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ARTArticleCourt Ordered Anger Management: A PrimerPeople who have been arraigned in court because of committing crimes that were provoked by anger are often directed by a judge or the person presiding over their case to take court ordered anger management classes as the path way to rehabilitation therapy. This process is indeed a crucial one in an individual's attempt at complete change or control of fury. What court ordered anger management classes do is teaching effective communication skills, stress management techniques and ways to increase emotional intelligence.ARTArticleCourt Ordered Anger Management: The Importance of the Right AttitudeIf you have to take court ordered anger management classes, then there is a chance that you will have one of two feelings. You will either be more angered that you have to take these classes, as you feel it will be a waste of your time, or you will feel relieved that your judgment was not too harsh as you would simply need to take a few classes to get out of the situation you put yourself in. Both types of feelings would be considered the wrong mindset when it comes to how you tackle court ordered anger control classes.ARTArticleDating Tips on ConversationConversation is probably the most important part of your dating experience. Sure, looking your best and having a good attitude matter, but most of your time together will in some way be spend in conversation. Following are a few tips to make your conversations more interesting, comfortable, and enjoyable.
⥠Have a good balance of talking and listening. If you tend to be talkative, remember to ask more questions and take time to listen to your date. If you tend to be on the quieter side, elaborating more on things can help you get in the flow of conversation.ARTArticleDo you feel worthy of self-love?We’ve all heard it said that you can’t love anyone else until you love yourself. And although we know there’s truth to this old adage, most of us persist in looking for love outside of ourselves, often in all the wrong places.
In one of my emotional eating groups this week, we discussed the concept of worthiness. I asked the group members if they felt worthy of self-love. All said they did not and each gave a detailed list of the reasons they felt they were not worthy. The list included things like:
• I don’t have a college degree
• I procrastinate
• I haven’t paid off my debtrARTArticleDo you tend to emotionally eat when the days get shorter and darker?At this time of year, many of my clients come in complaining of the shorter, darker days. Understandably so. It’s not just that the Summer has ended and the longer, lazy days are behind us. With this particular season change, those who suffer from mild to moderate mood disorders (especially depressive and bipolar) can all of a sudden find themselves feeling irritable and blue due to brain chemistry changes brought on by inadequate bright light. And if you struggle with emotional eating, the lowered brain chemicals can send you right to the refrigerator.ARTArticleEmbrace All Your EmotionsHave you ever thought about the purpose of your emotions? If you're like most people, you don't think much about emotions (yours or anyone elses) and you just move through them, hoping to experience more of the pleasant, energizing ones and steer clear of the deflating ones. When unpleasant emotions such as loneliness, hurt, disappointment or rejection surface, perhaps you try to distract yourself with food, alcohol, drugs, shopping, television, internet surfing, texting, reading, drama, sex, gambling, complaining, gossiping, etc.ARTArticleFight Or Flight, Or Feeze; Or, FusionFor eons, the human organism has been honed and perfected to respond effectively and appropriately to any perceived sense of threat or attack. In modern language, this effective and appropriate response is called the 'fight or flight response.' In lay terms, this means that when we feel threatened or attacked, our first line of defense is generally to either fight back, or run. We have likely experienced this at some time in our lives. Our fight response, however, may be hampered by the conditioning of our upbringing and our society.ARTArticleFind Your True Passion - Make Money From What You Already KnowDid you know that even if you've had a particular hobby for years you may have the start of something big? The bottom line is you may already have the skills and knowledge that can turn your fledgling fun hobby into a full time business.ARTArticleFix the 5 Health Problems That Cause Anxiety and Rob Your ConfidenceAnxiety is a very physical condition. It doesn’t just exist in your head. Your heart races. You are short of breath. Your hands shake and your underarms sweat. Many other more subtle changes occur in your body.
These five health problems could be contributing to your excessive anxiety.ARTArticleHealing Your Hungry Heart: recovering from your eating disorder; excerpt from Chapter 1 unreal to real: snapshots of my storyHealing Your Hungry Heart: recovering from your eating disorder, By Joanna Poppink
Chapter 1 Unreal to Real: Snapshots of My Story
"Self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening."
-- George Gurdjieff
I started making myself throw up when I was thirteen years old and dint stop for thirty years. I hope that the snapshots of my story and other women's stories in this book, coupled with my own healing and recovery work with women for over twenty-five years, can help you find your personal path to recovery.ARTArticleHealing Your Hungry Heart: recovering from your eating disorder; excerpt from Chapter 3: early warning signsChapter 3 Early Warning Signs
“Every patient carries her or his own doctor inside.”rn--Albert Schweitzer
Your first and ongoing challenge is to not judge yourself. Merciless self-condemnation is a symptom of an eating disorder. You may have people in place who do that for you – that’s another sign. If you can’t resist criticizing yourself, give yourself a time limit to do so, and then do your breathing exercises. A brief mindful breathing practice after a bout of self-criticism can help you realign yourself with self-kindness.ARTArticleHealing Your Hungry Heart: recovering from your eating disorder; excerpt from Chapter 4: how do I begin recovery?How Do I Begin Recovery?
“What will open the door is daily awareness and attention.”rn--Krishnamurti
……Was this my starting point? I certainly thought so. But I had already chosen these people to be in my life. I created the opportunity for those events to happen long before I knew how they would turn out. In the film, Field of Dreams, a voice says, “Build it and they will come.” Buddhism says “Create the right conditions.” Psychotherapy teaches, “Create a sturdy holding environment because we never know what will emerge during the course of treatment.”ARTArticleHope Redefined: A Hospice ReferralHope is defined in the American Heritage Dictionary as, “To wish for (something) with expectation.” This definition works for most of our life; we hope for, love, success family, travel and wonderful experiences. Hope when we are terminally ill is still hope, but the definition does change.ARTArticleHow Instrumental Music Enhances Media ProjectsWhether you are watching a movie, riding in an elevator, listening to a commercial on the radio, or simply shopping, you will find that there is always some kind of background instrumental music playing. You may not even be aware of it, but it is there setting the mood. In a movie, it becomes a part of your experience. You grip your seat as you feel the tension building. The excitement makes your heart race. You feel the sadness and are moved to tears. In an elevator, background instrumental music may comfort and soothe you, or it may help you to relax and slow down a little.ARTArticleHow To Get Your Partner To Open UpSometimes it seems as if communicating effectively with one’s partner is an impossible task – overshadowed only by their ability (or lack thereof) to communicate with us.
What gets in the way? Why is it so hard to talk to the one you love and be really, deeply understood? That’s what we all want. In fact, I think almost every – if not every – issue that plagues a couple can be boiled down to one simple concept, one fundamental question:
Do you love me?
Followed at a close second by:
Really?rARTArticleHow to Live Stress-Free and HappyYour stress relief is right here, right now. Literally, in the here and now, the current moment, there is absolutely no stress. Just stress-free happiness.
So read this article over and over, pausing only to eat or sleep and you will be stress-free and happy. I’m just kidding. But reading is one way to live in the current moment. So are all your favorite activities. That is why you enjoy them so much. They keep you focused in the current moment and your stress is temporarily suspended.ARTArticleHow To Lose Weight and Keep It OffLosing weight is one problem, but keeping yourself from regaining the weight you lost, is yet another, but related problem. And they are actually completely related!ARTArticleIf You Want Confidence, Just Swing the BatDo you know what a great batting average is? Do you know what a batting average means? If you are a baseball fan, then the answers will come as no surprise. For all the other folks it may come as a revelation to discover the answer to both of these questions.
And what does this have to do with confidence anyway?ARTArticleInfidelity Advice: Should Your Stay or Should You Go?People are seeking infidelity advice and looking for help in regards to their current situation. The majority of relationships survive infidelity, but many of these are on life support. This article will address a few hints and tips that might help you move forward, or decide to get out of the relationship all together.ARTArticleInfidelity: Coping with The Relationship CrisisInfidelity can lead to the end of marriages, but dealing with such problems could prevent the marriage from crumbling apart. When the chemistry of love between two individuals comes to a standstill, there must have been progressive conditions that neither partner was willing to admit. Dealing with infidelity could be emotionally draining when a person does not seek professional help.ARTArticleInfidelity: The Importance of BoundariesMany people who are in a relationship fear the potential for a partner's infidelity. All of us have seen cheating and the emotional wreckage caused by it portrayed in films, novels, music, and magazines. Many among us have also been subject to the infidelity of a significant other or spouse, or maybe we were the one who ended up straying.ARTArticleInfidelity: What Does it Mean to You?A huge fear of many people in a relationship is the prospect of a partner's infidelity. We have all seen depictions of cheating, and the emotional upheaval it causes for the other partner, in movies, books, and magazines. Many of us have also weathered a spouse or significant other's infidelity, or perhaps we have been the one to stray.ARTArticleIs Social Technology Helping or Hurting Your Relationship?This is a topic close to my heart, as I am married to a techie geek. I'm not insulting him - he would probably take it as a compliment, actually. And well he should. Were it not for my husband's tech prowess, I'd still be rolling paper into our old dot-matrix printer and trying to figure out the fax machine. He has succeeded in dragging his at-times technophobic wife into the 21st century, and truly, it needed to happen. This is a wave - a tsunami - that unless we get on top of, we will find ourselves drowned by.ARTArticleIt’s National Procrastination Week!Since the beginning of time, people have been prone to procrastinate. Some of them are embarrassed by it (“Sorry, I’m late.”), some brag about it (“I put the “pro” in procrastination”) and still others have created a holiday for it.ARTArticleLearning Learning StylesYou can’t teach somebody something in English if all they speak is Spanish. Well, you can if you are showing them, rather than telling them. Likewise, if you want to teach effectively, you need to understand the student’s preferred learning style. Some people do really well with wordy explanations, while others don’t and would prefer visual type education. Whether you are a parent, a coach, a teacher or a manger, you likely find yourself in a position of having to educate people in your environment. It behooves you to have some understanding of different learning styles.ARTArticleLoneliness and Emotional Eating Part IMy client Alexis (name-changed), a forty-four year old web designer, has been single her entire life. Without partner or child, she often feels invisible at social gatherings filled with couples and families. Her parents passed away in the last few years and as an only child without much extended family, she often feels a painful, overwhelming and at times paralyzing sense of loneliness. She “uses” food regularly to comfort and soothe the loneliness. A few times per week she has a large binge, generally when she feels depressed and anxious.ARTArticleLoneliness and Emotional Eating Part IIChronic loneliness is a symptom and signal that you are disconnected from one or more of the three main sources of soul nourishment and sustenance: Self, Others and Spirituality. Some level of a positive connection to all three sources is essential for good emotional and physical health. In Part I of this article, I addressed Self-connection and shared with you a few steps you can take for improving it. In this section, I’ll discuss social and spiritual connection.ARTArticleLove: The StoryLove: The Story
The story of love seeped its way into our psyches since birth. Heard hundreds of times by the fourth grade, “The Story” presents two young people who fall in love at first sight, after years of passion-fueled banter, on the third date after the first kiss with a friend’s cousin’s neighbor. Sometimes, The Story uses a glass slipper, often a spectacular twist of Fate, but never portrays true human flaws.
The Story chases us until we catch it. Then, it forms a chasm between our partner and us. The relationship and our partner don’t stand a chance.ARTArticleManufacturing Mental IllnessThe American Psychiatric Association is now working on the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, otherwise known as the DSM. There will be some new categories as well as some possible exclusions of what is considered a “mental illness.”ARTArticleMarriage and InfidelityMarriage & infidelity is a sentence that goes hand in hand. A lot of people are not interested in God any-more, apart from on their wedding day. However, if they gave God a chance they may find that their relationship lasts.
Getting married doesn't count for anything nowadays. However, that is not to say that divorce should be viewed in a negative way. People need to change their mindset about divorce.