Tag: Self care
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Being the Parent You Always Needed
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There are many kinds of children and at least as many varieties of parents. When you think about the endless combinations, it’s a wonder things work out as well as they do. Sometimes our parents and their parenting styles are a good match for us and their influence on our lives is mostly beneficial. They…
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Compassionate Self-Care
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Most of us would never consider neglecting our children or pets. That would be cruel. We also know what happens when we neglect important relationships. They wither and fade away. Neglect our car, it malfunctions and dies. Neglect our schoolwork or jobs, our performance suffers and we fall behind. But, what about neglecting ourselves? Many…
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Build Yourself a “Happiness Box”
I always learn so much from the people I work with, whether it be clients, colleagues, or other professionals. One creative individual shared with me an idea that has been useful to them and I think it may be of benefit to others as well. This person created something called a “happiness box”, which is…
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How to Give Yourself a Bad Case of Depression
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Although major depression is a medical condition that is largely out of a person’s control, the following is a tongue-in-cheek list of some things you can do if you want to increase the odds that you will become depressed or stay depressed: Think negatively The way you think will influence how you feel and behave.…
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Selflessness
Our society values and encourages selflessness. We think about self-sacrifice and putting others before ourselves as virtuous qualities. To be selfless means, “having no regard to self”. Although we may choose to act selflessly at times (which can be a wonderful thing), we cannot completely disregard ourselves. Remember the Zen-Buddhist saying, “Wherever you go, there…