Self Care
by Dona Kerr and Dawn Wood.What does it mean to practice self care? It’s creating a space and a healthy mind and body to support you in being the best you can be. If your space is filled with chaos, drama, disorganization, s...
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Case Closed
by Wayne and Tamara.Direct Answers - Column for the week of October 27, 2003 I met my boyfriend on an online dating service four months ago. About a month ago I went to the dating service website to take my profile off...
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Teachers Pet
by Wayne and Tamara.Direct Answers - Column for the week of October 20, 2003 I am 32 and a mom with two children. I've pretty much been single for two years. My problem is I found myself falling for my son's teacher. ...
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Intuition
by Sam Vaknin.I. The Three Intuitions IA. Eidetic Intuitions Intuition is supposed to be a form of direct access. Yet, direct access to what? Does it access directly "intuitions" (abstract objects, akin to numbers...
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The Shattered Identity
by Sam Vaknin.I. Exposition In the movie "Shattered" (1991), Dan Merrick survives an accident and develops total amnesia regarding his past. His battered face is reconstructed by plastic surgeons and, with the hel...
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On Being Human
by Sam Vaknin.Are we human because of unique traits and attributes not shared with either animal or machine? The definition of "human" is circular: we are human by virtue of the properties that make us human (i.e....
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Gender and the Narcissist
by Sam Vaknin.In the manifestation of their narcissism, female and male narcissists, inevitably, do tend to differ. They emphasise different things. They transform different elements of their personality and of th...
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On Empathy
by Sam Vaknin.The Encyclopaedia Britannica (1999 edition) defines empathy as: "The ability to imagine oneself in anther's place and understand the other's feelings, desires, ideas, and actions. It is a term coined...
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Share Your True Colors
by Megan Corwin.Don’t you just love the leaves changing colors in the fall? Here in the Midwest we are almost at the peak of leaf peeping season. The trees are showing their true colors – glorious yellows, reds, a...
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