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What To Do When Your Life Isn’t Turning Out the Way You Want!
by Penelope Young Andrade What can you do when your life isn’t turning out the way you want? Whether you’re facing events you can or can’t control, this kind of disappointment is very painful. It’s often accompanied by thinking there … Continue reading
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Trying to Fix Things?
Are you often trying to ‘fix’ things for others? If you can’t resist ‘fixing’ even when situations are not fixable (by you anyway), you may have a case of “higher-power-itis”. That’s when you think you are the only one who … Continue reading
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How to Cope When Surrounded by Sickness
By Penelope Young Andrade, LCSW Do you know how to cope when you’re surrounded by loved ones facing serious illnesses? When you’re a caregiver, it’s crucial to make self care a high priority. Given the unending needs of the sick … Continue reading
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Do you know what to do with your demons?
Everyone has demons…a dark side born of inescapable human nature as well as inescapable life wounds. You likely already know what yours are… some variation of wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, gluttony. As an upstanding human, you’ve likely also … Continue reading
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Penelope’s Picks | May 2015
If you want to be inspired, pick up a copy of Cycle of Hope by Tricia Downing. I met Tricia at the UCSD Women’s conference (She was the Keynote speaker). Tricia was an avid cyclist who became a paraplegic after … Continue reading
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Do You Know How to Handle Emotional Collapse?
Do you know how to handle emotional collapse? Although emotions have a very brief trajectory through our bodies; emotional collapse is a kind of fear response that can be devastating. You have no energy in floppy limbs, loose bowels, no … Continue reading
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What Can You Do When Loved Ones are Not Compassionate?
Whether you’re missing empathy about your needs or flaws, it’s painful to feel judged by significant others. While the inevitable action involves relationship repair, it’s important not to miss an opportunity for inner healing. Here’s the tip. First, check for any self judgment which has … Continue reading
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Good Connection with Your Inner Child
Do you have a good connection with your inner child? Your inner child is the open, vulnerable part of you that responds with unabashed delight and despair to life. As an adult you can suppress those unguarded responses, but no … Continue reading
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Are you afraid of love?
For many the notion of intimacy brings an involuntary shudder of fear. All of us have experienced pain when our hearts were tender. If that hurt was too big, some decide never to be that susceptible again. While it’s healthy … Continue reading
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Are you afraid of idleness?
Like many, you may feel most comfortable when you’re being productive. That’s okay as long as you balance purposeful action with directionless rest. Unfortunately the notion that the devil lurks in idleness has a big grip on our culture and … Continue reading
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