Once there was an octopus she would wrap her tentacles around firm, solid rocks to feel secure and comfortable. As she grew, the octopus ventured further out, exploring deeper water. One day the large hull of a ship came along and cast its gloomy shadow over the water. This enormous
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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger June 1, 2020
When one person loves the other much more than is reciprocated, the power is all on the side of the less loving. Many people are unable to express their wants. They prevent themselves from asking for what they desire because: • “They want to avoid displeasing.” • “They want to
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Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his
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Many of my clients seek therapy because they cannot accept that some things in life cannot be changed:”I wish I hadn’t been abused in childhood”; “I wish my spouse was different”; “I wish these things weren’t happening to me.” When you desire to control the uncontrollable, you set yourself up
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Conflict arises from differences. It occurs whenever people disagree over their perceptions, feelings, or opinions. Sometimes these differences look trivial, but when a conflict triggers strong feelings, a deep personal and relational need is at the core of the problem. Some have a need to feel safe and secure. Others
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Trauma, anxiety, and panic attacks should be treated with the same mindset as someone who has been knocked down. It is a painful experience that hurts and can be a bit frightening and disorienting. Yet the discomfort will pass with time, wounds will heal, and we will survive. I would
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By Mary Papenfuss A health team from Doctors Without Borders has been dispatched to the Navajo Nation to help the tribe’s struggle with a rate of coronavirus infections that’s higher than any state in America. As of Sunday, the country’s most populous reservation had logged at least 100 deaths due
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Shared by Native Sun News Today May 29, 2020
HETTINGER, ND – “Buffalo Tales & Trails,” a new Blog and website focusing on America’s new national mammal, the bison, or buffalo, will launch May 5. Subscriptions are available free at www.buffalotalesandtrails.com. The blog is written by Francie M. Berg, author of 3 books on buffalo. Her latest book “Buffalo
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By Asha Glover WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ended South Dakota’s efforts to tax spending by nontribal members at a Native American casino, turning down the state’s challenge to an Eighth Circuit holding in favor of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe. South Dakota had sought to overturn
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By Travis Dewes Native Sun News Staff Writer Liz Marty May, former State Representative of 6 years, announced her plans to challenge Dusty Johnson in the Republican Primary on February 4, 2020, during the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo. And a few days before the announcement she received official
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