…ive thoughts, attitudes and beliefs that act as barriers to one’s personal development, sabotage relationships and interfere with career success. This destructive thought process is what authors Robert W. Firestone, PhD. and Lisa Firestone, PhD. term the “critical inner voice.” In 25 years since Dr. Robert W.Firestone first began his investigations and case studies of the critical inner voice, he has gained profound insight into how “voices” are i…
Learn More…oretical contributions come alive for readers interested in their personal development by sharing my interpretations, insights, observations and struggles to gain greater awareness and live life more purposefully. My clients often come into therapy looking “to change.” I’m convinced that the answers do not lie in me, but in them. The trick is to find ways to illuminate what it is that they do not yet see, and help them have a feeling for their own…
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…oughts, dreams and desires. It includes an interest in personal and sexual development. 3. An ideal partner is honest and lives with integrity. The ideal partner realizes the importance of honesty in a close relationship. Honesty builds trust between people. Dishonesty confuses the other person, destroying their trust along with their sense of reality. Nothing has a more destructive impact on a close relationship between two people than dishonesty…
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…Like it or not, all parents have ambivalent feelings toward their children. Child development expert Joyce Catlett talks about where these feelings come from and how we can best deal with them in ourselves without hurting our children….
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…r parents of infants and toddlers, written by one of the most famous child development experts in the world. Addressing the many physical, social and emotional developmental concerns of parents, the book acts as a great comfort and guide in the floundering first years of parenthood. With insights into the unique experience of children and parents alike, this book can help bridge the gaps in understanding between mothers, father and their children….
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…s book takes parents into the world of their young children, exploring the developmental stages they go through both physically and psychologically. The book’s author, renowned child development expert. T. Berry Brazelton, helps parents learn to help their children through the rocky milestones in their growth. From temper tantrums to social encounters, technology to toilet training, the book covers a database of information on the many topics that…
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…Kathleen Stassen Berger – This rich textbook is brimming with fascinating and invaluable information on the development of your child and adolescent. Based on the latest scientific studies, this book offers a clear, personal and relevant understanding of your child’s journey. A wonderful read for parents filled with vibrant examples and interactive elements….
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…T. Berry Brazelton, M.D. – Explore the inner workings of your child’s mind in this book by Harvard Professor of Pediatrics and renowned child development expert T. Berry Brazelton. Looking deep into the experiences of five families, this book helps make sense of children’s unique and universal experiences, exploring why they feel how they feel and how we can best respond as parents….
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…the media transmit the thin ideal in a way that negatively influences the development of body image and self-esteem.” These cultural messages can injure our self-esteem, but it’s what we do with these messages in our own minds that creates a cycle of self-shaming thoughts or even behaviors. It’s also this very pattern of thinking that we can challenge by taking on our critical inner voice. In addition to societal messages, negative early familial…
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…increase in heart rate and blood pressure and may impair prefrontal brain development in adolescents. In addition, there’s an increase in the risk of addiction to other drugs, flavored types may cause permanent damage to bronchioles, and certain vaporizers may generate large amounts of formaldehyde and other toxins. (2) Though better than traditional cigarettes, e-cigarettes are far from risk-free. Unfortunately, people with eating disorders are…
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