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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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Metaphors Pave the Way in Healthcare and Writing, Use Them

Many ways exist to communicate an idea in writing, healthcare, and religion; the most potent is the metaphor, which too many fail to value.

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Metaphors Pave the Way in Healthcare and Writing, Use Them

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Walking Silently Is More Than You Think, So Don’t Think

No agenda, no working on a plan, just peaceful walking by yourself is the new/old self-care technique you may need.

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Walking Silently Is More Than You Think, So Don’t Think

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Amazing Benefits of Crying Yourself a River

Holding back tears may not be the best thing to do, and there’s a good reason to cry sometimes.

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Amazing Benefits of Crying Yourself a River

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Rapunzel Wasn’t Simply in a Castle; It’s a Psychiatric Syndrome

Remember the maiden told to “let down your hair” so the prince could climb up to reach her? Yup, there’s more to that.

Oct 8

Rapunzel Wasn’t Simply in a Castle; It’s a Psychiatric Syndrome

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Respect and Healthcare Must Go Hand-in-Hand, and If Not Now, When?

The one-up, one-down status that has been practiced for too long in medicine is ending, but not soon enough. Hillel would ask when.

Oct 6

Respect and Healthcare Must Go Hand-in-Hand, and If Not Now, When?

Oct 6

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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