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A Personality Disorder Diagnosis – Helpful, or a Trap?

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First, what are personality disorders? Personality disorders are labels created by mental health professionals to describe groups of people with ways of thinking, behaving, and seeing the world that do not fit the societal norm. A person seen as having a personality disorder has longstanding challenges with relating to other people and can find it

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TRUST – Is it Given or is it Earned?

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Trust. Some would say its an emotion while others may say its a logical reference in how we feel towards another person. Then some would say it is both. But what and where does it actually stem from. When we meet someone new some people will use their first impression of that person as their directive to trust that person or not. No doubt sometimes those first impression are very accurate. We tend not to trust people right away. Then there is the other side to that. We may think that someone is not to be trusted or they seem unpleasant when in reality, this person has just lost a loved one, or perhaps they are having financial problems or someone just robbed …

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Quotes of Wisdom: Buddha on Truth

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The Truth is not arbitrary or a matter of opinion, but can be investigated, ?and those who earnestly search for the Truth will find It. The Truth is? hidden to the blind, but he who has the mental eye sees the Truth. ~ Buddha Related posts: Christmas Message From The Buddha

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… because it defines you

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“Do something because it defines you.” Not because someone is pushing your buttons.  Not because of thoughtless pressure and mindless obligation imposed by others. You’re the one who has to look in the mirror and see who’s looking back.  Do what you do because it’s an expression of you. – We’ve been working on a new website! Whenever we read these posts, we’re inspired to write our own private thoughts. Now

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Self-Esteem, Your Response to Self-Image

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We all have a certain image of ourselves. This mental image is based on our personal assessment of our abilities, looks, intelligence, popularity and any number of other personal qualities. Our emotional evaluation of that image will determine our level of self-esteem. Even though we tend to think that our self-image is accurate and based on reality, it’s not. People rarely see themselves objectively…

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Why Spiritual Awakening Can Be so Uncomfortable

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I've talked about a lot of the discomforts and pains that can come up on this blog many times before. As I've often said, you can feel discomfort in any part of your body or energy field. All of you is embraced by a spiritual awakening. Where you are in resistance to that embrace and to your own divine energy is where you will experience pain.One point that I haven't…

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Why Can’t I Just Eat Healthy? The Psychology of Food Choices

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Wellbeing is the buzz word in psychology lately, with the connection between physical and mental health increasingly made. Healthy eating is an obvious part of the self-care equation, and most of us know what that involves. So why do so many of us struggle to make healthy food choices despite knowing how to eat well?  Are you using …