Giving Up Complaining For A More Positive Life

Everyone is going to do a bit of complaining now and again.  A lot of the time, we do not even really realize that we are doing it.  According to the research, in an average conversation we complain approximately once every minute. But is giving up complaining even possible? Trevor […]

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There Are Different Types of Depression

The term “clinical depression” is tossed around quite a lot as if people believe that there is only one kind of depression.  But what most people do not realize is that, like with anxiety, there are several different kinds of depression.  There is some overlap between the different types of […]

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Social Anxiety Linked to Empathy

A new study recently published in PubMed has indicated that people who suffer from anxiety and social phobias are extra sensitive to the states of mind of other people.  The more socially anxious a person is, the more likely he or she is to be able to discern the mental […]

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Supporting a Parent Who Lost a Child

Losing a child is one of the most difficult things that a person can go through.  No matter how old the child is, the pain is going to be some of the strongest you have ever experienced.  If you are a parent who lost a child,  you can probably count […]

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Staying Close With Teenage Daughters

When your daughter goes from being your adorable little girl to the difficult preteen stage now called “the tweens”, it can be daunting for you.  Girls of that age can be moody, self-centered, overdramatic, surly, condescending, and prone to throwing tantrums.  Tween girls can also take on mature demeanors and […]

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Compassion And Self-Empathy Promotes Healing

There is quite a lot of overlap in empathy and compassion.  Webster’s defines empathy as “the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.”  Webster’s defines compassion as “sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings of misfortunes of others.”  So empathy is all about understanding and sharing while compassion […]

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Are You Being Bullied at Work?

Generally, we think about bullies as school children on playgrounds, in hallways, and walking home at the end of the day.  The unfortunate reality is that bullies do not always stop being bullies when they have grown into adulthood.  Bullies can be found at any age in almost any setting.  […]

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