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Yes, you will survive the storm!

“Things fall apart…the center cannot hold” Chinua Achebe Perhaps at this point in your life, the above statement temporarily holds true. What a year it has been! The last few months have been full of both wonderful surprises and shocking events...

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ABC's of Becoming an Effective Teen

A: Acquire a Strong and Positive AttitudeB: Break Out of Your ShellC: Characterize Your HeroD: Demand Respect For Your Standards, Yourself and Your BeliefsE: Energize Yourself Everyday With a Goal of Making a DifferenceF: Failure to Plan, is Planning...

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Down On Your Luck Here's How You Get Over The Hump!

It's time to put a bad rumor to rest right now. Good things don't happen to you because you have "good luck." And, bad things don't happen to you because you have "bad luck." Well then smart guy, what is it? I'm glad you asked; Re...

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It's The Ride That Counts

Having goals is a good thing. It means that you're willing totake the first step to achieving those goals. When you writedown your goals, articulate them on paper, that's the first stepto achieving them.But what about the second step, the t...

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ARE YOU ENTHUSIASTIC

Enthusiasm, the dictionary tells us, means to have a strongexcitement of feeling, something inspiring zeal or passion. InGreek and French it means to be inspired. It's origins are, andits first definition, comes from the religious. An enthusiast...

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This Side Of The Rainbow

This Side Of The RainbowHelaine Iris©2002I recently took a ride to the video store to select my evening’s entertainment. A dramatic thunderstorm was passing over as I made my way across town in the middle of late afternoon rush hour traffic. T...

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PSYCHOTHERAPY, SPIRITUALITY, AND AGING

As I work with people fifty and over, I am aware that no matter how important the psychologically related issues of their personal lives may be, it is rare when spirituality doesn't become an issue fairly early in our work together. As my patien...

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A Lot of Excellence for a Little Price

Summary: We achieve excellence when we habitually do a littlemore than required.Do you want to be excellent?This seems like a daunting task, but it really isn’t.We admire one who is excellent.We imagine that he or she must be gifted with an “exce...

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Prevailer Overcoming Survivorism

The Prevailer: Overcoming SurvivorismA valiant soldier returns from war to receive a warm welcome and thanksgiving from all those innocent lives he swore to defend. The people are grateful. He's awarded medals, invited into the homes of many; he...

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Get Out of Your Way!

We hear a lot these days about accepting responsibility for our actions and it is about time we did. Time is out for casting blame and pointing righteous fingers at others to cover up for our own inappropriate behaviors. We have got to “nip it, nip...

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