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REDUCING STRESS: Addendum- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Remember when our country celebrated the return of one-half million heroic Americans from <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Persian Gulf? Their successful campaign brought tales of victory, pride and honor…and horror. <?xml:namespace prefix = o /> Some people, returned bearing a pernicious and relentless side-effect: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This is not uncommon following a war replete…
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HELPING CHILDREN BECOME ”RESPONSE-ABLE”
“Timmy! Why are the trash cans still in the garage? How many times do I have to tell you– it’s your responsibility to take them out Thursday nights for collection.” “Look at all these dirty dinner dishes, Joanne! If they had legs they would run away! Who’s responsible for making sure they stay home, young…
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KIDS WHO KILL…
The “age of innocence” is over. In it’s place exists a time of troubled youth who no longer resolve problems—they end them, violently. Teens who under stress would rather terminate than deliberate. Why has death become such an easy choice? Why is it a choice at all? Why has this choice proliferated so since October,…
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CREATIVE COMPLAINING: GRIPING WITH FINESSE
CREATIVE COMPLAINING: GRIPING WITH FINESSE Randy W. Green, Ph.D. Complaining, believe it or not, is an art. It requires skill, patience and practice to master…
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RELATIONSHIP ”RX” – BRIDGING TROUBLED WATERS
Children who lack the motivation to achieve are frequently taught that old adage, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again!” It’s not as if parents who recite this and other similar clichés do not have our best interests at heart. Certainly a parent uttering such a phrase wants his child to perform in…
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Being A little “Off-Beat” is Healthy: Part 2
So did your heart skip a beat as you waited all month with bated breath to find out what is meant by, “heart-rate variability” (HRV)? What part does HRV play in the relationship between exercise and good health, including “mental health?” A couple of decades ago, those same questions caught the interest of Dr. Irving…
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CONSIDER FAILURE A SIGN OF SUCCESS…
Thomas Edison once said, “Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.” The point of his comment is shared by many highly-motivated, successful people: Most human growth and learning occurs when one is uncomfortable. This may have resulted from a state of confusion, an error in judgment or a failure…
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HOW TO BE PLEASANTLY DISAGREEABLE
“…in a world of fugitives, the person taking the opposite direction will appear to run away.” T. S. Eliot How many of you have a relationship? How many of you enjoy a relationship free of conflict? Did I just hear a pin drop? Inevitably, those who are involved in relationships will experience conflict. Why…
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ISOLATION: LIFE IN A VACUUM
“Life is for each man a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors.” Eugene O’Neill No man is an island. So it is said. Yet, there are many men and women in our society whose lives would indicate the contrary. They live in an empty world; one in which, for the most part the only sounds…
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WORKING WELL WITH OTHERS
In the business world, no man (or woman) is an island. Most people in the work force work in the company of others. And like family members, working “siblings” have their share of ups and downs. Whether a manufacturer, retailer, trade or professional office, most businesses contain a variety of individuals, several of whom find…
