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Three Ways We Make Communication Impossible

…eel critical toward our partner for their weakness in submitting to us and critical of ourselves for acting out in a manipulative manner. Parental or childish styles of communicating It’s important to watch out for ways that you might be communicating from a childish or parental stance. Whether or not we like it, we developed our communication skills in the families we grew up in. Even though we try to relate differently, it is easy to fall into o…

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VIDEO: Dr. Kirk Schneider on How to Experience Life More Fully

…in nature or maybe some time in one’s room, meditating could certainly be critical to that. Travelling, if one has the chance, if one has the chance to do that, keeping a diary of one’s reflections about life could be part of it. Basically dropping some of the routines that have been bogging that person down in life. At the end of Awakening to Awe, I kind of collated critical themes, or I call them lenses, that helped people to cultivate that sen…

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Creating a Path from “I Hate My Life” to Resilience and Self-Realization

…hinking. She will talk about steps and therapeutic methods to conquer this inner critic. An overview of scientifically proven methods of building resilience to help people cope with stress and deal with life’s challenges. A discussion of how making sense of one’s story and learning the steps of differentiation can help people separate from their past and feel stronger in the present, creating the life they truly want. An introduction to a toolkit…

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Cultural Stereotypes of Men and Women

…, again, if you think about it for a minute, if you don’t have a self or a voice, you’re not in relationships, so you can’t have a relationship if you don’t have a way to express yourself, basically, because otherwise who is in the relationship? And it was wonderful hearing girls say that basically, I mean, it’s so obvious that they know it and then they… Or, if you say men have a self but they don’t have relationships then you read, for example,…

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How to talk with kids about the economic crisis

…concern about him and his situation, when their son interrupted, his small voice choked with emotion: “Does this mean that we are going to have to sell our house?!” My sister said that she and her husband were shocked. “We had no idea that he was listening to us! We thought he couldn’t understand what we were talking about, so it never occurred to us that he was being affected. We immediately reassured him; it broke our hearts to think of him worr…

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29 Ways to Increase Your Feeling of Self Worth

…self esteem and feelings of self worth will soar. Sing at the top of your voice, not outside but in the house and really give it loads (I love singing Free Fallin’ by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at the top of my voice, ah! such a good feeling.) Forgive yourself! (You know what I mean) Get rid of the people who are dragging you down (I don’t mean kill them, I mean just stop having them in your life.) Work on your strengths. A lot of people foc…

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How to Go “All in” in a Relationship

…nd intimacy and techniques to overcome these fears Get to know a “critical inner voice” that fosters distance in close relationships Explore how early attachment patterns influence adult romantic relationships Recognize elements of a “fantasy bond” in relationships that diminish real feelings of love Learn powerful tools to challenge defenses and grow one’s capacity for closeness Many people avoid going “all in” in a relationship for fear of losin…

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Angels Beside Me

…, intelligent, bright and shining influence. I was to find venues where my voice, like any encouraging, determined, and deliberate voice, could be heard from the mountaintops. So I did just that. In the beginning there was just one presentation on the topics of suicide prevention and mental health awareness. Since, I have spoken to audiences at universities, to our nation’s service members, to clinicians and to the general public. God has granted…

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fear of abandonment

Fear of Abandonment

…are unlovable or won’t be accepted for who we are. We all have a “critical inner voice,” a negative internal dialogue that chronically criticizes us or gives us bad advice. This ‘voice’ often perpetuates our fear of abandonment: “He’s gonna leave you,” it warns. “She’s probably cheating,” it cries. Because we all have “voices” and alarms that are set off when we feel triggered, it’s helpful to have tools and strategies to calm ourselves down when…

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How To Use Tough Times For Truly Connecting To Yourself

How To Use Tough Times to Truly Connect to Yourself

…to your own voice. I’m not talking about the bad thoughts and the critical inner voice that causes you so much pain. These voices are not who you are. I’m talking about your true self, your so powerful intuition, the things that you know that are right for you, even without knowing why. Use this time to really get clarity about your life. Clarity about what would you really want to have in life and what makes you feel good. Be honest about what pa…

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