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Unlocking True Happiness: Beyond Materialism And Social Media Likes

Unlocking True Happiness: Beyond Materialism And Social Media Likes

I am sure we would all agree that happiness is a valuable commodity sought after by most people. But I believe that when most people are asked what brings happiness most citizens of western developed countries would provide a litany of expected answers. Examples would include money, good looks, successful career, athletic prowess or social popularity. With the advent of social media the happiness formula now includes the number of “likes” or followers on the ever expanding internet platforms. Most…

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the importance of meaningfulness
Our Search for Meaningfulness

Our Search for Meaningfulness

The human brain is a curious organ. It is programmed from birth to actively search the world around us. As we get older and mature this search gets fine tuned and focused. We pursue education, friendships, hobbies, sports. Our quest for life experience allows us to learn about the world around us and just as importantly develop a better sense of our own identity. We progress from a period of knowledge acquisition (“knowing”) that can last decades into a prolonged…

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Dealing With Adversity

Dealing With Adversity

We all deal with adversity. No one is spared. But one of the central challenges in a person’s transition from childhood to adulthood is learning how to cope with tough times. In this brief article I hope to highlight some of the wisdom I have learned from years of practicing my profession and living my life. Locus of control is a psychological concept that describes a core aspect of the human psyche, simply speaking, being in control. Anything that deprives…

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Debunking our personal mythology

Debunking our personal mythology

Personal myths are ubiquitous. We all come out of childhood with our own unique complement of myths. What is a myth? A myth is nothing more than a false belief and in some cases an entire file cabinet of notions that are untrue. But there is a hitch; the myth holder is totally unaware of the invalidity of his/her myth(s)! So many of us go through our lives without the slightest insight that many of our core beliefs and self-concepts…

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Just say no…to negativity

Just say no…to negativity

We are living in a world that is bombarding us with negative energies, whether it is the 6 o’clock news sharing the area’s crime, accidents and social scandals or the 24/7 availability of the worst events of the World Wide Web. We may not be able to control the content of the electronic media but we can elect to limit our exposure to it. I frequently urge my patients to limit their exposure to traumatic media and be on the…

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Positive Thinking, Goal Setting, and New Years Resolutions

Positive Thinking, Goal Setting, and New Years Resolutions

Did you make any New Years resolutions this year? Are you still on track with the promises you made to “better yourself” this year?  Probably not – if you are like most of us, you had great intentions, but you won’t even make it past the end of January before you give up on them.  Why can’t we stick to those resolutions? We know they will help us become better people in some way – we’ll lose some weight, start…

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