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Choosing Self-talk that Supports Recovery from Depression
We have the Power to Choose: Choosing Self-talk that Supports Recovery from Depression Our self-talk and our thoughts can impact our mood a great deal. As children we do not have much power to choose what we think about and how we react to situations. However, as adults we do have the power to make…
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Rituals: Marking Transitions
Rituals: An Effective Way of Marking Transitions, Growth, Death and Seasons Transitions in our lives are unavoidable and often they are difficult even when they are happy transitions like marriage, birth or graduation. Rituals provide a way for us to comprehend, celebrate/grieve and process the transition.
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Theory of Addictions
How can we understand a behaviour that we compulsively do over and over even though we know it’s having negative consequences? You drink too much, you work too much, you eat too much, or you play too many internet games. You have an addiction to a substance or to a behaviour if you are not…
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Meditation, Creativity and “Flow”
I have been blessed with creative people in my life — writers, artists, performers, crafters, and poets. I truly feel blessed. I myself have enjoyed making things like couch covers, drapes, cushions, fashions, crafts, and watercolour paintings. When “making things” we can enter a meditative state or “flow”, or a Zen state of just being. …