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What Gives Firefighters The Nerve To Run Into A Fire?

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Written by: Jeff Falk

What Gives Firefighters The Nerve To Run Into A Fire?
A new study suggests that two sets of dynamics initiate and perpetuate the kinds of leaps of faith firefighters and others in high-risk occupations routinely take: supporting and sustaining. The findings convey what goes into a person’s ability to make critical trust-related judgments.

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Are You Addicted to Stress?

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Written by: Julie M. Simon

Are You Addicted to Stress?
Some of us handle stress better than others. Our ability to handle stress without turning to substances is determined not only by our innate constitution but also by the social support we experience early in life.

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Do You Have a Right to be Upset? Are Resentments Justified?

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Written by: Wayne W. Dyer

Do You Have a Right to be Upset? Are Resentments Justified?
You hear people say this all the time: "I have a right to be upset because of the way I've been treated. I have a right to be angry, hurt, depressed, sad, and resentful." Learning to avoid this kind of thinking is one of my top ten secrets for living a life of inner peace, success, and happiness. 

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How We Project Our Own Sense Of Emotions Onto Others’ Faces

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Written by: James Devitt

How We Project Our Own Sense Of Emotions Onto Others’ FacesHow we perceive the emotion on someone else’s face depends on how we understand these emotions, research finds.

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Why Some Women Are Into Benevolent Sexism

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Written by: Angie Hunt

Why Some Women Are Into Benevolent SexismWomen who respond positively to benevolent sexism aren’t unaware of its links to sexism, new research suggests.

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Why True Generosity Involves More Than Just Giving

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Written by: Christian B Mille

Why True Generosity Involves More Than Just Giving
Who is the most generous person in the world today? Ask folks in the West, and the most popular answer would probably be Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft.

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Healing the Past... In the Present

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Written by: Susie & Otto Collins

Healing the Past... In the Present
Has this ever happened to you? Somebody says something to you that immediately triggers negativity within you. You don't have a clue why you are so upset and you wonder just where that feeling came from.

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How Social Media Changes Identity, Personality, Memory

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Written by: Parker Posey

How Social Media Changes Identity, Personality, MemoryI wanted to find a place for myself to cast myself in a book and me starring on paper and play with the persona of the movie star, which I think people are interested in and find entertaining. I always did.

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Don't Let Stress Get The Upper Hand

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Written by: Jude Bijou, M.A., M.F.T.

Don't Let Stress Get The Upper Hand

We've become so focused on how we'll maneuver to fit it all in that we no longer stop to smell the roses or breathe in the fresh air. Desperately we strive to gain control over the unknown. And we are hard on ourselves when we don't measure up to some internalized standard. Summed up, we're "stressed" out. Does this apply to you or someone you know?

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Reeling From The News? Train Your Brain To Feel Better With These 4 Techniques

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Written by: Laurel Mellin

Reeling From The News? Train Your Brain To Feel Better With These 4 Techniques
Americans have been barraged by a series of major news events – some of them unsettling. Many have been left unsettled OR anxious OR jittery about the future of the decades-old U.S. relations with Europe

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I Don't Play Hurt: Growing Beyond The Seeming Rewards For Smallness

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Written by: Alan Cohen

"I Don't Play Hurt": Growing Beyond The Seeming Rewards For Smallness
I have been impressed by ordinary people who don't talk much about spiritual matters; they just live it. After hearing and talking about unconditional love for many years, I find it quite refreshing to see it in action with no hype or flourishes. These hidden gurus masquerade as hotel cleaning ladies, shoe shiners, or rental car shuttle bus drivers.

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Being Impeccable With Our Words: In The Beginning Was The Word

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Written by: Olivier Clerc

Intent: Being Impeccable With Our Words

Our habits of thinking and speaking are so deeply ingrained that often we are not truly aware of the words we use or of what they actually mean. You might begin by deleting from your conversation all the popular...

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How To Use The Process of Awakening to Avoid Suffering and Illness

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Written by: Michel Odoul

How To Use The Process of Awakening to Avoid Suffering and Illness
Difficult experiences cause us to reflect about what is happening and no doubt lead to us making the changes necessary to help us grow—provided we are ready to listen to the underlying message. Otherwise we keep repeating the same old patterns until we finally understand what our experiences are trying to tell us and change our behavior.

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How Your Mind, Under Stress, Gets Better At Processing Bad News

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Written by: Tali Sharot

How Your Mind, Under Stress, Gets Better At Processing Bad News
Some of the most important decisions you will make in your lifetime will occur while you feel stressed and anxious. From medical decisions to financial and professional ones, we are often required to weigh up information under stressful conditions.

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Anger: Love It, Then Leave It

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Written by: Colin C. Tipping

Anger: Love It, Then Leave It
When we do not allow ourselves to experience emotions and suppress them instead, our souls create situations in which we are forced to feel them. That being the case, simply allowing ourselves to have the feeling might allow the energy to move through us and the so-called problem to...

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How Anticipating Stress Messes Up Memory And Your Day

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Written by: Katie Bohn

How Anticipating Stress Messes Up Memory And Your Day
Starting your morning by focusing on the stress to come may harm your mindset throughout the day, according to a new study.

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You’ve Got Some Kind Of Symptom: Now What?

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Written by: Martin Brofman

You’ve Got Some Kind Of Symptom: Now What?
Okay. You’ve got some kind of symptom. Whether you consider it to be the result of an accident, some organism, or just bad luck, you’ve got something to deal with, something to understand, some action to take.

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What Makes People Distrust Science? Surprisingly, Not Politics

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Written by: Bastiaan T Rutjens

believing science 6 27Today, there is a crisis of trust in science. Many people – including politicians and, yes, even presidents – publicly express doubts about the validity of scientific findings.

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Trusting Love: Living An Ordinary Life In An Extraordinary Way

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Written by: Maresha Donna Ducharme

Trusting Love: Living An Ordinary Life In An Extraordinary Way
Trusting love is a radical severance from one’s preferences, addictions, and obsessions. It is a persevering willingness to enter and re-enter the unknown. It is a commitment to listening to the voice of one’s Soul anew each day.

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What To Do If Your Child Has Oppositional Defiant Disorder

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Written by: Jade Sheen and Jane McGillivray

What To Do If Your Child Has Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Oppositional defiant disorder is a pattern of disobedient, hostile, and defiant behaviour directed towards authority figures.

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Kids Know What You Get Depends On What You Give

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Written by: Jared Wadley

Kids Know What You Get Depends On What You GiveChildren as young as 5 have a nuanced understanding of fairness, according to a new study.

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