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Getting to Oz Receives Two 2016 Publishing Book Awards

Hi everyone, I’m so pleased that Getting to Oz wins in the Personal Growth book category in the 10th Annual National Independent Excellence Publishing […]

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Posted in Awards, Coping & Resilience, Health & Behavior, In The News, Literature, Mental Health11 Comments

New Years 2016: A Need to Belong to Each Other

I was in the airport waiting to return home from a family visit for the holidays. Two women, just behind […]

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Posted in Culture & Society, Holidays, Mental Health, Self-Development9 Comments

Nightcrawler’s Antihero Lou Bloom: Sociopath Par Excellence

Dan Gilroy’s 2014 thriller Nightcrawler is set in the nocturnal underbelly of Los Angeles. It’s been called a social commentary about […]

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Posted in Culture & Society, Film Analysis, Mental Health, Sociopathic personality2 Comments

Birdman: An Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance

It’s Riggan Thomson’s (Michael Keaton) last act so to speak. “This former cinema superhero is mounting an ambitious Broadway production […]

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Posted in Culture & Society, Film Analysis, In The News, Self-Development3 Comments

Getting to Oz: The personal journey home to your true self.

I want to tell you a story. It may be one you know, but it is worth retelling, as it […]

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Posted in Authentic Self, Change, Coping & Resilience, Creativity, Dealing with Stress, Decision-making and problem-solving, Enduring hard times, Film Analysis, Personal meaning, Self-actualization, Self-Development2 Comments

Why Don’t More Victims of Sexual Abuse Come Forward?

This article is a reprint from an article that I recently wrote for The Foundation for Surviving Abuse.  I give an […]

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Posted in Abuse, Culture & Society, Mental Health, Sexual Abuse4 Comments

The World According to Robin Williams

Tribute to Mr. Robin William’s Life Jenny (Garp’s Mother): “You know Garp, everybody dies. My parents died. Your father died. […]

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Posted in Bipolar Disorder I and II, Culture & Society, Depression, In The News, Mental Health5 Comments

Compassionate Self-Talk Changes You For the Better

Charlie Brown is a “sad-sack”, according to his friends in the Peanut’s gallery. Nothing ever seems to go his way; […]

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Posted in Culture & Society, Health & Behavior, Mindfulness, Positive self-talk6 Comments

Minding Mental Health

National Mental Health Awareness Month, 2014 The….patient should be made to understand that he or she must take charge of […]

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Posted in Coping & Resilience, Culture & Society, Mental Health0 Comments

The Gift of Disadvantage and Personal Struggle

In the film Gattaca, couples are given the option of genetically engineering their children for perfection by altering their DNA. […]

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Posted in Coping & Resilience, Culture & Society, Film Analysis, Self-Development, Suffering6 Comments

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