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Envisioning Your Ideal Self

Envisioning Your Ideal SelfIn my work as a professional coach, I've had the opportunity to interact with hundreds of individuals.  I've found that people who are successful and fulfilled share common characteristics.They believe their succ...

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8 Step Basic Goal Achievement Theory

Over the years, I have had many people say to me that although I keep harping on about the magical power of goal achievement theory, theydon’t know quite what it is I’m referring to.Although they can see the results it has brought for me, and the...

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All That Glitters Is Not Winning! For The Birds You Say

A big misconception about a person who seems to win all the time is that he always wins. In reality, if a person never fails, he is already sucking up to a rattlesnake as big as west Texas. A Blessing In Disguise!One thing that a big honcho will neve...

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Ten Ways to Beat the Heat

It's the dog days of summer (in the northern hemisphere) when the temperature goes up (and hasbeen up for a while) and tempers can flare. Learning to manage anger is an emotional intelligence competency and a process of personal awareness and gr...

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THE STORIES OF OUR LIVES - Turning Disenchantment Into Enchantment Part 2

In my psychology practice I hear so many disenchanted stories stories full of pain, anger and fear. My heart goes out to my clients every day. But the wonderment is listening to these stories and helping my clients listen to themselves, recognizing ...

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Resist Nothing What A Concept

Last week, I listened to Thaddeus Golas’ The Lazyman’s Guide to Enlightenment. In it he explains his concept of “Resist Nothing”. I am very attracted to this concept.Then, (by coincidence?) I received an email the next day containing the foll...

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Two Sentences

Two sentences from 1977.The one single, specific memory I have from the ninth grade was during a math class. We were being introduced to Geometryfor the first time. The teacher whose name I can surprisinglynot remember, asked "What is intuition?"I ra...

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Can You Hypnotize in Print

How Do You Know if You've Been Hypnotized?You may not realize this now, that hypnotic phrasing and command structures are all around you, in conversation, in print, and especially on daytime talk radio. You're being quietly programmed to th...

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Forgive ... not Seven Times, but Seventy-Seven Times

Yes, it was a difficult weekend. I had houseguests, and one of them has truly been wronged. Not once, but many times. Not by strangers, but by his own family. Not long ago, but long ago and recently.It made me angry just to hear the stories, though h...

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder - An Introduction

NARCISSISM (n. sing.)A pattern of traits and behaviours which signify infatuation and obsession with one's self to the exclusion of all others and the egotistic and ruthless pursuit of one's gratification, dominance and ambition.Narcissism...

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