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What is a life coach and what do they do?
Are you looking to focus on yourself? Are you ready to work on your goals? Do you want to nourish your personal development, self-confidence and resilience? Are you not sure how? These are the types of questions that a life coach would ask you, in order to find ways to assist in your personal and/or…
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Dr. Jessica Leon, Ph.D: Bringing Therapy to Your Doorstep
There is a disappointing stigma in society if one discloses that they go to a therapist, but what if your therapist came to you? One unique therapist does just that. I had the pleasure of interviewing counseling psychotherapist, Dr. Jessica Leon, Ph.D., a mother of three young children, who resides in southern Florida. She is…
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How the hustle and bustle of big city living compromises your happiness
Can cities compromise our happiness? As someone who was born and raised in a relatively small, quiet town, I was overwhelmed by the noisy, populated vastness of Chicago when I began college. I would jump every time I heard a car honking outside my dorm, and shivers would run down my spine at each wailing…
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This man holds the secret behind never getting sick
Can you confidently say that you have evaded the common cold within the past few years? The majority of people around the world cannot. One person, however, says his family is no longer affected by sickness. I had the pleasure of interviewing a health and wellness coach from New Jersey, Daniel Green, who can attest…
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Why rape victims have fragmented and incomplete memories
“I had no power, I had no voice, I was defenseless. My memory loss would be used against me. My testimony was weak, was incomplete, and I was made to believe that perhaps, I am not enough to win this. That’s so damaging. His attorney constantly reminded the jury, the only one we can believe…
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Mental disorders are more common than you think
About one in four American adults ages 18 and older suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. Mental illnesses such as mood disorders are prevalent throughout societies around the world, yet these disorders largely remain hidden behind smiling faces and closed doors. Mood disorders like anxiety, depression, bipolar, and obsessive compulsive disorder…
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Ibogaine: The incredible substance that can cure heroin addiction
We have all experienced a time where we may have really craved something. While the craving may have felt intense at the time, it was either satiated through consumption, or self-control was put to the test and eventually the craving was satisfied. Heroin addicts, however, ill continue to crave heroin more after each use, and…
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How sensory deprivation tanks can make you zen
Music blaring, phones buzzing, cars honking, computer screens shining, people talking, and talking.. Our daily lives are typically consumed with distracting sensory stimuli such as these. Our brain is a powerfully complex organ that will absorb the surrounding sensory input and process it in an orderly fashion, but what if our brains were given a…
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How fantasy stands in the way of your own success
Take a moment to close your eyes and imagine yourself arriving at your dream home after a wonderful day of work at your dream job. Maybe you see yourself as a successful entrepreneur living in a gorgeous house with jaw-dropping landscaping… WAIT. STOP. ERASE IT FROM YOUR MEMORY.
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My Un-sheltering Experience at a Men’s Housing Center
I’ll never forget that frigid evening in February, walking down the creaky wooden steps that lead to the underground men’s homeless shelter in the northern part of Chicago. Never had I been truly exposed to a vulnerable population, being that I grew up in a small, privileged, suburban neighborhood that shrouded me from the difficulties…