Articles
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COMMUNICATION: MORE THAN MEETS THE EAR
Communication. Everyone knows what it is. Or at least we think so. We also think we know when it’s not there or when it causes difficulties. Thus, you frequently hear expressions like, <?xml:namespace prefix = o /> “The problem with their marriage is their communication.” “Bill has difficulty with his boss because there is no communication.”…
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ON SURVIVING A LOSS
The Phoenix was a mythical bird believed to have risen from the ashes of destruction and soared forth as a symbol of new life. Sometimes in the course of our lives, we have to perform that same feat. We do not always win our heart’s desire. Businesses fail. Marriages terminate. Children leave home. Loved ones…
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THE WORKING MOTHER SHOW
“…And now to review a new play, here’s Morris.” “Thank you, Barbara. Sixty years ago, it would have been laughed out of vaudeville; Ringling Brothers would never use it, and don’t expect it to play Broadway. But, The Working Mother Show is a three-act play clever enough for the most discerning vaudevillian, graceful enough to…
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BUTT OUT
Despite the facts that, during the past few decades, there has been compelling evidence to suggest a serious relationship between cigarette smoking and various life- threatening diseases; and the Surgeon General’s Office has confirmed that that nicotine found in cigarettes and other tobacco products is a dangerous and addictive drug comparable to morphine or heroin,…
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ADD/ADHD: What You Say Is What You Get
Randy W. Green, Ph.D. Ridicule often checks what is absurd, and fully as often, smothers that which is noble. . Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are. Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) There is no question that both children and adults who exhibit characteristics identified…
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PARENTAL DISPUTES: A CHILD’S-EYE VIEW
Diane and her husband, Ken took the children to the Bronx Zoo. On the way, they began arguing about Diane’s reaction to a flirtatious comment that was passed at a party the night before. As the disagreement intensified, five year-old Dana clutched at her mother from the back seat and asked several questions about the…
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TO TELL THE TRUTH…Part 2
Once there was a king who decided to enact a law whereby every arriving foreigner had to state the true reason for his entry into the kingdom; those who did not tell the truth were to be hanged. This prompted a philosopher, who had only arrived a day earlier, to state that his reason for…
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HOW TO PUT ”FATIGUE” TO REST
Yawning so much, you can barely finish a sentence, as every thought lay on the tip of your tongue. And a gait so unsteady you could walk into walls, as you attempt to negotiate your daily activities. Fatigue . We have all experienced it in many forms. It runs (more likely, crawls) the gamut from…
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ON CONQUERING FEARS
Matthew is a successful accountant whose firm moved to the sixty-eighth floor of the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Empire State Building. He became so frightened while moving that he resigned (“Acrophobia”– fear of heights). <?xml:namespace prefix = o /> Estelle a fifty-three year-old housewife, stays alone in her house most of the…
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The Joy of Misery Part II: An Alternate Universe
Randy W. Green, Ph.D. “Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.” …
