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Using Sex Addictively

Using Sex Addictively by: Margaret Paul, Ph.D. Robert consulted with me because his wife, Andrea, was no longer interested in having sex with him. “Andrea says she feels objectified when we make love, and I don’t know what that means,” he ...

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A Bellyful of Mindfulness

A Bellyful of Mindfulness by: Maya Talisman Frost Taco Bell, a huge Mexican fast-food franchise, has a new ad campaign focusing on the slogan, "Get full." The commercials show people ecstatically announcing that they are fullthanks, of course, t...

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Why Positive Thinking Doesn't Work

Why Positive Thinking Doesn't Work by: Julie Plenty There was someone I used to work with who, well aware of their tendency to look at the negative side of things, used to constantly tell themselves to "think more positively". This was sai...

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Have Heart

Heart by: Wayne and TamaraDirect Answers - Column for the week of May 24, 2004I am the mother of a 6-year-old child. My husband is an alcoholic and refuses to realize it because he can skip a few days, once in awhile, before drinking again. A fe...

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Really Scary Stuff…

Really Scary Stuff… by: Gene Simmons With the probable exception of some basic instincts – or motivation toward self-preservation – we’ve just flat learned to be afraid of about all the rest of the stuff we’re afraid of. I know, the wo...

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Secrets Exposed

Secrets Exposed by: Wayne and Tamara Direct Answers - Column for the week of October 13, 2003 I've been friends with "Jenny" for three years after my husband and I started a business with her husband. When her husband decided he didn't...

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Goals for Undergraduates What You Should Know When You Graduate.

I loved college. I majored in a subject which fascinated me, took the classes I wanted to, and got great grades. When I graduated, I thought I knew everything I needed to know to succeed in the big postgraduate world. I was wrong. Most of my undergr...

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A Sweep of Vanity How To Burst Your Own Bubble

"Hoy-day! What a sweep of vanity comes this way!"William Shakespeare, "The Life of Timon of Athens"If there's one characteristic we hope we don't have, it's vanity. We'd rather be considered aggressive, driven, petty, even mean th...

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Eleven Steps to Getting What You Want

Do you set New Year’s resolutions every year, but never keep them? You aren’t alone.What are the usual resolutions?Lose weightStop smokingStop cussingRead more, and watch less TVStay on a budgetExerciseA few years ago, I worked in an office build...

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Why People Overcommit

The idea that time is on your side may not always be true, according to a recent study by the American Psychological Association.Research by two business-school professors reveals that people over-commit and overspend because they expect to have mo...

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