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ARTArticleDo You Ever Question: What is Alcoholism and What is Drug Addiction Really?Do you ask yourself the questions, 'what is alcoholism or what is drug addiction really?' because you really want to understand the nature of addiction? So if you are one of those people, hopefully I can help. Now you need to understand that alcoholism and drug addiction can be quite complex to ...ARTArticleEffective Therapy For Anxiety DisordersAnxiety disorders, even severe cases, can now be considered quite treatable. Physicians are routinely prescribing a variety of medications that can make it easier for people to overcome phobias, panic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Cognitive-behavioral therapists are also ...ARTArticleEffective Therapy For Anxiety DisordersAnxiety disorders, even severe cases, can now be considered quite treatable. Physicians are routinely prescribing a variety of medications that can make it easier for people to overcome phobias, panic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Cognitive-behavioral therapists are also ...ARTArticleIf Only is a Very Common Thought - Does It Do any Good? Part 3 in the Inner Motivation seriesAs you saw previously in this Inner Motivation series, everybody has both a negative and a positive side to their character. The Cherokee Indians say you have a black wolf strenuously promoting the negative, and your white wolf gently advocating the positive. Following the black wolf has arduous consequences, while the white wolf brings you more desirable circumstances. If Only ... In the past, how much time have you spent saying: "If only..."? As in: "If only this had happened," or: "If only I had done that?"ARTArticleInspiration and the Origin of Negative Consequences. Part 2 in the Inner Motivation seriesThe Cherokee Indians say that everybody is internally motivated, as you saw in part one of this Inner Motivation series. They know that, along with everybody else, you have both a white wolf and a negative black wolf to provide internal guidance! Do you Just Know?ARTArticleLost Trust in Your Partner? CORE Strategies Help You Regain ItLoss of trust in a love relationship can come about as a result of infidelity, a partner lying about money, one partner failing to be a loyal ally when needed, and many other ways. Regardless of the cause, when couples are faced with the dilemma of rebuilding trust after a betrayal, there are four strategies that can help. We call these CORE strategies. CORE is an acronym for Communication, Opportunity, Renegotiation, and Empathy.ARTArticleMaintaining Peace withi OurselvesIt is especially hard these days to maintain a center of equilibrium amid the pressures and stresses of daily life. It’s difficult to escape reading or hearing stories and murky pieces of information that bring us down, making us question the sanity of the world and the viability of our own futures. We long for supportive connections with others, loving communities, and homes where we can escape from the chaos and bad news.ARTArticleObsessive-Compulsive DisorderObsessive-compulsives have confused and frustrated their families, their doctors and themselves. Their symptoms seem bizarre at first glance. They may fear hurting relatives whom they actually like. They can be convinced that their spouses will have car accidents unless they tap their feet in ...ARTArticlePractical Techniques For Coping With Anxiety And PanicAll effective coping techniques aim to teach you that anxiety is a normal, natural, manageable psychophysiological state. In other words, anxiety is OK. 1. Focus on the present. When anxious, be aware if your attention is on the future (“I’m going to have a heart attack if I stay this ...ARTArticleRecreating Our ImaginationAs a child growing up in the rough rural countryside of Texas in the fifties and sixties I was given a large amount of time to create what my imagination desired. It was a rich world full of made of stories, games and projects created from my imagination. In the quiet lifestyle I was able to ...ARTArticleRelea ing To Feel Yourself AgainWe are living during a time of some of the greatest developments of the human psyche in the history of the world. It is a time that many are awakening to their inner gifts thus awareness, intuition and abilities to manifest things that we wish for take on new possibilities. It is a great time ...ARTArticleStrength in CommunityI recently wrote about the complicated feelings that parents have when their child is diagnosed with a learning disability. While these feelings are all a normal part of coping with a special needs child in your family, they can interfere with your well being and your ability to advocate for your child unless you find ways to support and take care of yourself.ARTArticleThe Art Of Processing EmotionsMany of us spend hours regularly processing emotions that we experience in our lives. It is in the belief that if we come to a place of resolve with them that we would be happier and/or be more present in our lives. Processing emotions is a skill that many have difficulty doing especially if ...ARTArticleTreatment Options for Drug Addiction and Alcohol AddictionSo you've identified that you or someone you love needs help. So what then are the options are far as alcoholism addiction treatment and treatment for drug addiction? In my opinion, you should always try and make rehab/treatment program your first choice. You'll typically spend 4-6 weeks ...ARTArticleAn Alte ative Approach To DepressionDepression is often termed ‘anger turned inwards’. In other words anger suppressed or buried within us to the point that we do not feel the anger anymore. What shows up instead is depression. Most people might respond by saying: “I’m not angry, I do have issues with depression.” Or say, ...ARTArticleAre You Willing to Pay the Price? Part 3 in the Most Important Question seriesHaving chosen your most important question, see the previous articles in this series, there are some crucial related questions for you to answer. Actions have Consequences Are you prepared to pay the price? Your actions will provide the answer in due course, yet to ensure your future has some resemblance to your goals and dreams, the secret of success is to answer it now - in advance.ARTArticleBest Feet ForwardThat’s how we all want to start the school year—with our best feet forward. This morning as I returned from walking my dog, I met a neighbor Mom and her two young children. They were returning from a trial walk to the local elementary school. The older child is starting kindergarten, and they had timed the walk to school. “Thirteen to fifteen minutes, including dilly-dallying.” What good planning, I thought. School doesn’t start here until next Tuesday, but my neighbor was establishing their morning routine now. By the look of it, it had been a pleasant outing.ARTArticleDeadly Combination: What Is Really In Illegal Drugs?The concoctions of chemicals being used to create the deadly mixtures being used to create illegal drugs will astonish most people. Not only are the chemicals dangerous but the amount of each chemical that is added to illegal drugs drastically varies depending on who is mixing the combination. ...ARTArticleDeadly Drug Craze...CheeseHearing “Cheese” does not mean to flash your pearly whites for the camera anymore. Cheese is the nickname for the emerging deadly drug craze sweeping the country. It is also known as Cheese-Heroin and it is the new face of heroin. It is a combination of black tar heroin and Tylenol PM ...ARTArticleDiscovering Your Purpose & PassionI love being around people who are filled with an infectious enthusiasm for life. They are inspiring and energize me to accomplish my own goals. Wouldn’t you like to be that person? The type of person that others crave to be around? A person filled with purpose and passion for life? Stop ...ARTArticleDo you defer gratification by doing it now or later? Part 2 in the Most Important Question seriesYou saw that there are four important questions which you can ask yourself as you make a decision. Those questions, from the first in this Most Important Question series, are: - Do I feel like doing it? - Do I want to do it? - Is it me? - Do I want the results that doing it will bring? Which one do you Generally Choose?ARTArticleHow do You Choose to Do What You Do? Part 1 in the Most Important Question seriesMaking the right choices is a crucial secret of success in life. But how do you make the decisions you make? How do You Make your Choices? Some people muddle through without a viable strategy to give them the results they want. Then they're surprised when those results don't show up in their life. Is there a viable strategy for making a choice which helps you achieve your goals? If so, what is it? What a valuable investigation!ARTArticleHow To Stop Drinking And Taking DrugsIf you’re looking for advice on how to stop drinking and taking drugs, hopefully I can help. But before I do that, let me give you the bad news first ... If you’re looking for a genuine solution to alcoholism or drug addiction and really want to stop drinking and using, ultimately ...ARTArticleOxygenate Your Life With Transformational BreathingHow important is our Breath? • 60% of our energy comes from our Breath. • Most of us utilize only 15-25% of our breathing capacity at any given time and are often in a state of oxygen (and therefore energy) deprivation. • The vast majority of us are ‘shallow breathers’ who breathe solely in ...ARTArticleWarning: Household Products Used As Inhalants...Causing Addiction & Death In TeenagersMany parents do not know until it is too late…common household products are being used by teenagers as inhalants to get a short intense euphoric high. These inhalants are as inconspicuous and inexpensive as furniture polish or nail polish remover. Parents rarely question their child if they ...ARTArticleWhy Am I More Stressed Out Than You?Emotional and cognitive stress is a subjective response, experienced by the body, to a particular situation or thought. Stress can motivate us to perform at optimal levels, and it can also cause us to feel helpless and we emotionally shut down. How we perceive a stressful event or thought determines the response by our bodies. In some cases we perceive the stress as a challenge and are able to adapt, but in other cases our strategies for coping are not able to adequately manage the stress and we feel anxious, depressed and/or uncomfortably out of control of the situation.ARTArticleBack to School JittersWe are into the second full week of August, and I have received my first call about a child who is anxious about school starting. The reminders are everywhere. The advertisements are on television for back to school supplies and clothes. Children with learning disabilities and others who are simply anxious are beginning to have difficulty sleeping at night. They might also be more irritable and rigid during the day. How to cope? This is no fun for parents either.ARTArticleCoping With StressEverything that has an impact on us from within or without is stressful. Heat, light, sound, job and relationship expectations, change, etc. all create a certain amount of stress. Only when this stress builds to the point of DISTRESS within an individual is the FEAR (Fight- ...ARTArticleDo you just Know About It, or have Authentic Hands-on Experience? Part 4 in the Do What Works seriesDo Only What Works To achieve the results you want, you need to do what works and not to do what doesn't work. And it's your job to ascertain which is which! Once you know the difference you'll be more effective in achieving your goals.ARTArticleEpigenetic Approach To Couple ConflictsEpigenetic System allows you to understand and act upon certain scenarios which otherwise we don´t have much orientation. Based upo Integral Psychology & Integral Models (such as Wilber´s AQAL and Beck´s SD Integral), helps us with a "map" to read efficiently specific areas of the complex human ...

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