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Beat Insomnia: A Spiritual Guide to Healthy Sleep
“Our spiritual mission is not to ignore the darkness, but to bring light to the darkness.” – Marianne Williamson It’s 3:17 a.m. You’ve been staring at the clock since 1:42...
Putting Aside Our Differences at the Holiday Table
“If you think you’re enlightened, go spend a week with your family.” – Ram Dass The holidays are upon us and the joy of being with our loved ones is...
Angry Eggs & Menstrual Applications
I never understood why every time you go to the gynecologist they ask, “When was your last period?” Ah, I don’t know, I never know. Then the follow up question is...
Dear Santa
Dear Santa, How are you and Mrs. Claus? How are all the elves and reindeer? Is there still enough snow and ice at the north pole for your sleigh? I’ve...
Today I Love Getting Some Rest
Today I love getting some rest after feeling less than my best and still going full tilt for the past four days. I love that my body kept up with...
Best of Our Blogs: December 18, 2018
If you struggle with chronic illness, you might have a different holiday wish list than other people. They might not get your desire to stay home instead of attend a...
Be The Gift You Want To See In The World
The stretch from Halloween through Thanksgiving, leading into Black Friday, and culminating with Christmas and New Years is the most commercialized and materialistic time period in our American culture. Every year...
5 Signs You Dated A Dangerous Sociopath (And Didn’t Even Know It)
“The dangerous personalities among us harm us behind closed doors at home, at church, at school, and in the office, often preying in secrecy on the unsuspecting or the trusting...
She Knows
They say that pets have a sixth sense and can tell when the departed are near. I don’t believe in ghosts, I believe my son is in heaven. But the...
The Hidden Cost of People
“If you don’t have something nice to say don’t say anything at all” “Be nice to your sister” “That’s not nice” What’s the common word in these three statements? You’re...
Digital-Age/Conditioned Porn Addiction: A New Version of an Old Problem
Recently, sexual disorders therapists have encountered a new and rapidly growing subcategory of sex and porn addicts.
What a Foster Daughter Wants People to Know
I talk about my own kids a lot on this blog. I have two biological daughters and one foster daughter, plus a slew of boys who lived with us temporarily...
Signs a Narcissist Is Playing Games and Why
To narcissists, relationships are transactional, like buying and selling. The goal is to get what you want at the lowest price. It’s a self-centered, business mindset. Emotions don’t intrude. In...
How to “Zip Up” Before Going Online
Not so long ago I blogged about one of my favorite ways to create protective boundaries in a hurry. It was called “How to ‘Zip Up‘.” This post seemed to...
Satiating Your Senses
Appealing to our senses is helpful for many reasons: to reduce anxiety, to energize us, to inspire our work, to boost our mood, to soothe ourselves. And it’s relatively simple...
10 Tips to Lower Holiday Stress
“In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are...
Successful Self-Control
Newton’s third law of motion is: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. For many, the opportunity to live without consequences would be wonderful. But of course,...
Narcissistic Artists: Should They Get a Free Pass to Abuse Others? (Pt 2 of 2)
In this article, we’re discussing how narcissists use excuses like “artist” and “genius” to rationalize outrageous abuse. Please click here to read Part 1. Step 4: Having tested their victim...
15 Tips to Avoid Hurtful Encounters on the Holidays
Living in an abusive household hurts most during the holiday season. Drunken episodes, physical altercations and humiliating verbal assaults severely dampen the joyful holiday spirit. Here is an abused pet’s...
When Childhood Emotional Neglect is Combined With Abuse: 3 Effects on Your Adult Life
In the 1980s, the true impact of abuse on children was finally recognized and defined. And since that time, the progress in understanding child abuse has been both significant and...
Strong Relationships May Reduce Risk of Military Suicides
New research suggests being in a strong committed relationship can reduce the risk of suicide, especially among members of the military. Investigators from Michigan State University discovered strong committed relationships...
Work-Linked Couples Can Lose Sleep Over Rude Coworkers
If you and your spouse are in the same line of work, a rude coworker’s behavior toward one of you has the power to make you both lose sleep, according...
Link Between Poverty and Obesity A Recent Phenomenon
It’s a well-established fact that poor people in America are disproportionately affected by obesity, but a new study reveals that this relationship is only about 30 years old. “We found...
How Folate Deficiency Ties In to Mental Health Disorders, Infertility
Folate deficiency has been associated with mental illness, age-related dementia, infertility and fetal deformation of the brain and spinal cord (neural tube defects). But so far, researchers have been unable...
Probiotic Treatment May Benefit Bipolar Patients
Probiotic treatment may help alleviate some symptoms of bipolar disorder, according to a new study by researchers at Sheppard Pratt Health System in Baltimore, Maryland. The findings show that previously...
Reframing Bad Situation May Help Those With Low Incomes More
Trying to find something good in a bad situation appears to be particularly effective in reducing anxiety the less money a person makes, according to a new study. That’s possibly...
