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Dialectic Magazine
October 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Welcome to Dialectic Magazine. This is a new online magazine that will have a wide ranging focus on the endless interaction of conflicting ideas that make up the rich paradoxical nature of experience. There are many types of paradox. In and through each and every paradox what is being sought after, found, processed, or realized is some measure of what is true. The more we can bring an awareness of what is true in our lives, what is authentic, the more we can enrich our intellectual, psychological, and spiritual experience of the here and now. Articles, essays, interviews, poetry, prose, fiction... [Read the full story]
Culture
3 Negative Effects of Blocked Emotions
January 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment
It is very important to mental health to be in touch with and connected to your feelings. Too many people are not successful in actually feeling what they feel. Why? Because they are too busy trying to escape or distract themselves from what they feel. Not all feelings are painful. But, feelings that are repressed, ignored, not felt or connected to, do become cumbersome, painful, and continue to grow in their negative perception and experience. 3 Negative Effects of Blocked Emotions Heightened Anxiety or Stress A Victim Mindset Belief that Nothing Can Change Heightend Anxiety or Stress When... [Read the full story]
Mental Health
3 Negative Effects of Blocked Emotions
January 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment
It is very important to mental health to be in touch with and connected to your feelings. Too many people are not successful in actually feeling what they feel. Why? Because they are too busy trying to escape or distract themselves from what they feel. Not all feelings are painful. But, feelings that are repressed, ignored, not felt or connected to, do become cumbersome, painful, and continue to grow in their negative perception and experience. 3 Negative Effects of Blocked Emotions Heightened Anxiety or Stress A Victim Mindset Belief that Nothing Can Change Heightend Anxiety or Stress When... [Read the full story]
Health
The Medical Interview: Mastering Skills for Clinical Practice
November 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment
John Coulehan, Marian Block Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company, 2006, 405pp., Coulehan and Block’s book, The Medical Interview: Mastering Skills for Clinical Practice, is a wonderfully crafted instructional guide on the art and science of how to conduct a medical interview. It is primarily written for medical students who are just beginning their professional interaction with patients. However, it is also designed to serve as a resource for those who are further along in their education. This book is a complete and concise guide to teach the medical student how to perform the most important... [Read the full story]
Dialectic Eclectic
How To Untangle Your Beliefs
February 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Our beliefs literally shape our reality, your world is totally different from the world I live in right now and that’s great. We all live in a world shaped by our beliefs and our beliefs have been shaped by the people around us in childhood and the experiences we had when we were younger. New beliefs are also formed when we are older but most of our beliefs are formed at a young age. It’s time to untangle the messy world of beliefs and start a new life, get rid of the outdated beliefs, update the one which no longer serve us and even form new beliefs. Is this even possible? without... [Read the full story]
News
Balloon Boy Heene Family and Reality TV
October 18, 2009 · 1 Comment
Colorado Sheriff Jim Alderden reported today, in a news conference, that not only was the Balloon Boy a hoax but apparently a scam possibly backed and funded by a reality television show. The television show or reality-tv outlet or company was not named. It would seem that more details are likely still to come about the actual motivation of this entire hoax. The Sheriff said he believed there’d been on-going dialogue between the Heene family and some reality tv producers about what it would take to be on a show. There is thought that this evolved out of the Heene family’s recent... [Read the full story]
Mental Health
3 Negative Effects of Blocked Emotions
It is very important to mental health to be in touch with and connected to your feelings. Too many people are not successful in actually feeling what they feel. Why? Because they are too busy trying to escape or distract themselves from what they feel. Not all feelings are painful. But, feelings that are repressed,...
[Continue reading: 3 Negative Effects of Blocked Emotions]Footsteps of the Past Obstruct The Here and Now
As a Life Coach, BPD Coach and Mental Health Coach, A.J. Mahari talks with clients every day who are in the on-going experience of having their footsteps from the past obstruct their here-and-now in ways that mean unidentified and unreached goals and dreams. Footsteps from the past do not have to continue to obstruct...
[Continue reading: Footsteps of the Past Obstruct The Here and Now]Grief – A Process of Gaining Perspective and Coping
Grief is what it is. Grief is a part of life. Grief is a process that unfolds whenever we suffer, experience, or feel loss. Some reasons for grief are obvious – the death of a loved one, loss of a job or relationship, for example. Reasons for grief can be subtle – unfinished emotional baggage from childhood interfering...
[Continue reading: Grief – A Process of Gaining Perspective and Coping]Links Between Brothers: Ernest and Leicester Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway and his brother Leicester Hemingway have a lot in common. Each died by his own hand. Both were writers. Is it a curse of writers to have some incredible talent and then die by their own hand? An examination of both men reveals that they might have a history of suicide and depression in their family....
[Continue reading: Links Between Brothers: Ernest and Leicester Hemingway]Recovery From Sexual Abuse Is A Journey
Author and Life Coach, A.J. Mahari, talks about the reality that sexual abuse recovery is a journey. In many ways it is a life long journey. The actual healing process of recovery may not be life long but there is an element of childhood sexual abuse that is life long. What that is exactly depends upon the choices...
[Continue reading: Recovery From Sexual Abuse Is A Journey]Creative Artists and Mental Health Issues
Mental Health Issues are prevalent in our society in increasing numbers. From Depression to Bipolar Disorder, Personality Disorders, Attention Deficit Disorders, and the fact that the media is shedding light on mental health, the overall effect is that people do not see mental health issues in as negative a light...
[Continue reading: Creative Artists and Mental Health Issues]Our Beliefs About Our Mental Health
Having a mental health problem such as Depression, Bipolar Disorder or Borderline Personality Disorder, can be challenging enough without having to contend with the personal development process. We are all looking to better ourselves in some way, and that’s what makes us human. We don’t want to feel...
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Culture
3 Negative Effects of Blocked Emotions
It is very important to mental health to be in touch with and connected to your...
Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms – How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective
By: Joan Liebmann-Smith and Jacqueline Nardi Egan Toronto: Bantam Books, 2007, 320...
Your Family Constitution: A Modern Approach to Family Values and Household Structure
Your Family Constitution: A Modern Approach to Family Values and Household Structure ...
The Ultimate Christmas Gift: Renewed Appreciation for the Lord’s Prayer
By Kathleen McGowan, Author of The Source of Miracles: 7 Steps to Transforming...
The power of intention is about looking at your thoughts and realising they have...
3 Ways to Get You Through the Holidays
3 Ways to Get You Through the Holidays By Ed and Deb Shapiro, Authors of Be the...
Footsteps of the Past Obstruct The Here and Now
As a Life Coach, BPD Coach and Mental Health Coach, A.J. Mahari talks with clients...
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Dialectic Eclectic
Our beliefs literally shape our reality, your world is totally different from the...
Applying philosophy to your everyday life can play a central role in learning more...
Learning is a life-long process that you can benefit from continuing to engage. Learning...
Writing about what we care about
It is always best for writers to write about what they are passionate about. If...
Increase in Hockey Violence – Is hockey becoming a blood-sport?
Game or Blood-sport? There has been and continues to be a steady increase in...
Developing Your Own Beliefs and Values
The hallmark of any philosophical venture and the living philosophically is to think...
The Importance of Philosophy for our Times
Over the next few months, I will be blogging on the topic of the importance of philosophy...
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