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After a Crisis or Trauma

Crises and traumas change our lives. We talk about Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, but did you know they can also change us for the better? There is also a Post traumatic Stress Growth Syndrome. Many people come out of crises stronger and more resili...

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The Keys to Martial Arts Life Mastery, Key#1: The Power of the Leader Within

The Keys to Martial Arts Life Mastery, Key#1: The Power of the Leader Within by: Jeffrey M.Miller "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Remember that question from your younger days? Adults seem almost programmed to ask it, don't they?...

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The Magic Ratio of Positive and Negative Moments

The Magic Ratio of Positive and Negative Moments by: Patsi Krakoff According to the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Daniel Kahneman, each day we experience approximately 20,000 moments. A moment is defined as a few seconds in which our brain recor...

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Five Surprisingly Hip Politicial Ideas From Plato

Five Surprisingly Hip Politicial Ideas From Plato by: Maya Talisman Frost Don't you love politics? Me, neither. But I do like thinking about politics. And wouldn't you know it? Just when you think you've come up with a dazzling o...

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Home For The Holidays

Home For The Holidays by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers - Column for the week of December 8, 2003 In my husband's family, family members send Christmas cards to other family members (parents to children, brothers and sisters to one anothe...

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The Retail Cardiac Chain of Survival; or, How to Survive a Heart Attack at the Mall

What if your customer suddenly clutched his chest and passed out in front of you? Do you know what to do? The federal Cardiac Arrest Survival Act (CASA) states that "A successful chain of survival requires the first person on the scene to take rapid ...

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How to use anchoring for accelerated learning

How to use anchoring for accelerated learning.Anchoring is a powerful NLP technique for ensuring access to our greatest personal resources. Anchoring means creating an association of ideas, feelings, thoughts or states with a specific stimulus. This ...

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The Gift of Teaching

Parents are truly the first teachers that their children encounter. They are there in those very vital formative initial years of life, when the most basic functions and abilities are taught and practiced. Values, behavior, and living skills are in t...

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One Small Adjustment

I know that a lot of advice pundits often instruct you to focus on the "big picture". And it certainly has it place in helping you move toward a better life. But it runs the risk of letting you think that you need to totally redesign your life. And t...

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How Distressing is Social Phobia

I remember a friend in college who would blush, sweat, and tremble when required by a teacher to speak in class. A few weeks before the presentation, he’d be anxious, agitated, and couldn’t sleep. Because I was still a student then, I didn’t ha...

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