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The Tyranny of the Good Girl, the Good Boy

The Tyranny of the Good Girl, the Good Boy by: Margaret Paul, Ph.D. Many of us grew up in households where our profound needs for love and safety were not met. We did not feel safe and loved in the face of disapproval, criticism, rejection, aban...

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A Small Piece Of Carpet

A Small Piece Of Carpet by: Charlie Badenhop Have you ever noticed how the way you feel about yourself sometimes depends on whether or not you get confirmation of your value from others? When you enter into challenging situations with a positive...

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Negative Thoughts to Positive Thoughts

Negative Thoughts to Positive Thoughts by: Andrew Abernathy Changing Negative Thoughts into Positive Thoughts is a key lesson to becoming healthy and successful. PINT. How did you do on beginning your day with one of our key thought words? If y...

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Don't Mistake Activity For Achievement

Don't Mistake Activity For Achievement by: Jeff Schuman I remember watching an NBA Basketball Game on t.v one night. The Miami Heat were playing the New Orleans Hornets. Miami was all over them yet when you looked at the score New Orleans k...

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A Bad Hairdresser Day

A Bad Hairdresser Day by: David Leonhardt "Hey everybody!" Hairdresser Lady called out. "It's The Happy Guy." "Don't try buttering me up, Hairdresser Lady," I warned. "It's not going to work." "What's not going to work?" she ...

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Stinking Thinking Makes Hope A Dope

king Thinking Makes Hope A Dope by: Richard Vegas Many centuries ago there was a Greek philosopher who lived on the Aegean Sea and wanted to go to Carthage. He was a very well educated professor of logic, so he decided he should do the very thin...

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Playing With Fire

ing With Fire by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers - Column for the week of October 21, 2002 I am a stay-at-home mom, 24, married to my husband, 26, for six years. He has a problem chatting with young girls online. I have "caught" him numerous ti...

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A Bit Of Turbulence

t Of Turbulence by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers - Column for the week of July 1, 2002 I'm a 26-year-old flight attendant engaged to be married in 10 weeks. Our wedding reception was to be held in a marquee in my in-laws' garden. O...

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The Egoistic Friend

Egoistic Friend by: Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. What are friends for and how can a friendship be tested? By behaving altruistically, would be the most common answer and by sacrificing one's interests in favour of one's friends. Friendship implie...

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Coping with Grief - It's Called Living Through It

"Dad, I tried to wake Nana, I think she's dead." "Grandpa died yesterday." "Oh my God, Daddy's dead.""Uncle Jack died today." "Grandma died last night." "I'm standing with the body of your deceased father-in-law.""Hon, I think we shoul...

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