| We're all grownups here, right? How hard
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| | repetition of thoughts and associations
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| can it be to be a functional adult? Then
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| | so that we automatically switch on
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| why do we struggle so? Depression and
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| | self-destructive tapes. We feel
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| anxiety disorders are epidemic in our
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| | resentment, anger, hurt, hopelessness and
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| society. Stress-related health problems
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| | fear, often unnecessarily. Many painful
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| threaten the quality and span of our
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| | emotions are related to injuries incurred
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| lives. Alcoholism and drug addiction
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| | in childhood and are re-experienced
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| touch many of our lives and to me reflect
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| | through the hardwired perception of the
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| our attempts to find release or escape
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| | immature mind we inhabited as a child. By
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| from pressure and our failure to thrive.
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| | retraining our conscious mind, we can
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| Are we even built to withstand the strain
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| | choose to put a different spin on our
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| of our increasingly mechanized world? We
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| | perception of events, emotions and the
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| adapt but at what cost? People move from
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| | behavior of others. The Buddhists believe
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| job to job, from state to state,
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| | that it takes 100,000 repetitions for any
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| weakening the fabric of community and
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| | new skill or idea to take hold. Undo
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| family ties. We are increasingly forced
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| | established negatives by eliminating
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| to rely on our own internal resources and
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| | every "should, "have to", "always" and
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| have a limited repertoire of mental and
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| | "never" from our vocabulary. Listen for
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| emotional strategies to draw from. Our
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| | other rigid, fixed ideas that preclude
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| "emotional intelligence" may not be up to
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| | seeing events in a dynamic, liberating
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| processing and resolving the myriad of
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| | way. By challenging these carryovers from
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| challenges we face, especially when it
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| | the past we can rewrite our history from
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| comes to our relationships. What if
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| | the perspective of the empowered adult.
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| relief was as easy as changing our
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| | We then create the space to realize that
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| thoughts? Neuroscience is proving what
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| | we have all the resources to overcome
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| Norman Vincent Peale posited in The Power
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| | life's obstacles. In time, and with many
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| of Positive Thinking. We become
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| | repetitions, we change our thoughts and
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| physically addicted to emotional states.
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| | our lives.
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| Therein lies the power of negative
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| | Candace Harris, LCSW Denver, CO 80210
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| thinking. We reinforce neuro-pathways by
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