How not to take rejection and disappointment so personally in your personal and professional relationships
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What If the Royals Were Your In-laws – Don’t Let Quirky Family Traditions Intimidate You
The stress of the holidays is complicated by family rules and ‘ways’ and style differences that have been passed down through the generations. Gift-giving can be especially troublesome.
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Haunted By a Panicky Phone Call From a Peoples Temple Member
“Help me, please help me.” A panicky payphone call from a Peoples Temple member begging for help. She was on her way to Jonestown in Guyana. I’ve been haunted by her voice and her words ever since.
Categories: cult, Cult, Current Affairs, Evergreen Cemetery, Fear, Fielding McGehee, Guyana, Jim Jones, Jonestown, Jonestown Institute, Mass murder, Peoples Temple, Rebecca Moore, Suicide, suicide -
Needing to Feel Safe Amid Hate-filled/Fear-driven/Revenge-generated Horrors
Hate-filled/Fear-driven/Revenge-generated – one horror followed by another. Fear takes over and it’s difficult to feel safe and secure.
Categories: Anger, Anti-Semitism. Hate, atrocity, atrocity, massacre, mass killing, Current Affairs, domestic terrorism, Fear, Fear, Fred Rogers, Jamal Khashoggi, Loyalty/Betrayal, mass killings, Mass Shootings, Mass Shootings, massacre, pipe bombs, Pittsburgh, Safety, Saudi Consulate, Security, Squirrel Hill, Tree of Life synagogue -
Traumatic Memory As It Relates To “Big Bad Brett Kavanaughty”
With the telling of Christine Blasey Ford’s story of sexual assault by Brett Kavanaugh, around the world long-forgotten memories have been awakened. We explore here how traumatic memories are processed, filed and stored and what happens when they suddenly reappear…
Categories: adrenaline, amygdala, Anniversary Reactions, anxiety, Brett Kavanaugh, central memory, Christine Blasey Ford, Clarence Thomas, cortisol, Debbie Ramirez, Donald Trump, EFT, EMDR, Emotional Freedom Technique, hippocampus, Neuroplasticity, norepinephrine, peripheral memory, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, sexual assault, stress hormones, trauma, traumatic memory -
R-E-S-P-E-C-T for Senator John McCain
In this time of political disrespect, incivility, insults, taunting and shaming, it was refreshing to see a consistent model of integrity and decency – Senator John McCain – and it offered a sense of security.