by Beth Phillips — “To err is human; to forgive … radical.”* Radical? What is so radical about forgiveness? The concept of forgiveness has been around for millennia. Most, if not all, spiritual teachers and coaches probably include forgiveness in their tool boxes. So how is radical forgiveness different from the process of forgiveness with […]
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EMDR — a power therapy
December 26, 2012
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by Jef Gazley — Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) was developed by Dr. Francine Shapiro in the middle 1980s. EMDR is one of the newer “power” therapies that has recently been acknowledged and accepted by the professional counseling community and the general public. They are known as power therapies because they work much more […]
The face of love
September 18, 2012
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by Julie Cox — More and more people are trying to find love through matchmaking sites on the Internet, but the real attraction begins when they have their first face-to-face meeting. The magnetism between two faces cannot be duplicated through any other means. Why is that? It is because the face itself, even without expressions, […]
A new tool for smokers
August 16, 2012
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The Arizona Smokers’ Helpline (ASHLine) has expanded its arsenal of resources to help smokers quit tobacco, with the addition of the “Call It Quits” app, which debuted on Facebook and will appear as an iPhone app later this year. The app’s features provide proven strategies to help smokers quit, and fuse ASHLine’s personalized approach to […]
The hidden healers
February 26, 2012
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by Tracy Minton — Over the past few decades, scientists have demonstrated the negative effects of stress on both physical and mental health. Is our well-being inextricably linked to external circumstances beyond our control? Or do we have untapped resources within that we can employ to help us manage the stressors that are natural to […]
December 27, 2012
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