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Chasing Happy
The Pursuit of Happiness Never Ends Well By Suzanne Degges-White Ph.D.It's easy to find, but we have to be looking for it in whatever form it takes. Gaining by Losing Yourself By Marc Wittmann...
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You are Never Too Old to Learn a New Language
Interview conducted by Aneta Pavlenko.An avid reader of language learning memoirs, I was surprised and thrilled when I came across a book that features two unlikely protagonists – a 60-year old woman...
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Coffee and Health: What's The Verdict?
Do you start your day with a warm cuppa joe? Most Americans do. More than 80 percent of U.S. adults drink coffee every day. And the average person drinks just over two cups each day. That’s a lot of...
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Veterinary Ethics: Life & Death Decisions in the Real World
The need for reflective practice in veterinary medicineVeterinarians are often faced with extremely difficult choices ranging from whether or not to do surgery to assessing the quality of life of an...
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The Trophy Child
In the earliest photos, my mother holds me like a china doll, beaming into the camera. She’s never looking at me, just straight ahead because it’s really a picture of her holding a prized possession. I...
View ArticleHow to Love Yourself When Those Around You Can't: #2
I recently wrote a blog about how to love yourself in any kind of company. The response I am receiving is enormous. In reading the responses however, it has become clear to me that I left out an...
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Our Secret Life in Bathrooms
I am in my bathroom. You can come in. I’m not doing anything private or personal. That is unless you consider redesigning a master bath an intimate act. Others already have joined me here: My...
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Do You Need Your Mother's Apology?What Should Your Mom Say?
Whose apology do you need to hear? If that person accepted responsibility for pain he or she caused you and asked, in all sincerity, for your forgiveness, what in your life would change?When I posed...
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Teamwork, Community, and the Release of Joel Guerrero
Source: Joel Guerrero / Daily News (Public)I don’t care where you are on the political spectrum, I promise that you should be outraged by what happened to New Paltz resident Joel Guerrero in recent...
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Dear Students: Go Figure It Out!
“Hello Professor,Is _____ going to be on the test?Is this required reading?How much will this assignment be worth?This is not on the syllabus, so why should I….?You made a change to the syllabus, and I...
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Stress and Addiction
Stress is a key risk factor in addiction initiation, maintenance, relapse, and thus treatment failure (Sinha & Jastreboff, 2013). Stressful life events combined with poor coping skills may impact...
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Forgiveness Part 2
Source: Takmeomeo/pixabayMonica found her way to forgiveness the hard way, the way many people do, by experiencing pain and betrayal (See Forgiveness part one). In her efforts to recover the sense of...
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The Firing of Comey and the Empathy Gap
On May 9, 2017, President Donald Trump fired James B. Comey as Director of the FBI, which is investigating links between the Trump campaign and Russia in last year's presidential election.Trump's...
View ArticleA Genetic Revolution: No Two Neurons Alike
A startling discovery of enormous implications has just been reported in the premier research journal, Science. Despite the accepted dogma that all of a person's cells have the same genetic coding, it...
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Why Donald Trump Could Benefit From LSD Therapy
Source: Joe Seer/ShutterstockIt’s no secret that Donald Trump is an egomaniac. That's pretty much a bipartisan belief. He’s been called a narcissist by more psychologists than you can shake a stick at....
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What’s So Sexy About Belly Buttons?
IntroductionSource: Steve Baker, photographer/FlickrAcademic journals examining the psychological and sexual attributes of the human navel are almost nonexistent. Fortunately, Wikipedia’s extensive,...
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A Quandary of Loss
Among the last sunsets caught by Doug.Source: Photo by J. Douglas Wright, 3/17/17Fresh from the loss of a close friend of mine, I’m trying to work a few things out.Gregarious, loved by many, yet deeply...
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This Conversation Can Protect Your Relationship from Stress
Source: Graham Fletcher/CC by 2.0How much time do you spend each week talking to your partner?According to a UCLA study of dual-career couples with children, the answer might be less time than you...
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Narcissistic Love Patterns: The Recycler
Source: Free Stock Photo-pexels.comI am often asked, “Will my Narcissistic ex come back to me again?” I can reassure you that there is one type of Narcissist that almost always returns. I call them...
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Cat People and Dog People Do Have Different Personalities
Source: SupportPDX photo-Creative Commons LicenseI had just finished delivering a talk about how people's personalities predict which dog breeds they are most likely to get along with best. As part of...
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