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Eight Year Old Boy Gives This Soldier A Priceless Gift
In the memory of his Father, an 8 year old boy transcends his chronological age, displays the wisdom of selflessness and gratitude, and moved to "pay it forward." Sometimes we question our legacy, the feeling that we are really making a...
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Do You Know Why You Do Anything Twice? If Yes, You...
Understand why you keep going back for more! If you know why you do anything twice, you understand addiction. Addiction begins in the need to survive and feel pleasure, both of these primary human concerns are directed and supported...
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Recovering from Broken Happiness: Recovery Capital
Your Unique Happiness Do you know what makes you happy? Are you happy? Were you once happy, but have not been able to reclaim it? Happiness is unique to each of us, we call it subjective well-being. Your “feeling” of being...
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Key Steps to Sleeping in Early Recovery
Sleep deprivation is well documented as having serious effects on our health and wellness. Too little sleep, which for most adults is between 7.5 and 9 hours per night and for high school and college students is 9.25 hours per night,...
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Personal Transformation Through Opposition
What is the potential that exists in each one of us? What is one person able to do? Can one person truly change the world? Opposition itself has a demand quality to it. It has a way of compressing the attitude of apathy,...
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Stress Is Very Dangerous To Your Health If You Do Not...
Is Stress Harmful? The answer to the question is--it depends. The report of the recent American Psychological Association’s “Stress in America” study has received a lot of attention, particularly due to the findings...
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Well-Being And Happiness Is A Matter Of Perception
One day, over thirty years ago, after hours of searching for a contact in Soweto, a black township in South Africa just outside Johannesburg, we finally found the home of an individual who requested we visit. After one of the kindest...
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Your Empathy In Conflict Depends Upon Your Worldview
Relational conflict is inevitable and a part of our lives. Understanding the way we view the world strongly influences the way we approach conflict. More specifically, your world view influences the role that empathy plays in your...
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What Do I Focus On & What Do I Manage?
When I was first learning to mountain bike, I felt that my personal safety and survival warranted the value to receive some instruction. As a result, I took some lessons from a mountain biking instructor at a mountain resort. As I...
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