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Archive for June, 2009

Instant Gratification Takes Too Long

Monday, June 29th, 2009
Impulse control is fundamental for living effectively in the present moment. Squashing down those primitive emotions that threaten to overwhelm, holding back those body twitches that have me grabbing for food, cigarettes or alcohol, ...
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High School Reunion - Part Two

Sunday, June 21st, 2009
What a difference thirty years make! I went to an all-girls Catholic school, St Brigids Ladies College, in very parochial, Lesmurdie, Western Australia. I was voted by some as most annoying, by others extremely rude, ...
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Love Makes the World go Round

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
There’s a powerful pull that’s stronger than the gravitational force that keeps the moon spinning around the earth and the earth revolving around the sun. Known as attachment process, it’s the biological super-glue that ...
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The Wrong Medication

Sunday, June 14th, 2009
Being on the wrong medication for depression is worse than being on no medication at all. But being on several conflicting medications by several different doctors (all from the same practice though) is like ...
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High School Reunions - High Anxiety or Settling Old Ghosts to Rest?

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Most people at one time or another have to face school reunions. Some with the knowledge of being in the cool group, some with the pride of being in the brainy group and some ...
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Catastrophizing

Sunday, June 7th, 2009
Having a car accident or getting mugged and having your handbag stolen is a devastating experience. But sometimes, it’s not just the event, the inconvenience or even the injuries or violence involved that causes ...
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