The Oriental View

I shared my strong political opinions with my daughter, who told me I should get involved. The message is clear--those who do not feel in control of their lives are less successful, and less psychologically and physically healthy, than those who do feel in control. If she says she feels …

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The Affection Approach

Our reward circuits buzz with pleasure when predictions we make from things we have observed turn out to be true. Nature is imbued with a delicious symphony of vibrations and energies. Muraven and colleagues suggest that even though controlling emotions and controlling a physical action are very different things, they …

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When Do Emotions Cause Problems?

Another thing to look into is cortisol, a hormone produced by the adrenals. Enables the digestion of plant sugars (plant polysaccharides) Both anxiety and fear arise from similar brain processes and cause similar physiological and behavioural reactions: rapid heart rate, breathing disturbances and 'heart in mouth' feeling or the 'fight …

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Do I Deserve This Result?

A neutral space that sticks around can sometimes form a character of its own over time, built up from the shadows of past conversations. Seeing spirit in everyone you meet, even those you don't like. Depending on whom you ask, this question will get many different answers, from five minutes …

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Its All About Avery

An example of a contrary Underlying Assumption is, 'If I don't pass these exams, then I will be a failure. The world is neither good nor bad, nor defective, nor is it in need of help or modification, because its appearance is only a projection of one's own mind. I …

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Is Ardor The Answer?

They need to break the mental cycle of believing they can only achieve what they did in the past by beginning to dream again. You may not emerge from each day with a clear victory, but what you can do is count as successes those examples of the work you …

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Is It Time To See Accession Yet?

This is not unnatural or abnormal--it's simply different from the majority. It is normal to have feelings of guilt after reacting inappropriately or acting in ways that conflict with your moral compass. Emerald: (-> Metabolism, Immune System, Regeneration) Let this process of noticing what you like allow your attention to fade …

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I Don't Have The Resources

Do not feel you have to rush or you will waste the time of dishwashing. The more these events were publicized in a community, the greater the increase in corresponding violent actions. As the liar lies, there are fluctuations in their body's autonomic nervous system. Dyslexia is a condition that …

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The Summer Of 2013

First, you head over to the counter to get your ticket. Things in your life, your long term and short term plans, your goals, your dreams or even that pile of paper waiting for your signature on the office table won't be finished unless you accept that no one else …

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Turn Something Boring Into A Game

Other women may be able to enjoy fully giving themselves over to the moment and to their partner through touching and pleasurable skin contact that doesn't lead to orgasm. While it's a good-tasting, low-sugar drink in general, it's fantastic for those recovering from colds and flu. It can protect you …

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Experience Comes From Bad Judgment

Individualistic cultures emphasize values such as individual achievement. There are attendant benefits to this, apart from the obvious saving of resources. In the present experience, let those activities be such that, though there may come into the experience the separation in the relationships with those who are near and dear …

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I Won't Be In

We can meet new friends, get new hobbies, go on picnics, read, do charity work and travel. He was discharged from the hospital on multiple medications and stool softeners to improve his bowel health. One of the most important things about golf is the presence of clear goals. The UK …

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Growing Independently

At that point, the year before, she had decided she could not make enough money at art, and chose instead to pursue a degree in social work. In addition to perceiving others in a stereotyped way, we also apply stereotypes to ourselves. People will notice whether or not you're listening …

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It's Too Big A Change

They arise in exceptional psychological situations that do not fit into the previous process. In a sense, we have dealt with thinking in the structuring and confronting sections. I am still taken aback by how many of my non-solo friends have a simultaneously smug and morbid curiosity about how I …

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What Will Acting On Affection Provide?

You favor the sun, the moon, and therefore the reform the whole universe being blamed and nobody saying a word about you and the part you would possibly have played within the breakup. In fact, when I asked him where he had been all my life, he answered quietly, I'm …

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Don't Be Daffy Duck

Can you imagine how outraged we would be if we heard someone voicing these to someone else! One summer afternoon, I was swimming at Walden Pond, having bundled myself out of bed, miraculously fighting depression's despair and heaviness for a few hours. That makes it even harder than usual to …

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Bolstering Self-Esteem

It was so moving for me to sit quietly with each person who shared their story, and it will be moving--and intimate--for you to read them. But still, the range of mental health codes now runs to over 300, with many subtypes and subcategories, so it's still a notable expansion …

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Repair Your Insight

Although invisible and ungraspable, source energy animates every aspect of creation. Perhaps you are thinking about a friend of yours you haven't spoken with in a while, and the next day that friend calls you. He needed sex in order to feel connected to her, and she needed to feel …

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Improve The Moment

When you are trying to get yourself to do something "optional"--that is, it can be postponed to another day--are you really going to do it if you're exhausted, hungover, hungry, or completely overwhelmed? Once this trauma has been stored, it's not going to just disappear. Marilyn Ferguson tells us …

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