Contemplation #20 The Integration of Spiritual Paths I have always found it fascinating how different spiritual paths integrate to provide common wisdoms for personal and spiritual growth. Whether the teachings are thousands of years old (the Gita & the Gospels), or contemporary (A Course In Miracles), the wisdoms are the same. Equally fascinating is how […]
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Heavenly Valentines
Contemplation #19 If your experience was anything like mine as a child, I can remember anticipating Valentine’s Day with a degree of excitement and dread. Excited at the possibility of receiving that very special valentine from that very special someone, and, of course, dreading the heartbreak if it didn’t come. I would eagerly wonder […]
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Contemplation #15 Why do you look at the speck in your brothers eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? Matthew 7:3 Freud called it projection; the tendency to see in others what we cannot tolerate in ourselves. Through the unconscious practice of projection we see our flaws in the behaviors of others. Unfortunately, projection only […]
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Contemplation #7 A wonderful affirmation on the power of perfect peace which lives within us in every moment and in every breath we breath. (from the Daily Word-a Unity Publication) **************************************** Inner Peace Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. Proverbs 3:17 My soul is centered in God. I am one […]
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Contemplation #6 “I am the thread that runs through the pearls, as in a necklace.” The Bhagavad Gita “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” (Mark 12:31) It is a psychological fact that what we focus on, we amplify. It is a law of perception amplified by the creative power of the mind. For example, we focus on what is frustrating us and […]
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Contemplation #3 “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28) Everyone has at least one; a problem that just seems to defy resolution. It seems that no matter what you try, nothing works. The problem remains and even grows worse over […]
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Contemplation #2 “With great leaders above them, people barely know one exists.” The Tao It is an unfortunate fact that narcissism is attracted to positions of leadership and authority as metal is to the magnet. Many would be leaders are drawn to pursue positions of leadership and authority by their need to inflate their sagging egos; without recognition, status, and power, they feel lacking, […]
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By Lauren Rebman LMFTA As I continue to grow professionally (and personally) in my private practice, I have come to realize that a vast majority of my younger clients are struggling with a lack of emotional management skills. Their struggle to understand how to express their emotions and thoughts appropriately greatly effects their behaviors and […]
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Lauren Rebman, LMFTA In my work with children, one of the main requests of the parents in families I meet with is to help them decrease the frequency of their child’s outbursts. Parents work tirelessly to discipline their children in the right way and follow all the rules, yet their child may continue to respond […]
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By Lauren Rebman LMFTA In the world of systemic family therapy there is a theoretical model by Jay Haley and Cloe Madanes called Strategic Therapy. This theory has intrigued me since I was introduced to it during my graduate studies. In particular, I am a fan of a technique of strategic theory entitled “Ordeal Therapy.” […]
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