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Leslie Pratch, Ph.D. | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Career Plateau, Glass Ceiling, Career Women, Investment Banking, U.S. Grant, Coping, Self-Esteem, Integrity, The Inner Life, Goals, Living News
Leslie Pratch, Ph.D.

The best strategies anticipate setbacks, develop options and prepare us to identify solutions. How openly and realistically we perceive problems profoundly influences our chances for success.

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What Happens When You Lose A Soul Mate?

divinecaroline.com | : Catherine Behan (View Profile) | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Grief, Death and Dying, Mourning, Widow, Coping, Loss, The Inner Life, Love, Grieving, Death, Living News

She walked to the kitchen to make a pot of coffee and paused, like always, gazing at the faded photo framed in the hallway. It had been twenty years a...

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3 Ways We Can Control Our Moods

Therese Borchard | Posted 08.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Moods, Coping, Depression, Moodiness, Anxiety, The Inner Life, Therese Borchard, Living News
Therese Borchard

Larry Drain of the Hopeworks Community blog wrote an excellent post on three things we can do about our moods: prevention, coping, learning. He writes...

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When Your Sibling Dies

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Michael Jackson, Sibling Loss, Coping, Loss, Hope, Grief, Death, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

I lost my Mom when I was seven so I have known since then, just how disorderly life can be. She was there one day and gone the next.

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Lord Shiva Kicks Ass: The Liberating Power of Loss

Dean Sluyter | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living

Read More: The Inner Life, Meditation, Recession, Coping, Loss, Haiku, Enlightenment, Shiva, Living News
Dean Sluyter

We're all in this same leaking, sinking boat. It's always been this way and always will. Yet a few people have managed to remain unperturbed. What can we learn from these sages?

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Soul on Fire

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 03.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Wildfires, Australia, Australia Wildfire, Self-Transcendence, Loss, Grief, Meditation, Coping, Habit, Inner Peace, Living News
Arthur Rosenfeld

Learning to remain relaxed and go with life's flow is a high achievement indeed. Mind-body practice helps, meditation helps, but in the end it is self-awareness that is required.

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Resilience in the Recession: Seven Strategies to Free Yourself from Negative Thinking

Tamar Chansky | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Worry Vacation, Dread, Fear, Worry Time, Kindness, Psychology, Facing Limitations, Catastrophe, Coping Strategies, January, Recession, Holiday, Adversity, Challenges, Help Yourself, Help Others, Post Holidays Depression, Cope With Fear, How to Calm Down, Relieve Anxiety, Recession Fears, New Opportunities, How to Deal With Fear, Self Help, Coping, How to Deal With Anxiety, How to Deal With Stress, Anxiety, How to Cope, Calm Down, Worry, Living News
Tamar Chansky

Adjusting to this new reality means appreciating that just because there's a crisis going on, you can't live in it all the time: in crisis mode there's nothing to do but get immobilized with dread.

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12 Ways To Weather Life's Storms

beliefnet.com | Therese J. Borchard | Posted 10.21.2008 | Living

Read More: The Inner Life, Coping, Perseverance, Living News

A woman who lives with chronic pain said to my mom the other day, "You can't sit around and wait for the storm to be over. You've got to learn how to ...

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