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Writing Your Personal Manifesto
June 23, 2011 .
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Manifesto: a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives. As a long-time yogi, I have been setting an intention before my daily practice for more than 10 years. ... Read More
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Recognize Your Unconscious ‘Shadow’ to Liberate Creativity June 12, 2011 . 9 Comments
I recently ordered Deepak and Gotham Chopra’s book, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Superheroes on my iPad. I haven’t been this excited to read something since I read Carl Jung’s book ... Read More
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Healing with Joy: Rewiring Your Brain Toward the Positive
May 25, 2011 .
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So often, people talk about the struggles they experience, and how they’ve grown from the pain in their lives. It’s true, but the sentiment is often that it takes pain to grow. What’s ... Read More
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The Cruelty Conundrum: When the People We Care About Hurt Us
May 23, 2011 .
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Why do people we care for sometimes engage in cruel behavior? What can we do about it? Alfred Adler believed the ultimate goal for all human beings is to belong and feel connected to others. ... Read More
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What is Your Play Philosophy? May 17, 2011 . 11 Comments
Play is serious business! –Caitlin ‘Cake’ Gateaux I was asked by the US Play Coalition research committee to collect personal statements about ideas and beliefs that ... Read More
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Embrace Conflict as a Path to Deeper Connection May 10, 2011 . 14 Comments
Conventional wisdom says that having conflict in a partnership is “bad.” Most couples perceive conflict or its lack as a measure of a relationship’s strength or weakness. The truth ... Read More
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Cultivating Patience: A Practice That Becomes Its Own Reward
April 28, 2011 .
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This month our Paramita, or practice on the path towards happiness, is patience. The practice of patience involves a shift in our perspective. Buddhist teacher Sylvia Boorstein says patience ... Read More
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Boredom in Therapy: A Natural Form of Resistance
April 15, 2011 .
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Lois has five minutes left to her fifth session and is now having a flash of insight. “I’m bored to death with therapy,” she thinks. “This is getting me nowhere.” She feels ... Read More
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Experiences of Depression: Self-Attack
April 11, 2011 .
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This article is part of a series that explores the ways that specific “clusters” of depression symptoms manifest to create different experiences of depression. The previous article ... Read More
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More May Not Always Be Better April 5, 2011 . 11 Comments
For the past two decades, science has been uncovering some important features of traumatized clients. There is mounting evidence that traumatized individuals vary widely in their ability ... Read More
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Why Does My Therapist Sound Like a Parrot? March 30, 2011 . 2 Comments
Therapist: “Sounds like you’ve been busy. Sonya: “I have. I feel like I’m always busy… too busy. I never have time to just enjoy life. I can’t remember the last ... Read More
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Family Therapy or Individual Therapy? Four Concerns to Consider
March 18, 2011 .
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Families are amazingly resilient relationship groups. While many of us have enduring trouble with some aspect of our families, past or present, all of us are part of some form of family ... Read More
