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When You Love Someone, What Happens to Them Also Happens to You

When You Love Someone, What Happens to Them Also Happens to You

When someone you love needs care that only you are there to provide, it can become overwhelming. You perceive what’s happening to them as happening to both of you. It is this perception that may cause the mental anguish. It is not only the health of the person being cared for that requires attention, but the health of the caregiver as well.

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Happy New Year

Happy New Year

January is named after the Roman god Janus. Janus was believed to be the protector of gates and doorways and symbolizes beginnings and endings. He is depicted with two faces. One of his faces looks into the past, and the other, according to legend, can see into the...

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Self-Compassion in dealing with “the holiday blues”

Self-Compassion in dealing with “the holiday blues”

Many people look forward to the holidays beginning with Thanksgiving and ending with the big New Year's Eve celebration. But for many, the holidays bring into focus a feeling that their life is not how they pictured it. It may be their job, bank account, or, often,...

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How do you know love will last ?

How do you know love will last ?

I've never met anyone who has grown out of childhood without some unresolved conflict or unmet need. For most of us, the pain or unhappiness of the unmet need associated with these conflicts or unmet needs does not preoccupy our conscious thoughts and feelings....

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I’ve never met anyone who has grown out of childhood

I’ve never met anyone who has grown out of childhood

I’ve never met anyone who has grown out of childhood without some unresolved conflict or unmet need. For most of us, the pain or unhappiness of the unmet need associated with these conflicts or unmet needs does not preoccupy our conscious thoughts and feelings....

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