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Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Having suffered since childhood from depression, I was deeply moved by an article I read on washingtonpost.com written by Daniele Seiss, entitled “Running For My Life“.
I began running to get fit and to shed some pounds and also discovered, accidentally, the huge benefits that pounding the earth has on my mental state. While I can never [...]
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
I havea new article posted today at mychildfeels.com called “Name and NAIM Your Child“.
This is a great new website dedicated to exploring feelings in children from all perspectives. I’ve become a regular contributor there.
Enjoy!
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Thursday, August 27th, 2009
I’ve become a regular contributor at a new website called mychildfeels.com. It’s a website dedicated to exploring feelings in children from all perspectives.
Check out my article “Anxiety In Children” posted there today.
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Saturday, July 11th, 2009
As a young mother I noticed that from an early age my children were drawn to stories that explored feelings of fear, sadness and anger. I remember clearly my eldest son, who is now 26, loved a particular book called “Sooty’s Painting Trip” by Lesley Young (seems to be out of print now). In this [...]
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
How many possibilities are there to think? To behave? To see? To imagine?
Most of us would have trouble putting a number to this question. How gallant we are when we don’t need to be! How we answer this question when we are content is unimportant.
When life throws us challenges, when doors close or slam in [...]
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Saturday, April 18th, 2009
My son Adam has a lovely voice and loves to sing. I know there are those who think that I see him through rose-tinted glasses. I see it a little differently.
Why is it that the better we know someone the less acceptable it is to extol their virtues? Shouldn’t this be the exact opposite?
Beginning with [...]
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Jump. Stand. Run. Walk. Smile. Frown. Cry. Laugh.
Do them all with love, thought and soul. Then, you will be living.
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Saturday, February 14th, 2009
I have not experienced anything equal to the glorious pain of childbirth. It was pain in its purist form. Moments in time when only the present existed. At that time I wanted it gone but looking back I think it was probably the only time in my life when I have felt angst-free. I believe [...]
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Truth – a word bandied around by so many. If the discovery of truth exists I don’t think it is reachable by man. It is presumptuous of any of us to believe that we, with the limitations of our human minds, can state that we have the truth in hand. And yet so many people espousing religions, [...]
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Thursday, January 15th, 2009
I’m back! I apologize for the dry patch of blogs. The webmaster (aka Gaurav) is revamping the website! Please excuse the unfinished new categories but the wait will be worth it. The blog has also been updated to a much more user friendly one – for me! When I see what goes into the back [...]
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