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Learn, Believe and Act… We Need You Here!

Sarah felt a rush of nausea as she pulled into a parking space just outside the mall.___she swallowed hard and sat in her car for a moment until it passed. She opened the door, stood up and turned to click the lock.___standing in place she felt lighted headed and sweaty. She wondered about what she had eaten for lunch; was …

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Everything is Not a Catastrophe

Jill and Karen are both interesting and fun women but they respond to life’s challenges in very different ways. Jill sees every little thing as a catastrophe (the worst thing that could happen). As a result, her face becomes flushed, she clenches her fists and the veins on her neck pop out – most of all, her blood pressure soars! …

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Change a Word, Change a Thought

I had to think about “every little word” and its meaning in the first years after my electrocution. Because my heart was not functioning for a span of time, it wasn’t sending oxygen to my brain. The result for me was a situation called Visual Agnosia; which basically means loss of meaning. In order to try and understand the meaning …

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