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Oh, Sweet Life! By Cate Eaton
I was five years old when I found my father dead. That traumatic event set the scene for all the struggles in my life that followed me. Haunted me. My life was shaped by this experience.
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What makes someone a narcissist?
The best way I can sum up what over 20 years of knowing a narc is, is this way...
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I was born in Christchurch New Zealand, into an upper class family
I was born in Christchurch New Zealand, into an upper class family. I don't like spreading the family name around. So I'll just go by my alias, Andy.
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Rupert’s Black Dog
My name is Arwen Valks and I am a wife, a mummy, a creator, a dreamer and a rainbow. The life that has lead to each of these titles has been an adventure, to say the least.
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Lockdown Life 4: Approval, Acceptance and Affirmations
We ended the last article with a brief description of disputation, accompanied by three interlocked disputation questions that can all be employed in cooperation with one another to unveil an alternate explanation for a troublesome thought or belief. We will return to disputation in a future article, but it would be most beneficial for us to continue to widen our understanding before deepening its focus on such specific practices.
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Meet Lyndsey - Honest, hardworking but, through no fault of his own, homeless
Meet Lyndsey - Honest, hardworking but, through no fault of his own, homeless. Lyndsey worked physical jobs all through his life. Over the years he’s turned his hand to labouring, shearing, landscaping and orchard work.
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Lockdown Life 3: Physiological Reactions and Cycles
Having now familiarised ourselves with the ABC model, automatic thoughts, intermediate beliefs, core beliefs, and thinking traps, we are now almost ready to start considering disputation; the process by which old, maladaptive thoughts and beliefs are transformed into new, functional ones.
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Lockdown Life 2: Thinking Traps
There are various factors which are beyond our control during this COVID-19 pandemic and the appended lockdown, but what we do have a large degree of control over is how we think. This brings us quite naturally to the therapeutic modality with the greatest emphasis on understanding and changing our thought processes: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
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Lockdown Life 1: The ABCs of CBT
There are various factors which are beyond our control during this COVID-19 pandemic and the appended lockdown, but what we do have a large degree of control over is how we think. This brings us quite naturally to the therapeutic modality with the greatest emphasis on understanding and changing our thought processes: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
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My Recovery from Abuse - Jessica Emily
Kiwis For Good are proud to introduce Jessica Emily. Jessica has been featured in Woman’s Day and various other publications sharing her journey. She is a leading Empowerment/Mental health Coach, public speaker and recovery enthusiast.
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COVID-19: A Choice Between Panic or Patience.
The “Coronavirus” and “COVID-19” are the two phrases in everyone’s minds and on everyone’s lips at present. We have seen the mainstream media obfuscate the current situation by spewing frantic emotion rather than helpful information, and conflicting information on what your avergae Kiwi should do.
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My long road to redemption.
There was once a time when my parents feared for my future. I was a wayward child, but all children are to varying degrees, so it didn’t arouse much concern. At first.
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