Leslie Glass's Blog, page 195
January 11, 2020
4 Causes Of Damaging Shame
Some people grow up feeling good and strong, while others carry the burden of damaging shame that persists no matter how much love they receive or great their achievements later in life. There is a difference between shame and guilt. Guilt can be the motivator of change, taking responsibility, and making amends, but shame is...
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Ghosting and Gaslighting Revisited
Ghosting makes you disappear. Gaslighting drives you crazy. There are no rules on how to behave these days. That’s the reason our two articles Gaslighting is Manipulation and Ghosting, Why It Hurts have provoked such powerful responses. The term gaslighting, of course, comes from a mid century movie in which a husband tried to kill...
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January 10, 2020
Getting Organized And Setting Goals For 2020
Need some suggestions on how to set and keep goals for the coming year? Being organized, setting goals, and staying accountable are the keys to a successful healthy life. Hopefully, by now, you’re reacclimatized to normal life, and you’re back to work obligations, family obligations, and prepared to take on resolutions or whatever previous healthy lifestyle you...
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5 Things Therapists Wish Everyone Knew About Mental Health
Most people who walk into my therapy office tell me that they had thought about getting help for years. But they were afraid to reach out to a therapist. And that’s understandable. There are a lot of misconceptions about mental health, and not enough people are talking about it. While the stigma surrounding mental health issues is starting to slowly go away, we have a long...
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8 Reasons Women Stay In Abusive Relationships
When NFL linebacker Ray Rice knocked his fiancée Janay Palmer unconscious in an elevator, it didn’t initially get much attention. He was accused of domestic violence and suspended for two games. After a few weeks he was formally charged, but he and Palmer were married the next day. However, when a security video of the...
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11 Things You Might Not Know About Your Sleep | Psychology Today
Today I’d like to discuss 11 reasons you can’t sleep and are struggling to stay asleep but first, let me take a moment and wish you a happy holiday no matter which one you celebrate this time of year. I’m grateful that you spend your time with me each week and to have this opportunity...
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I Gave Up Alcohol and Soda For 30 Days, and Here’s What I Learned
Have you ever wondered what it’d be like to basically drink only water for an entire 30 days? Let me tell you, it’s not as hard as it would seem, and your body will thank you for it. For some reason that I did not know of at the time, I decided to go cold...
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Death By Alcohol: More People Are Dying From Drinking Too Much
The number of alcohol-related deaths has grown rapidly in recent decades, according to a new analysis of death certificates. The research, published Wednesday in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, is from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, part of the National Institutes of Health. The yearly total of alcohol-related deaths for people ages...
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Alcohol Is Killing More Americans Than Ever
More and more Americans are drinking themselves to death. A new study this week finds there were around 72,000 alcohol-related deaths among people over the age of 16 in 2017—more than double the number of similar deaths recorded two decades earlier. The study, published Wednesday in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, relies on death certificate...
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How Diet Affects Mental Health
A new expert review confirms that diet significantly influences mental health and wellbeing, but cautions that the evidence for many diets is comparatively weak. This, the most up to date overview of the new field of Nutritional Psychiatry, is produced, by the Nutrition Network of the ECNP and is published in the peer-reviewed journal European...
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