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Virginia Woolf wrote tht we suffer from a "poverty of language" when we're in pain. Therapists must help patients to discover ...

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Violence against Jewish people has been on the rise around the globe. Author and publisher Zibby Owens shares her project, ...

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The paradox of self-worth is that we spend so much energy trying to earn something we were born with. From childhood, many of ...

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Over time, these intentional behavioral experiments begin to add up. As new patterns become familiar, your self-concept ...