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7 Steps to Declare Freedom From Energy-Zapping Thoughts (EZTs)

By Athena Staik, Ph.D. Thoughts are powerful shapers of our lives, period. They shape our relationships too, even our character. If our thoughts are limiting, however, they are also energy zapping. Do you have the reins of your thoughts? It’s no longer theory, it’s science. Our habitual “self talk” seems to form a meaning-laden story that continually “tells us”

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Thank Goodness: Gratitude as a Tool for Healing

 By Traci Stein, PhD, MPH, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Topic Expert Contributor Gratitude is associated with a number of mental health benefits. There appears to be variability with regard to how often one feels grateful, but experiencing gratitude can be profoundly, deeply healing. When we are grateful, we leave little room for resentment, anger, self-righteousness, or envy; these emotions are

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The 4 Traits That Put Kids at Risk for Addiction

By MAIA SZALAVITZ Drug education is the only part of the middle school curriculum I remember — perhaps because it backfired so spectacularly. Before reaching today’s legal drinking age, I was shooting cocaine and heroin. I’ve since recovered from my addiction, and researchers now are trying to develop innovative prevention programs to help children at risk

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