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ARTArticle"I'll Quit Tomorrow" - Dealing with Co-Existing "Addictions"Cross addiction or multiple addictions are a fact of life inherent within the eating disordered community. Many of us come to the rooms of a 12-step program, treatment facility, or related support group intending to tackle our "primary problem" such as alcoholism, drug dependency, or an eating disorder. However, many of us realize we have other addictions to manage beside the one we think is a "biggest problem.".Putting off the need to tackle the remaining addiction(s) has brought many a recovering person back to his or her primary addiction.ARTArticle"Three Way's to ROCK out the WEEK for WORKING WOMEN!!""Three Way's to ROCK out the WEEK for WORKING WOMEN!!"
1.2.3. …add a quote from a client’s progress of the week.ARTArticle"Who Burned My Roles" - Coping with changes after the loss of a spouseOur roles in life define us. Parent, spouse, student, employee, sibling, and offspring are some examples. Our identity is shaped by these roles.ARTArticle***Dive into Life!Sobbing, I exclaimed, “I finally have my life back!”
Sitting on a catamaran on a beach at Mission Bay in San Diego last week, my step-mom, sister, her boyfriend and I took time out to celebrate my brother, Kyle’s life on the anniversary of his death. He had been gone for twelve years now. We talked about what his life might be like if Cystic Fibrosis hadn’t ended it at the early age of fifteen. Would he be married? What type of work would he be doing? What type of person would he be?ARTArticle***Emerging From a CocoonDiscouraged, I thought, “I wish I could afford to go to therapy.” The grief over my last miscarriage and my pet’s illnesses weighed heavy on me. Further, for the past nine years, I had experienced one early pregnancy loss after another. Tired of leaning on my husband and friends for support, I largely dealt with my grief on my own.ARTArticle***Navigating GriefGrief is a mysterious creature. It lurks unnoticed in the dark corners of our hearts only to be un-leashed by the simplest of provocations…listening to a song, looking at a picture, watching a movie, a brief thought or memory flashes through our minds reminding us of our loss. All of a sudden, a torrent of tears wells up within and comes tumbling out, unannounced. In amazement, we wonder, “Where did that come from? I thought I was done grieving.” Just when we feel we have grieved all we can, there is still more.ARTArticle***The Heart Rock StoryCruising on I-90 form Washington back to Colorado, John and I are ready for rest after eight hours of driving. We stop at a campground with easy access to the freeway, just outside of Missoula, Montana. Fortunately, the campground is practically empty. We set up camp among tall ponderosa pines and bushes tucked away near a creek. It is the perfect respite from our long trip. Enjoying the solitude and beauty of our site, we decide to stay an extra day.ARTArticle***The Heart Rock StoryCruising on I-90 form Washington back to Colorado, John and I are ready for rest after eight hours of driving. We stop at a campground with easy access to the freeway, just outside of Missoula, Montana. Fortunately, the campground is practically empty. We set up camp among tall ponderosa pines and bushes tucked away near a creek. It is the perfect respite from our long trip. Enjoying the solitude and beauty of our site, we decide to stay an extra day.ARTArticle***Trusting the Seasons of Life“Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!” Absolute silence enveloped me except for the sound of my boots on the hard packed snow. I quickly shoved my gloved hands deep into my jacket pockets as I didn’t want my fingers to get frost bitten. With a scarf wrapped tightly around my neck, mouth and nose, and my wool hat on, I was fairly comfortable while walking my dog despite the frigid -8 degree temperature at ten in the morning.ARTArticle3 Grab and Go Stress Solutions for Busy People: CNBC ArticleStress Relief Expert Lauren E. Miller Offers Three Grab-and-Go Stress Solutions for Busy People
Published: Tuesday, 9 Aug 2011 | 8:30 AM ET
The American Psychological Association says stress costs corporations $300 billion a year in absences, medical costs, lost productivity and turnover.
But this doesn't have to happen.ARTArticle7 Pathways to Reduce Stress Among WomenThe race is on! Your alarm has rung; you bolt out of bed and begin to go through your mental “to do list”. Before the day has started, you are already feeling stressed. How can you possibly get everything done?
Fight or Flight Response
The physiological arousal caused by this types of life style mimics the fight or flight response. Your body goes through a number of changes:
• Your heart rate increases
• Your breathing may become shallow and rapid
• You experience butterflies in your stomachrARTArticleA “How to” Guide to Prevail against Parental Alienation: Lessons from “Huckleberry Finn”The Parental Alienation Syndrome, introduced by forensic psychiatrist Richard Gardner, carries the connotation of the mother as the predominant alienator. I have seen both mothers and fathers alienate their children from the other parent. I have therefore introduced the term malicious divorce syndrome as a gender- neutral name for this disorder.ARTArticleAbundant Boomer - How to Build Your Business When You're Still Working 9 - 5Most people who start a business online already work "9 to 5" at another job. If you're one of the people who have another job while you're starting your business take heart, you can do this! The fact is, being hungry is a key ingredient to your success. If you're hungry to get out of the rat race and leave the grind behind, you will work that much harder to create a business that allows you to do, just that.ARTArticleAdopt a Zero Tolerance Policy for self abuseI often hear from my overeating clients that they wish they could get motivated to take better care of themselves. They ask me “why is it that I can’t motivate myself to eat better and exercise consistently? It shouldn’t be this difficult!” While the answer will vary from person to person, one thing that I notice across the board is the lack of an inner nourishing voice.ARTArticleAdult ADHDMost of the talk and research about ADHD has been directed towards children with little more than passing reference to adult ADHD. Most adults with ADHD do not look like the typical depiction in childhood,
Typically, but not always, as kids with ADHD mature into adolescence, the hyperactive symptoms diminish. But, for some people, adult ADHD continues to cause significant adult problems.ARTArticleAn Anger Management Class Can Boost Your Emotional IQAn anger management class isn't necessarily the sort of thing that only violent people have to go through. It's a class that really anybody can benefit and profit from. Everybody can, because everybody carries some form of anger; it's a raw emotion that's universal. Countless movies and stories have been produced around just this emotion; in fact, some would say that it's an ete
al even essential part of being a person.ARTArticleAnger Management Classes and Genetic Vs Environmental AngerOne of the most frequently asked questions in anger management classes is whether one's anger problems are due to genetics or environment. At its most basic level anger is a survival mechanism which is hare wired into all of us. When you get angry, your sympathetic nervous system causes certain biological and physiological changes occur within your bodies. For example, the heart rate will begin to increase, blood pressure goes up, more adrenaline gets pumped into your body, and your hormones go out of control. In this sense, anger is a genetically based response to a threatening situation.ARTArticleAnger Management Classes for a Balanced LifeIn these stressful times maintaining balance in our lives can be challenging without anger management classes. With our emotions, we really have to subscribe to patterns. It's too tough to try to think our way out of emotional issues. This is why it's harder to make clearer decisions about a relationship, when the decisions are about a relationship that you're in. You need an outside perspective. Likewise, what you learn in anger management classes is that you often have to rely on the outside world, in order to get a grip on what's going on inside.ARTArticleAnger Management Classes Teach You to Regain ControlAnger management classes can teach you how to stay in control. After all, we've all probably heard the advice that we should keep our mouths closed if we do not have anything nice to say. Knowing that and applying it are two different things. When we are upset, we tend to say things that we should not. We end up saying things that really are better left unsaid. On several occasions, we end up saying things to purposely hurt a person's feelings. Situations like this often lead to relationships that are damaged beyond repair.ARTArticleAnger Management Classes: The Many BenefitsWhy attend anger management classes? As common an emotion as anger is, some people actually find it challenging to control anger-related outbursts. This often leads to a degradation of existing relationships while eliminating the possibility of creating new ones. People who have issues controlling their anger can attend anger management classes designed to help them understand the cause of their outbursts, recognize triggers, and control their emotions during frustrating or upsetting situations.ARTArticleAnger Management Course: What You Can Expect to LeaHave you been required to take an anger management course? What are such classes like?
These courses are not at all like some of the ways they are depicted in popular media. Anger management courses just teach basic life skills. With the help of a counselor participants learn how to improve their communication skills, develop empathy and increase emotional intelligence.ARTArticleAnger Management Techniques Evolve Over TimeAnger management techniques taught by a professional are helpful because anger is a super tough issue to try to combat on your own. It's tough because it's a complete mind game. It's something that completely happens inside, and what can you tell of your insides, from the inside? It's tough, and it's super complicated. This complication is something that modern anger management tecniques aim to combat, but techniques alone probably won't work, if you've been having these issues for a while.ARTArticleAnger Management Techniques for a New Lease on Life!Resolving to get control of your anger by learning a few anger management techniques is a great way to start off the summer. Lashing out at others when you are feeling most hurt and vulnerable is not uncommon but it can cause lasting damage to relationships both at home and at work.
Anger itself is not unnatural, unhealthy or sinful. How we deal with the emotion is what counts. Uncontrolled anger can undermine relationships and cause both physical and psychological problems.
Here are some anger management techniques that have worked for others.ARTArticleAnger Management Techniques SimplifiedEveryone can benefit from learning a few basic anger management techniques to help control anger and prevent it from hurting our relationships. Most people think they already know basic anger management techniques such as counting to ten or walking away but how many of these people can actually put them into practice?
This article will teach you some less well-known anger management techniques that you can practice regularly not just when you become angry.ARTArticleAnger Management Techniques to Diffuse AngerAnger management techniques are important because one of the most destructive forms of emotion in anybody's life is anger. Unfortunately, when a person becomes overloaded with stress, anxiety starts to kick in as well. Once all of this occurs, it becomes very easy to get angry, even if it is for the most insignificant reasons. While everyone loses it now and then, there are some people that suffer from uncontrollable rage, and when this occurs, the consequences can be devastating for anyone who happened to be in the path of that hurricane of emotion.ARTArticleAnger Management Techniques You Can Use On The FlyEveryone can benefit from learning a few anger management techniques. While anger is a very normal emotion that everyone expresses from time to time, it can become very destructive if you find yourself getting angry at the smallest things. Not only is it bad for your health, but it can cause your love ones to move further and further away from you with each episode that passes by. The good news is that there are effective Anger Management techniques that you can use on the spur of the moment to diffuse the situation before it occurs.ARTArticleAnger Management Techniques: 5 Ways to Get a GripAnger management techniques can help improve your relationships and lead to a healthier, happier life. Everyone feels angry sometimes. Learning how to manage our anger through anger management techniques, can help us channel our feelings into more productive outlets.ARTArticleAnger Management Techniques: An Overview of Why They're Important to LeaOne way to ensure that you control your temper and prevent it from being a destructive force in your life is by learning anger management techniques that can easily be taught to you by taking anger management classes. In fact, it is highly advised that you mix group sessions with one-on-one counseling, as this will help you to get a better insight as to why you find it difficult to control your emotions. While it is possible for people to be born with the tendency to get angry quickly, in most cases it has to do with something that happened in the past, such as a traumatic experience.ARTArticleAnger Management Techniques: The Key to a Happy RelationshipMastering anger management techniques is second nature to some people. Many of the rest of us, however, discover that we didn’t learn these skills growing up and it’s taking a toll on our relationships. Fortunately, it’s never too late to learn how to better manage our feelings and not let our emotions get out of control.
Feeling angry is perfectly normal, but knowing how to manage it and not let it get out of control is the key to long-lasting relationships. The following anger management techniques can help.ARTArticleAnger Management: An OverviewIf we were to define anger management, we would say that it is the usage of therapeutic techniques in order to help a person control their anger or aggression. In fact, in many countries, a person who has problems with controlling their temper will usually be court ordered to take anger management classes. While this is a very accurate definition, it is also very generalized, as there is a lot that goes on during therapy in order to control one's emotions.