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How to Be Your Own Therapist: A Step-By-Step Guide to Taking Back Your Life

How to Be Your Own Therapist: A Step-By-Step Guide to Taking Back Your Life

How to Be Your Own Therapist provides tools to replace unhealthy behaviors with actions for satisfaction and success.

2004

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The Lawn You Love Is Killing Your Mental Health By Your Pesticide Use

Weeds and bugs are only two of the things you're killing because the most important thing you don’t think about is your mental health.

Jun 17, 2023

The Lawn You Love Is Killing Your Mental Health By Your Pesticide Use

Jun 17, 2023

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Doing Nothing, Including No 10K Steps, Is Good for Mental Health

Too often, we adhere to mandated wellness tips, some of which are baseless, to help maintain our mental and creative abilities. Forget much…

Jun 20, 2023

Doing Nothing, Including No 10K Steps, Is Good for Mental Health

Jun 20, 2023

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The Myth of the Gospel of 10,000 Steps Daily for Health

Myths abound in wellness, and the only way to handle them is by refuting them with science. This is one of the prevalent ones, so here…

Jun 21, 2023

The Myth of the Gospel of 10,000 Steps Daily for Health

Jun 21, 2023

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Grieve As You Must, and Break Free of Believing in the “Steps”

Too many therapists and their patients have been led to believe there’s a formula for grieving and that everyone must process the five…

Jun 25, 2023

Grieve As You Must, and Break Free of Believing in the “Steps”

Jun 25, 2023

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The “Evil” Therapist: Protecting yourself from those who might harm you

“While nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer, nothing is more difficult than to understand him.” Dostoevsky

Sep 27, 2019

The “Evil” Therapist: Protecting yourself from those who might harm you

Sep 27, 2019

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AI Can Outwrite Shakespeare and Remain Hidden?

AI is making massive strides in its ability to produce human-like writing, and it is becoming almost impossible to detect.

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AI Can Outwrite Shakespeare and Remain Hidden?

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Wearable Tech Can Catch Health Issues Before Doctors

A simple digital health device might provide a sense of security, but are they reliable, and what do you need to know about them?

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Wearable Tech Can Catch Health Issues Before Doctors

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Reward Time Is Here and We Need to Know What to Do to Help Ourselves

Bad news, a sudden loss, or something unexpected can all leave us in need of ways to improve our mental state and happiness, but how do we…

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Reward Time Is Here and We Need to Know What to Do to Help Ourselves

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AI Is the “Friend” That Renders Comfort When Others Don’t

Chatbots are helping resolve some users’ sense of loneliness, but what about the sense of touch that is vital to human existence? Computers…

Nov 11

AI Is the “Friend” That Renders Comfort When Others Don’t

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Teeth, Implants, and Potential Issues of Profit Against Health and Ethics

Patients may have healthy, salvable teeth replaced with implants without fully understanding the implications.

Nov 9

Teeth, Implants, and Potential Issues of Profit Against Health and Ethics

Nov 9

Dr. Patricia Farrell

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Dr. Farrell is a psychologist, consultant, author, and member of SAG/AFTRA, interested in flash fiction writing (http://bitly.ws/S94e) and health.

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