Archive for May, 2007

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• Tips to Beat Procrastination
  Procrastination is a habit that can be quite harmless, as some people thrive on the stress of putting things off until deadline. But procrastination can be a serious problem if it throws the important matters ...
• Teenage Anger
  Teen anger takes many forms. It may be expressed as indignation and resentment, or rage and fury. It is the expression of teenage anger — the behavior — that we see. Some teens may repress ...
• Dreaming Waves of Emotions
  A very good male friend and I are walking on a familiar beach. We are having a discussion, and although I can't now remember the content, I know it was intense. We stop walking ...
• Dreaming of Falling into Water
  I do not always have the same dream but it is always the same theme. I always dream I am falling into oceans or deep bodies of water. I always know before I fall that I ...
• Dreaming of Being Cast Away
  My life is awful. When I was pregnant with my second child, and my daughter was just one year old, my husband had an affair with another woman. I don't want to divorce him because ...
• Dreaming of Seeing Him For How He Really Is
  I dream I wake up and go to my back door. It smells fresh and wonderful outside. I look to my neighbor's yard and the shrubbery is completely cut down. I can see his house ...
• Dreaming of Sex with My Boss
  My dream concerns my boss at work. I have been with the company for over 3 years and just started reporting to him about 9 months ago. He is a great boss, but I don't ...
• I Dreamt My Boyfriend Was Gay
  The dream starts out in the bedroom of my boyfriend (of three years). I just stopped by to give a kiss before I went home. When I get to his room, he is sitting on ...
• Dreaming of Putting Our Children Up For Adoption
  I've been married 31 years (rocky the last three or four years, wanting to leave but can't seem to because of guilt and security issues), in counseling for the past two years, two adult children, ...
• A Dream of Unfaithfulness
  My fiancé and I have been dating for a year this month. I love him more than anyone, but for about five months I have been having a dream that he is having an affair ...
• Before Spring Has Sprung
  "If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant." —Anne Bradstreet, 1655 It's a rainy mid-January Wednesday in Boston. The sky is a blank sheet of gray. The air is chilled. In the Northeast, ...
• Summer Opportunities for Teens
  Attention students -- summer is here! Unless you were raised on a farm, summers probably bring to mind camp, sports teams, and long, lazy days hanging out with nothing to do but complain about being bored. ...
• Are You Too Tense?
  Too tense? You may be experiencing a chronic level of physical and emotional tension. Those who take time to relax and release inner tension do much better physically and emotionally than those who fail to ...
• Are You an Underachiever?
  Underachievement is another stress indicator associated with physical problems and emotional discomfort. People who have issues with underachievement have the perception that they are not being very productive with their lives and, as a result, ...
• Coping with a Negative Mood
  People under chronic stress often try to cope by feeling down, hopeless, or sad. It is a way of communicating to the world that "I'm not doing so well" or a subtle plea for help. Negative ...
• Dealing with Disappointment
  People who are disappointed are at greater risk of physical or emotional difficulties, or both. Such individuals appear to have a greater frequency of headaches, gastrointestinal difficulties, moist palms, and over-perspiration than those scoring low ...
• Always In a Rush? Maybe It’s Time Urgency
  Excessive time-urgency is a classic component of Type-A behavior. People who are overly time-oriented have a greater risk of cardiovascular and other health problems than more patient individuals. Excessive time-urgency is not conducive to effective ...
• Are You a Perfectionist?
  Perfectionism can best be described as the search for the unobtainable or unachievable. Individuals caught up in perfectionistic thinking or behavior commonly experience significant personal distress as well as chronic health and emotional problems. Such ...
• Obesity and Mental Health
  The world population is becoming rounder, and each year the situation is worsening. The World Health Organization (WHO) believes that we are in the grip of a global epidemic, and it is estimated by the ...
• Energy Psychology
  The term "energy psychology" refers to a number of related energy therapies that are based on the Chinese Meridian System of medicine. Energy psychology quickly and thoroughly relieves mental health problems by eliminating emotional traumas ...
• Tips for Coping With Your Angry Behavior
  Of all personality factors, hostility and anger have been most highly correlated with coronary heart disease and other physical and behavioral stress problems. In fact, a medium to high level of anger is the strongest ...
• Tips for a Satisfying Sleep
  It's especially important to get enough sleep during stressful times. You may feel pulled in many directions by relationships, errands and work to be done. However, if you sacrifice sleep when you're stressed, you'll create ...
• Audio Scripts for Imagery
  In preparation for a relaxation or imagery exercise, make sure you have a quiet, private place for at least 25 uninterrupted minutes. You want a place where you can close your eyes, relax, and immerse ...
• Wellness Imagery Script
  Hi and welcome. One of the ways that we can use imagery is to help us envision ways that we would like to be. We can imagine how we would most like to be -- ...
• Your First Imagery Script
  Hi and welcome. I'm going to invite you to go into your imagination and imagine a variety of things and allow this to be an exploration for you to just notice how you imagine different ...