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The Dangers of Narcissistic Parents

…or to give up when they realize that they fall short of being the best? As mindfulness expert, Dr. Donna Rockwell so eloquently expressed in another recent interview for PsychAlive.org, “The best way we can teach [our children] is by being interested in them as people. And instead of saying ‘I need you to be a doctor or a lawyer or a candle maker,’ to discover what do you love about life and what’s interesting to you and what do you want to be… An…

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Sexting, Technology and Relationships

Is Sexting Cheating You Out Of Real Intimacy?

…… This constant state of stimulation leaves little room for contemplation, mindfulness, and deep intimacy, which are all necessary for maintaining relationships.” A damaged connection can lead us to start looking for excitement or romance in other places, like Twitter, Facebook, or exes whose numbers are conveniently programmed into our cell phones. This communication doesn’t always lead to deception or infidelity, but the distraction alone inhibi…

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How to Cope with an Allergy to a Person – Part 2

…hing and muscle relaxation exercises or transcendental meditation or other mindfulness sensitivity training exercises to feel relaxed mentally and physically. Secondly, play is a good medicine. Music, massage, walk, swimming, games and hobbies or recreations are advisable to carry over the play spirit into everything we do. Be a cheerful giver and smile gaily as you pass it on. Do not think about your problems in violent or emotional language beca…

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Staying Healthy for Our Most Vivacious Self

…learned to do effectively: eat well, get plenty of restful sleep, practice mindfulness, and love others (and myself) full-heartedly. Wellness is the most important undertaking of our lifetimes really, because without it, we have no foundation on which to build, in a creative way, our unique and particular life story. In order to see one’s choices clearly, and therefore base decisions on skillful analysis of all the options, it is extremely useful…

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disorganized attachment, dan siegel, ambivalent attachment, avoidant attachment, mindsight

Identifying Your Child’s Attachment Style

…at when parents have a kind of presence in their own skin, you can call it mindfulness, you can call it being coherent. You can say they have what’s called “mind sight” — they can see their own minds and they can see the minds of others; when parents have this feature of not just reacting to behaviors, but seeing the mind beneath the behavior, the behavior that’s coming from themselves or from others – when the mind is seen that way, when mind sig…

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What Drew Me to Meditation

…ice of meditation. Lisa Firestone: When did you first become interested in mindfulness and what attracted you to that practice of meditation? Donna Rockwell: Well, it was quite interesting really because I was a journalist in Washington, DC and I was a typical Type A running 100 miles an hour every day and I had friends who I heard were Buddhist meditation people and I had always been interested since I was a child sort of in that Eastern world. A…

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VIDEO: Attuned Attachment and Healthy Attachment

…d have a meaning in Sanskrit or in the Tibetan culture or any culture that mindfulness has come from. And when you’re talking about psychodynamic theories or Winnicott’s theories and you’re talking about attachment and that’s a healthy thing, you know. There’s attuned attachment but there’s also anxious attachment, so, you know, attachment isn’t great across the board. It’s how we attach. So really, what’s probably true is this healthy attachment…

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VIDEO: How to Meditate

…Dr. Donna Rockwell on Mindfulness Meditation…

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VIDEO: Optimal Parenting

…families. We need to let our children know we’re a “we.” We’re not a “me versus you.” That’s so important. And that’s mindfulness….

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How To Be Assertive While Keeping A Kind Heart

…n try learning some mind-body exercises—such as breathing exercises, yoga, mindfulness, or meditation—that can be practiced on a regular basis when you are not upset. That way, when you are in stressful situations you will be better able to relax your body, which in turn will help your emotions and thoughts to calm down as well. When you are in a calmer mental and emotional state, you are then in a better position to solve the problem in a caring…

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