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Dr. Patricia Farrell

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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

Patricia Farrell

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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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Survival and Healing When Natural Disasters Strike

Climate change means an increasing possibility of unanticipated natural disasters worldwide and we need to be prepared.

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Survival and Healing When Natural Disasters Strike

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Wildfire Smoke Linked to Dementia, Brain Damage and Body Health, So Beware

The number of acres burned by wildfires every year has almost doubled since 1985. And the smoke from these fires now regularly pollutes the…

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Wildfire Smoke Linked to Dementia, Brain Damage and Body Health, So Beware

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When the Going Is Rough, Here’s How to Get Going

Not every day starts out on a positive note, and for most of us, if not all, there will be rougher days than others for getting going. But…

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When the Going Is Rough, Here’s How to Get Going

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Fires and Those Who Love and Start Them

Pyromaniacs, the ones who start fires, have some usual characteristics but are often not identified in time.

Jan 10

Fires and Those Who Love and Start Them

Jan 10

Confessions of a Pantser

How a lack of the usual structure helped me get over 40 published stories within my initial three years of writing flash fiction.

Jan 9

Confessions of a Pantser

Jan 9

Dr. Patricia Farrell

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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