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Consider how much more ease there might be in our lives if we understood and stepped back from trying to control what is in front of us. Perhaps sleep is the only domain when this focus of control is not operative, for it is certainly a dominant theme in our waking lives.......... Read more Divorce and Stress - Understanding and Eliminating the Root CauseStress is defined as any "negative" emotion, feeling or reaction. This would include such things as anxiety, resentment, anger, worry, fear, depression and the like - all the opposite of a sense of peace, calm, contentment and well being.......... Read more Cooperative Resolution vs. Traditional Problem SolvingThe transition from marriage to divorce is for many one of the most significant undertaken. For some it can be a festering wound that takes decades to overcome; for others there is a shorter period of acute pain and disorientation. For the fortunate few the transition is made in a partnership of sorts with the divorcing spouse - a partnership that has as its focus kindness, cooperation and a mutual desire to help not only oneself but the other through the transition to a new and previously unseen relationship between the parties; unforeseen in that they did not expect to be single again and new because the territory is uncharted......... Read more WHAT REALLY MATTERSFor many of us, on-going discontent and frustration in one or several areas of our lives seems to be just the way it is, the only discernable option. We may wish for other things, but believe actually getting to those places is out of reach. After a time, discontent and frustration may turn to resignation, especially when we are consistently living in a way that is not congruent with what we value. Life can then take on a shade of gray, and before we know it our time is gone.......... Read more ©2010- 2011 Peter Axelrod, J.D., M. Ed. |
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