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Encouraging Your Child's Self-Esteem: Beware of Verbal Abuse

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Written by: Patricia Evans

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When a parent faces a stressful situation and their child needs attention, the urgencies of the moment can invite a hasty response. For this reason, it is helpful for parents to remind themselves of the need to treat their child with goodwill and respect, even when they feel stressed...

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How Telling Kids Why They Were Wrong Can Backfire

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Written by: Jared Wadley

How Telling Kids Why They Were Wrong Can Backfire

Explaining to kids why their behavior is wrong may not always have the intended positive effect if the parent is loud and abrupt, according to a new study.

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Healing the Estrangement Between Parent and Adult Child

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Written by: Tina Gilbertson

Healing the Estrangement between Parent and Adult Child

The word estrangement comes from the Latin word extraneare, meaning “to treat as a stranger.” Becoming a stranger to one’s child is one of the most painful things that can happen to a parent. 

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Lessons From The History Of Solitude

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Written by: David Vincent

Lessons From The History Of Solitude

It’s hard to believe now, but until relatively recently, solitude – or the experience of being alone for significant periods of time – was treated with a mixture of fear and respect. 

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Creating Togetherness with your Family and Loved Ones: Workaholism Kills Relationships

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Written by: Jann Mitchell

Creating Togetherness with your Family and Loved Ones

John Bradshaw underscores the importance of family connection. He emphasizes acceptance and "loving your own crooked family with your own crooked heart." Just as Mormons celebrate Mondays as Family at Home Night, we can rethink some of our commitments and create time for what's truly important.

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The 2nd Chakra: Your Doorway to Sensuality, Sexuality, and Pleasure

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Written by: Julie Tallard Johnson

2nd Chakra: Your Doorway to Sensuality & Sexuality

When basic pleasures are denied, such as your healthy sexuality, emotional expression, and sensual curiosity, you may find yourself choosing substitute 'pleasures' such as drugs, drinking, video games, television, and overeating. You may also resort to negative behaviors...

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Zoom Work Relationships Are A Lot Harder To Build Unless You Can Pick Up On Colleagues' Nonverbal Cues

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Written by: Nancy R. Buchan et al

Zoom Work Relationships Are A Lot Harder To Build Unless You Can Pick Up On Colleagues' Nonverbal Cues

Workers who communicate with their colleagues mainly through videoconferencing are far less effective at building relationships than when the communication is done face to face

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Why It Takes A Lot of Brain Real Estate To Disagree

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Written by: Bill Hathaway

Why It Takes A Lot of Brain Real Estate To Disagree

Researchers have created a way to look into the brains of two people simultaneously while they’re talking. What they found will not surprise anyone who has found themselves arguing about politics or social issues.

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How Self-Controlled Kids Tend To Be Healthier Adults

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Written by: Karl Bates

How Self-Controlled Kids Tend To Be Healthier Adults

In a new study, researchers found people who had higher levels of self-control as children were aging more slowly than their peers at age 45.

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Ten Essential Communication, Truth, and Life Skills

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Written by: Susan Campbell, Ph.D.

Ten Essential Communication, Truth, and Life Skills

Honesty is a skill that can be practiced and learned. I feel a deep sadness when I hear people tell me how much they have been hurt in their dating relationships and how this has caused them to approach each new relationship with fear or to give up on relationships altogether.

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How Teaching Feelings to Preschoolers Can Ease Teen Problems

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Written by: Katie Bohn

How Teaching Feelings to Preschoolers Can Ease Teen Problems

A preschool enrichment program that helps boost social and emotional skills pays off during middle and high school, according to a new study.

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Children of the Light Have Very Little Tolerance for Dishonesty

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Written by: Doreen Virtue

Children of the Light Have Very Little Tolerance for Dishonesty

There is a new "breed" of humans among us and they are here to usher in the new age of peace. These powerful and intuitive people have little tolerance for dishonesty. They are on Earth so that they can teach others about the importance of speaking truthfully and living in harmony.

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The Yoni Egg: A Key to Female Energy, Inner Beauty, and Self-Confidence

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Written by: Lilou Macé

The Yoni Egg: A Key to Female Energy, Inner Beauty, and Self-Confidence

I first heard about yoni eggs in Thailand, several years ago. I was immediately intrigued by this small, oval, polished stone and wanted to learn more about it and test it. I was excited to discover a “women’s secret” that would allow me to free my female energy, reveal my inner beauty, and restore my self-confidence.

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Become An Authentic Rebel: You Are Not A Robot or Machine

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Written by: Osho

You Are Not A Robot or Machine: Become An Authentic Rebel

The world tries to mold every person into a commodity: useful, efficient, obedient - never rebellious, never asserting itself, never declaring its own individuality, but always being subservient, almost like a robot.

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How Dads Falter At Talking To Daughters About Body Image

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Written by: Pate McCuien

How Dads Falter At Talking To Daughters About Body Image

Fathers often feel uncomfortable discussing body image and health with their daughters, a study indicates.

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Re-Weaving Our World in a New Era of Equality, Balance, Partnership, and Union

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Written by: Sharron Rose

Re-Weaving Our World in a New Era of Equality, Balance, Partnership, and Union

As the pressures of our modern world lead us away from fundamental spiritual values such as truth, love, and receptivity into those of deception, fear, and domination, it is extremely important to look at the part that we, as women, play in this unfolding of the human drama...

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Recharging, Connecting to Others, and Contributing to Making Life Better

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Written by: Eve A. Wood, M.D.

Recharging, Connecting to Others, and Contributing to Making Life Better

When most people are asked what they want to be remembered for, what matters most to them in life, or how they'd spend their remaining days if they only had a few left, the majority focus on relationship issues. They want to matter to someone, to love and be loved, and to contribute to making someone's life better.

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My Greatest Wins As A Mom Stem From Moments of Failure

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Written by: Hunter Clarke-Fields MSAE

My Greatest Wins As A Mom Stem From Moments of Failure

I curled up in a ball on the wood floor. I buried my face in my hands. Who said parenting would feel like this? No one. It’s supposed to be filled with soft-focus moments, me gazing lovingly at my child, right? So what is wrong with me?

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Removing Abandonment Masks and Dropping Ego Projections

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Written by: John Randolph Price

Removing Abandonment Masks and Ego Projections

A consciousness of abandonment may begin in early childhood with the death or divorce of a parent, the father taking a job in another town and seldom seeing the child, or perhaps feeling lost in a large family of brothers and sisters and not receiving enough attention. Other factors to consider...

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Why During Covid, Older Adults Should Avoid The Grocery Store

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Written by: Patti Verbanas

Why During Covid, Older Adults Should Avoid The Grocery Store

Older adults should avoid making trips to the grocery store during the pandemic and instead use curbside pick-up or food delivery, new data shows.

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Why Talking To Babies May Change Their Brains

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Written by: Stanford

Why Talking To Babies May Change Their Brains

Engaging in “conversations” with adults may help infant brains develop, especially those areas involved in language comprehension, according to a new study.

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