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Entries from July 2009

10 Ways To Give Yourself A Procrastination Inoculation

July 31st, 2009 · No Comments

You know what you need to do. You know why you need to do it. You even know what steps you must take to get it done. But there’s one small problem: you can’t seem to get moving. It’s a common problem. Maybe it’s chronic procrastination or maybe you’re just so overwhelmed that you […]

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Tags: For your consideration · Mental Health

The Guesthouse

July 9th, 2009 · No Comments

The Guest House
by Rumi

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
As an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark […]

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Tags: Meditation · Mental Health · Spirituality

Yes, I Suck: Self-Help Through Negative Thinking

July 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Wednesday, Jul. 08, 2009
By John Cloud www.time.com
In the past 50 years, people with mental problems have spent untold millions of hours in therapists’ offices, and millions more reading self-help books, trying to turn negative thoughts like “I never do anything right” into positive ones like “I can succeed.” For many people — including well-educated, highly […]

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Tags: Mental Health