Psychology / Self-help

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    Giving Without Resentment, by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

    By Oriah Mountain Dreamer Thinking about giving, offering what we have and can give without endangering ourselves (ie.- truly sustainable giving.) Even a small offering of time, presence, material goods, compassion, skills etc. can truly touch and lift another. Of course it gets complicated if giving is somehow mandatory (ruled by an inner “should.”) Was [...]

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    Transforming an Impaired Ability to Love

    Sometimes people will come up to me and tell me right to my face that they think I’m one of the most generous people they know. I’m always surprised and more than a little uncomfortable with such pronouncements for a number of reasons. One is, I don’t generally feel that generous. In other words I don’t walk [...]

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    Surprising Elements of the Hero’s Journey: Letting Ter

    The journey for many of us is to become healers, to become increasingly mentally, physically and spiritually mature ourselves, to throw off the conditioning of our education, to transcend cultural prescriptions, and to risk making increasingly authentic connection (here’s a compelling role model for that, if you’re interested- Amanda Palmer); to, in essence, “heal thyself.” This [...]

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    Why Babies Laugh (Way) More Than Adults: How to Complain Les

    My son 2 and 1/2 year old son Ari loves to laugh. And his laugh is so contagious. I believe one of the most magical sounds in the world is a child laughing. Some studies have reported that the average toddler laughs 300 times a day. We adults, in contrast, laugh less than 20 times [...]

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    Leaving Home Video Series #10: Psychiatric Oppression

    Leaving Home Video Series, Part 10 of 14: Psychiatric Oppression About Leaving Home, the Video Series and Book Leaving Home: The Journey from Birth to Emerging Adulthood is a video series accompanying the book of the same name by John Breeding, PhD.  See the other videos here: Part One: The Psychology Around Birth and Pregnancy [...]