Embracing Your Life Journey: The Key of Self-Compassion by Dr. Carla Manly Are you hard on yourself? Do you find that you judge your progress or pace if life?? Is your inner voice telling you that you?re not ?there? yet?but that you should be? ?If this sounds familiar, now?s the perfect moment to pause to […]
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Intrusive thoughts can take a couple of forms after a narcissistic relationship; they can be either positive or negative. In this article, I’m going to focus on the negative intrusive thoughts. These are the painful, distressing, involuntary memories associated with the trauma of the relationship. I find intrusive thoughts particularly tough, because they do not require any triggers for
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What It Really Means to Take Care of Yourself Why It’s Not All About Massages and Green Juices Real self-care probably isn’t what you think it is. It isn’t all about escaping and relaxing. Although it pays off for your wellbeing in the long run, in the present, self-care can be a hard thing to
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The experience of grief can vary widely from person to person and may involve a range of emotions, such as sadness, anger, guilt, anxiety, and despair. Grief can also affect an individual’s thinking and cognition, leading to difficulty concentrating, making decisions, or remembering things. Physical symptoms of grief may include fatigue, insomnia, and headaches. Grief
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here are 4 research-backed ways to find moments of connection with loved ones and strangers A woman and her fiancé joke and laugh together while playing video games after a long day. A college freshman interrupts verbal harassment aimed at a neighbor, who expresses gratitude as they walk home together. A man receives a phone
Feeling connected enhances mental and physical health By Dave Smallen Read More »
The wound of being ‘too intense’ What is Toxic Family Dynamics? Toxic Family Dynamics come in various forms and can damage a child’s development in visible and invisible ways. Some of the toxic family dynamics that sensitive/ intense children can get locked into include: Having depressed or emotionally blank parents, having controlling parents, enmeshment, having
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If you’ve ever felt uneasy around a person who didn’t seem to consider your boundaries, you know how disorienting it can be. Today, Dr. Monica Johnson discusses seven warning signs that a person might be a predator. There is no way to tell at a glance if someone is a predator. But if
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Do you have trouble with interpersonal relationships? Have you been told you’re a bit too harsh, critical, intense, or overbearing? This week, the Savvy Psychologist will help you focus on a communication skill designed to help you have more effective communication in your relationships. You know I love a good acronym. This week,
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An increasing number of workers fear their jobs will be replaced by robots….and they will be. Robots don’t get bored, need vacations, have kids to be driven to football practice or sick family members, and make less careless errors. We will more than likely see fewer humans hired for such jobs as food preparers and
Robots, Replacements, and Reinvention by Dr Nancy Irwin Read More »
Why Do Narcissists Date Younger Women? When self-esteem enhancement is the main goal, a younger woman is the answer. KEY POINTS Narcissistic men often choose to date much younger attractive women because they view them as status-enhancers. A younger woman is more likely to be impressed by a narcissist than a woman his own
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