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Seasons Change and So Did I |
10/18/2011 |
Have you noticed the days getting shorter and dusk creeping in just a smidge earlier every day? I'll admit I do love this time of year, what with the changing leaves and shorter days and cooling temperatures. Yes, it's just a natural part of the... |
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Celebrations and Intention |
10/11/2011 |
Yesterday my family celebrated (Canadian) Thanksgiving with my father, who's visiting us here in Portland. At one point I realized that this celebration marked the beginning of a string of back-to-back holidays that will ultimately lead to the new... |
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It's Family History Month! |
10/04/2011 |
October is Family History Month. What a great time to celebrate not just your current family but also your ancestral roots. How much do you know about the genealogy of your family? Do you know from what parts of this wide, wonderful world your family... |
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The Healthiness of Hope |
09/27/2011 |
How often do you start a sentence with "I hope"? Hope is a funny thing. On the one hand, it expresses your belief that things can and might well be better or go your way. On the other hand, hope is a little bit scary. After all, the simple act of hope... |
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The Power of Being Polite |
09/20/2011 |
Political campaigns have really kicked in high gear with the straw polls and debates lately, and sometimes it's hard not to think of the term "mud slinging" when you follow the stories or see them reported on in the media. While it's true that... |
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Searching for Meaning |
09/13/2011 |
Eventually we all get around to pondering the meaning of life. Truth be told, the sooner we delve into this question, the better chance our chances of finding an answer that appeals to and resonates with us. I watch many of my life coaching clients... |
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Degrees of Persistence |
09/06/2011 |
Complaining, criticizing, freaking out, nagging, whining and yelling generally don't get you what you want from a colleague, friend, spouse or other family member. Generally, directly and clearly asking for what you want has a higher success rate, but... |
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The Honesty and Healing Power of Humor |
08/30/2011 |
The last time you found yourself in an unfamiliar situation, how did you respond? Did you shrink in on yourself, or did you approach it with good humor and a sense of adventure? Research has long told us that humor and laughter can counteract the... |
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Generating Renewal |
08/23/2011 |
It’s back-to-school time: a time of new beginnings in which children release the old and begin generating the new. Similarly, many of Therapy in Transition's clients fall into those same habits built on 13 or more years in the public school system and... |
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Real Communication in a Cyber World |
08/16/2011 |
Use of the Internet has become so ubiquitous that's it's hard to remember that most of us had never even been online a short 15 years ago. And even if we were, none of us imagined we'd be wondering around the World Wide Web on tiny devices that fit in... |
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Compassionate Communication |
08/09/2011 |
I find most people easy to be around, but others are a different story entirely. It's not that they're mean, per se; rather, others get along with them just fine - and usually so do I. But these particular people present a challenge because I find it... |
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From Worrywart to Worry-Free |
08/02/2011 |
Ever had one of those nights where you can't sleep, or a day at work where you're so fixated on some niggling issue that you can't clear your mind and get to work? Anxiety and worry can prevent us from achieving success and living a life that allows... |
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Stretching Time |
07/26/2011 |
We've all felt as though there just wasn't enough time in the day to do everything we wanted (or even needed) to do. But did you know you can "stretch" time so that it better serves you? You can make time go farther and then use it more for what you... |
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Using Your Gifts |
07/19/2011 |
Sometimes this world is just a hard place in which to live. Prejudice, oppression, injustice, self-destruction, addiction: the suffering we see our fellow human beings experiences can cause our own despair to balloon when it reaches a fever pitch.... |
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Pull the Plug on Panic |
07/12/2011 |
You can't turn on the television or open a newspaper without running into one of those cryptic story teasers designed to scare you into submission about something. Those teasers are designed to create curiosity and force you to tune in at 11 or turn... |
