“The Weird Sisters” by Eleanor Brown, Sibling Position, Part 1 of 2

“The Weird Sisters” by Eleanor Brown, Sibling Position, Part 1 of 2 Before launching into this article, you might want to read: 1.  What Does Your Sibling Position Have to Do with Your Relationship? Walter Toman’s Birth Order Tendencies 2.  The Myth that More Attention is Better—Coming. 3.  Me? Host Thanksgiving? …

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Is Following Your Dream Ruining Your Life? American Pharaoh and You

Is Following Your Dream Ruining Your Life?  American Pharaoh and You What? Isn’t it important to ‘follow your dream?’ And isn’t Victor Espinoza, the jockey for American Pharaoh, just the example we need to be inspired? After all, Victor was one of eleven children born into a poor farm family …

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Robin, How We Loved You, We Haven’t Forgotten

Robin, How We Loved You, We Haven’t Forgotten One year ago, Robin Williams killed himself. It was a ‘marker day’ for those of us who knew only what he gave us and not the despair in his heart. “A marker day is a day when something unexpected and irreversible happens …

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Suzi. She Brought Out the Best in Me, Emotions and Stress

Suzi. She Brought Out the Best in Me Emotions and Stress Suzi went travelling this morning. She’s the tan and white one. She was almost 24 years old. I’ve always believed pets are on this earth to remind us that we were created to live in joy. In joy now. …

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Emotions and Thinking: Is Stealing Always Wrong?

*****Bizarre video gift at the end of the post. A taste of Mexico City at dark. No sound and a lot of sidewalk shots, but hey, I did this by my techo-challenged self! Is Stealing Bad? Is Someone Who Steals a Bad Person? A Supplement to MysteryShrink and the Emotional …

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Emotions: Living in the Now or ‘How to Visualize Whirled Peas’

Emotions: Living in the Now or ‘How to Visualize Whirled Peas’ Emotions:  The Old Man, His Mop, and His Gift How do you ‘live in the now’ when life takes a dive suddenly and forever?  And you’re a kid? The Ruiz Gallindo Hotel is nestled in Fortín de la Flores, …

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It’s Not What Happens to You, It’s What Happens Next . . .

Dateline: Albuquerque Airport, New Mexico. October 2011.  “Land of Enchantment?  Really?” It’s Not What Happens to You, It’s What Happens Next . . . . The ‘Stolen Luggage Incident’ Encore The airline tickets were purchased at a sale price five months ago.  The Santa Fe Hilton had a double points special.  I’d timed …

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