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Disinfecting Your Emotional Wounds
When I was a student at Dominion Junior High, I had a rather idyllic life and no concept of emotional wounds. But lately I’ve found myself reflecting on the…
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Whatever Doesn’t Kill You…
When I went through a rather traumatic experience recently, I found myself reflecting on a commonly held maxim of today’s pop culture: “Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger!”…
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Speeding Up Your Recovery
Although I’m grateful for all the good accomplished through the Recovery Movement over the years, I get perturbed by its tendency to assign people to long-term victimhood. The philosophy seems…
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Keeping Up Appearances
If you’re like me, you have a love-hate relationship with Facebook. Yes, it provides a convenient way to keep up with my friends and let them know what I’m up…
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Getting Rid of Your Scarlet Letters
Of all the novels I read in high school and college, perhaps the one that impacted me the most was Nathaniel Hawthorne’s famous novel, The Scarlet Letter. Set in 17th-century…
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The Superstar Syndrome
Leadership Lessons I Learned on the Volleyball Court In my younger days I used to be a rather good volleyball player, and it was always fun showing off my abilities…