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- People Don’t Lose Weight On Diets Of Emotional Deprivation - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2012 from Mitchell MilchWe have finite energy stores to manage our lives. If we spend an inordinate amount of time planning our meals, cooking, eating and sadly, recovering from episodes of over indulgence, we may not have enough energy left for other matters of importance. Over dependence on one form of nurturance ...
Views: 1370 - Presence: Meditating On The Gift That Keeps On Giving - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Mitchell MilchMeditation is perhaps the most important “best practice” I employ each day in the service of warming my self up so I can develop, apply, and identify obstacles to being present in an emotionally intelligent manner. I’m defining emotional intelligence as a measure of one’s facility to apply ...
Views: 1078 - “Retirement Would Be a Cinch If I Didn’t Have To Stop Working!” - by Submitted on May 10, 2011 from Mitchell MilchThe marathon of our working lives can take a huge physical and emotional toll. We can easily seduce ourselves into believing that once we retire we will be much happier without the constant wear and tear on our aging minds and bodies. Sounds logical doesn’t it? Well, as many of us have ...
Views: 1265 - The Difference Between Irresponsible Exercises Of Parental Authority And Responsible Exercises Of Parental Authority - by Submitted on May 10, 2011 from Mitchell MilchAs a social worker I spent 6 years assessing the mental health treatment needs of adults who get caught in the revolving door to a state criminal justice system in New England. In piecing together the histories of these clients I spoke with their parents when these opportunities arise. What ...
Views: 2578(2 votes) - Tell Me Anything But Don't Tell Me To Stop Training - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Mitchell MilchHere you come with your signature limp and stifled grimace of pain. Your stark look of disappointment suggests that ice, anti-inflammatory drugs and electro stimulation therapy have collectively done little to alleviate your demoralizing leg pains. Your doctor, the reluctant physician, knows ...
Views: 1019 - Self Esteem: On Matters of Trust and Faith to Create What You Want Out of Life - by Submitted on May 30, 2009 from Mitchell MilchWith this article I am mindful of running the risk of opening a cosmic can of spiritual worms. So, I will stubbornly stay above the fray and opt out on debating the righteousness of any one set of spiritual beliefs versus another. I write this article hopeful it may engage your curiosity about ...
Views: 1127 - Anatomy of an Addictive Behavior: Not For Men Only - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2009 from Mitchell MilchThis article attempts to make sense of our vulnerabilities to developing abusive or to use a more popular term; addictive relationships to activities of daily living. I will review the outstanding features of those of us caught up in addictive relationships. Then, I will highlight some ...
Views: 1615 - The Keys To Turning Domestic Conflicts Into Win-Win Propositions - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2008 from Mitchell MilchAnger is a lit match that can be blown on and cooled or thrown onto a pile of paper on which kerosene is poured. It’s an opportunity for friends and lovers to resolve conflicts to the benefit of both parties and bring these parties closer to each other or it can be an invitation to start a war ...
Views: 1165 - Tell Me Anything But Don't Tell Me To Stop Training - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2008 from Mitchell MilchAt the risk of offending my reading audience the title of this article drips with sarcasm to drive home a point. It’s probably no surprise to any of you men that as a group we have been reluctantly dragged by the tide of reformist movements that have revamped gender roles. ...
Views: 1279 - Single Mothers And Security Blankets - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2007 from Mitchell MilchSingle Parents And Security Blankets Among other things, a good marriage is a salve against the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. It is also a shelter from the storm of Murphy’s Law and, a safe haven of mutual support and security where we insulate ourselves from the impersonal and ...
Views: 1675 - Anger Management:: You Have To Own It To Manage It - by Submitted on May 10, 2011 from Mitchell MilchPeople don’t fall into neat little categories no matter how hard we try to classify them. Still, in my psychotherapy practice I do notice a strong correlation between folks with chronic anger management problems and those who exhibit self defeating personality traits. These clients’ identities ...
Views: 1301 - Survivor Guilt - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2007 from Mitchell MilchSurvivor Guilt On the evening of the 6th anniversary of 9/11 I watched the heart wrenching television images of children of those whose lives were tragically taken on that ill fated morning in 2001. These images stirred me to write about the topic of survivor guilt that is never too far from ...
Views: 1177 - Tangos Of Debt Accumulation: What Are They Worth? - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2007 from Mitchell MilchWatch Jane or Bob max out on their credit cards. Is that their partner Jim or Mary registering a feeble protest? Listen to Spot bark and scratch his neck in befuddlement when Jim or Mary pay off the abused credit cards and then, look stunned when the sun rises on another spending spree? ...
Views: 855 - Weighty Matters - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2007 from Mitchell MilchThere is no doubt that divorce is a weighty matter both literally and figuratively. This often calamitous and life changing event can flood us with emotions and render our defenses as porous as Swiss cheese. During these times of crisis the ambush of poorly understood and thus often, ...
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