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Coping with Change • Nova Reed, M.A., Life Coach
Life changing events can send a jolt through your well-being creating a state of unbalance and stress. A major change in your life, the death of a loved one, divorce,… View View
Emotional Intelligence - and what it can do for you • Gareth Harris
Have you heard of IQ? Do you know what IQ is? Do you know what your IQ score is? You may well be able to answer yes to one or… View View
Emotions as Weather • Tina Tessina, Ph.D.
Although most people in the country wouldn’t agree, we in Southern California have been having extreme weather conditions for us: rain and mudslides. You could almost say we’re so used to… View View
Failing Forward • MJ Ryan
Once I got an email from a woman who had just read my book on patience. She had just had a miscarriage and had discovered she had to wait for… View View
Gay Enlightenment • Payam Ghassemlou, Ph.D.
After the hard emotional labor of tearing down the closet door, I continued my quest for enlightenment on a deeper level. I am no longer wasting valuable psychic energy repressing… View View
Sandplay Therapy • Payam Ghassemlou, Ph.D.
As a kid I played freely on the beaches of the Caspian Sea, which offered me sand, water, and lots of opportunities for imaginative play. There was something magical about… View View
Seven Things to Do to Improve Your Body Image and Self-Esteem • Catherine Cardinal, Ph.D.
Maintaining a balance between our weight, our self-esteem and a healthy body-image seems to be a constant battle for women. We don’t tend see ourselves accurately and are often most… View View
The Perfect You • Ariel and Shya Kane
Where did you learn what is beautiful? Where did you learn what is ugly? Where did you learn what a perfect body looks like?... And how old were you when… View View
Three Simple Ways to Release Stress • Gloria Arenson, MFT
We are now living in very stressful times. War, global warming and economic disasters plague us. Yet, most of our stress arises from our negative thoughts and beliefs. We tend… View View