opposed to most other animal young ones. Moreover, their eyes...

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GET AN EARLY CURMUDGEON VACCINATION

GET AN EARLY CURMUDGEON VACCINATION“Have you ever heard of a curmudgeon?” the customer asked. To me it sounded like the season’s latest flu virus – the curmudgeon influenza. “I believe your last customer is a curmudgeon,” he said. “He d...

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Helping Children Cope With Death

Age is not a prerequisite to grief. Not unlike their parents, child must be allowed to experience the stages of grief. Denial of opportunity to “release” feelings, participate in family loss, and share in recovery can be very damaging to the heal...

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5 Steps to Detox Your MindYour Faith is your fortune

1. Step back and ask yourself what’s really going on. When you’re caught up in the day to day stuff of everyday life, you may lose sight of objectivity. Take a few minutes everyday to reflect on what happened during the day. Was there a lesson to...

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Intuition Maybe Not Such a Soft Skill After All

Lorna Ramsay and her husband, David, live in Scotland and run the TOP-SET® Incident Investigation System ( http://www.TOP-SET.com ). They teach how to investigate industrial accidents all over the world, for high-hazard industries as well as the ...

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Wring Out Your Worry

You know what it’s like—you spend an afternoon distracted about the presentation you have tomorrow morning, or you spend the evening preoccupied about the upcoming airline flight, or you spend the drive home anxiously wondering if you left the ga...

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5 Huge Resume Mistakes

Here are the 5 reasons why resumes are rejected. Please use this as a checklist to confirm that your resume does not fall into any of these traps. 1. All Features, no BenefitsMake sure you market yourself by highlighting the benefits that you can off...

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The Ten Misconceptions of Success

Is it time for you to change your attitude about success? Maybe...I've found in much of my work with people on creating a better, more positive attitude towards life that many of us have a misunderstanding about success and what makes us success...

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