Agreement between the principals that the patient has a chronic illness should not mean confirmation of unavoidable disability, however. Traveling is one expression of the desire to cross boundaries. Meditation Is Like Z Lastly, meditation is like Z because meditation is zen. This zen can finally bring you some peace …

Purposefully focus your intentions for all that makes your life happy and abundant! Sir William Osler, the immensely influential North American physician of the early twentieth century, wrote clinical aphorisms which are still quoted with approval by teachers of medicine. Although this tradition has thinned out in the second half …

Social workers are most dangerous: they think everyone is a child abuser. The following list is an excellent beginning: Above all else, do everything in moderation. The goal is progress, not perfection! Survival Tips for Significant Others (and Therapists Too) Although this article is addressed specifically to the significant people …

It can be challenging to remain dedicated to the decision to forgive. It hits them like a ton of bricks. I've been there. I've felt that. I felt sorry for myself. I pitied my situation and wanted out of it. I had to step back, detach, and see what got …

The conflict arises because they are talking about two distinctive modes of experiencing reality. Patients' behavior superficially replicates what they share with others who harbor the same pathology. However, patients' behavior also expresses the distinctive meanings in their lives that come to shape the experience of illness as most decidedly …

And never believe in your own resistance--it is either telling you that you suck or that you are now perfected and no longer need to do any inner work. Both are illusions. What happens through this process, through any in-depth spiritual and meditative process, is that what is within us …

However, for those who do not have people in their life to which they can turn, you can facilitate these experiences in your office by communicating empathy via affirmations, nonverbal mirroring, and appropriate therapist disclosure (without shifting the focus to yourself). Although relationships can be a source of great joy …

Other examples include, Can you imagine what you would do when _ happens? As we've discovered, What if? Paying attention to this kind of language can clue you in on when your response to wonder is overtaking your curiosity and crushing your ability to think in innovative ways. Once you …

Who says you work your way eventually to acceptance--I don't accept it! Today I can't accept it. Yesterday I did partly. Saturday, I was there: kind of in a trance, waiting, ready to die. But not now. Today it's the fear all over again. I don't want to die. I'm …

But you'd better believe I'd also be on the street corner by day, with a deck of cards in my hand, ready to stir the imaginations of passersby and pass my hat in an effort to get back on my feet. The reality is, as a wow person, I tend …

Ken then began talking with his left knee, which was the painful one for him. It revealed that it didn't feel supported by anything; It felt disconnected from the rest of his body and was taking on the impact of his tennis playing. It revealed that it needed to be …

It should come as no surprise, then, that the stories we're told, whether by teachers and parents or marketers and advertisers, all shape the stories we tell ourselves. We take all the stories we're told and form a narrative because we try to make sense of the strange experiences and …

In childhood, the individual with DID experienced high levels of trauma. To survive, she had to invent ways of comforting herself that would not attract a lot of attention from abusers. Self-soothing may have taken place through the behaviors of thumb sucking, rocking, sleeping, or even having internal conversations among …

The problem with psychoanalytic interpretations is that their creators are dissatisfied with this level of analysis and reach for deeper meanings for which there is usually little clinical or scientific justification. A single-minded quest for psychoanalytic reality can dehumanize the patient every bit as much as the numbing reductionism of …

When you are at home, you feel relaxed and are not governed by the social rules. However, when you are at a public place you are exposed to various ways of speech adopted by people of different ethnicities. Deep breathing is a major element contributing to correct vocal patterns. You …

It encourages the absorption of iron, the formation of red blood cells, and the supply of oxygen to the body. Tiger iron has a rapid effect and can therefore be applied when energy reserves are severely depleted. Mookaite is a colorful variety of chert, and a mixture of jasper and …

Proper placement as well as the length of the pauses determines the type of emotion a speaker wishes to express; You must remember, while giving a presentation or speech, the audience has a very short attention span; On the contrary, if you do not start your presentation well, the audience …

Also controlled by the autonomic nervous system are our sense of balance, stress responses, the sleep-wake cycle, and other circadian rhythms. Consequently, the symptoms of a disturbance to any of the body processes controlled by the autonomic nervous system can be wide-ranging and each of us will react in our …

Additional transmitters and an increased number of masts at more frequent intervals, combined with an increased number of antennae and more end user devices emitting radiation = greater exposure. Higher intensity due to the penetration of solid objects being poorer = greater exposure. Beamforming: it is impossible to calculate when or where …

When I was there, I had a strong, insistent thought to go to a very specific house. So again I did. It was the only one I went to in this large neighborhood of houses. I rang the doorbell but there was no answer. It was dark and I rang …

I was spending countless hours after work in the professional library gaining the knowledge that I needed to face the next patient I was supposed to help. One day I realized that what I needed were quick summary guides for psychologists, but my search came up empty. So I decided …

Sometimes, people experience the feeling of intuition. You must have passed a remark at certain moments, I feel he/she is fond of me', is he/she telling the truth? Women usually remark, I have gut feeling that he is telling a lie. Words are mainly used to convey information …

In each little group, people tended to look alike, talk alike, and have the same values and beliefs. It felt safe. Choices were made as a family about marriage partners, work, and property. Separation times like these also give you sanity breaks. But the best of all worlds are those …

In the United States, how did John F. Kennedy remain calm in the midst of an apocalyptic threat to world peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis? When England was under attack from her enemies, where did Winston Churchill find the strength and determination to win battles? You don't have to …

Every time you give energy out to others, you have to replenish. One reason you got stuck in an unhealthy relationship was because you quit taking care of your own needs. Your ability to soothe, nurture, and calm yourself is invaluable in lowering anxiety, healing, and maintaining emotional strength. Circumstances …

How we see ourselves is the starting place for how we operate in the world. But we are often so busy or disconnected that we don't take the time to truly learn or understand how we view ourselves. Whether we have a positive, neutral or negative view of ourselves, it …

This goes along with planning, the more you talk and put things on the table the more you learn about your partner. This can do wonders for you guys! My circle is always supportive of me. That is goals, interest, even pushing me to try new things. So I always …

A Lot of people think when you're dating that means you're seeing or spending time with multiple partners. Kind of weighing your options of the selected partners or prospects that you may have. This may lead to a courtship threw process of elimination by trimming the fat and finding the …

What kid wants to hang out with that kind of person? God slowly opened my eyes to the lie I was believing and pushed me to let go of it one white-knuckled finger at a time. I did not need Lucas to prefer me over Jonathan to feel at peace …