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Upgrade Your Life – afterdefeat
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Press and More Writing. Comebacks, defeat, and missed attempts in relationships and other life quandaries. August 11, 2015. February 7, 2016. Our phones and computers often need software updates to fix bugs and add apps. The reminders sing to us with electronic melodies and we’re prompted to install. It’s time to plug in our phones or tablets and wait for the installations, either short moments or longer. With the bigger installations, I find myself impatient. How do I do that? In my life, I’ve had...
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Seven Reasons To Delete Online Dating Profiles – afterdefeat
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Press and More Writing. Comebacks, defeat, and missed attempts in relationships and other life quandaries. Seven Reasons To Delete Online Dating Profiles. July 6, 2015. July 6, 2015. Admittedly, most of the other dates and people fell somewhere in between and were nice enough, if not particularly memorable. So now, I’m not on any dating apps. In other words, I’m done. Why are you deleting your profiles? These are the common questions I’ve heard lately. 1 It’s a time drain. 3 I keep meeting the wrong men.
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What Is Gestalt? – afterdefeat
https://afterdefeat.wordpress.com/2015/07/20/what-is-gestalt
Press and More Writing. Comebacks, defeat, and missed attempts in relationships and other life quandaries. July 20, 2015. July 22, 2015. If you want to become whole,. Let yourself be partial. If you want to become straight,. Let yourself be crooked. 8211; Tao Te Ching, verse 22. It recently occurred to me that many of my readers don’t know too much about my work as a Gestalt Coach or what Gestalt Coaching is. This post is a crash course in my. The Mindful Way Through Depression. One of my clients constan...
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3, 2, 1, Go! Green Lights Ahead! – afterdefeat
https://afterdefeat.wordpress.com/2015/08/03/3-2-1-go-green-lights-ahead
Press and More Writing. Comebacks, defeat, and missed attempts in relationships and other life quandaries. August 3, 2015. 8220;And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” Anais Nin. My last post on Red Flags. The red flags, which was enlightening and honest. One reader, Jim, reminded me that not every situation is dire, and it’s important to see the great people in our lives, too. This post is for them. Image designed by Yukio Ota. What if ...
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What Are Your Pivotal Moments? – afterdefeat
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Press and More Writing. Comebacks, defeat, and missed attempts in relationships and other life quandaries. What Are Your Pivotal Moments? June 29, 2015. June 29, 2015. Image source: Screen grab via YouTube. The Supreme Court of the United States ruled by a 5-to-4 vote on Friday. That the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage. A “pivotal” case for love and relationships. In all 50 states. It came against the backdrop of fast-moving changes in public opinion, with polls indicating that m...
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Anger as a Propeller – afterdefeat
https://afterdefeat.wordpress.com/2015/06/22/anger-as-a-propeller
Press and More Writing. Comebacks, defeat, and missed attempts in relationships and other life quandaries. Anger as a Propeller. June 22, 2015. June 22, 2015. 8220;Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” –Buddha. But excessive anger can cause problems. Increased blood pressure and other physical changes associated with anger make it difficult to think straight and harm your physical and mental health. I’m mad t...
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Featured Writers | The Tattooed Buddha
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Meditation for Seasoned Practitioners. Family & Parenting. News & Politics. News & Politics. Family & Parenting. Featured Writer and Columnist. Tammy T. Stone. Jonathan Pendall lives in rural Illinois between two cornfields. He is a psychology undergraduate and a Wayfarer in the Order of the Boundless Way (part of the Boundless Mind Zen school). He writes poems, short stories and makes progressive rock music. He loves philosophy, astronomy and a 50/50 mixture of unsweetened green/black tea...And has h...
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The Red Flags Are Flying But We Don’t See Them – afterdefeat
https://afterdefeat.wordpress.com/2015/07/27/the-red-flags-are-flying-but-we-dont-see-them
Press and More Writing. Comebacks, defeat, and missed attempts in relationships and other life quandaries. The Red Flags Are Flying But We Don’t See Them. July 27, 2015. February 7, 2016. 8220;The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them. — Maya Angelou. After one year, two, three, and finally four years of teeth-pulling and talking to a wall resulted in our ultimate demise. If I can even call him that (refer to this post. Was so non-committal about everything in his life that when it was ...
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Extreme Joy! Or How I Know I’m Back! – afterdefeat
https://afterdefeat.wordpress.com/2015/07/13/extreme-joy-or-how-i-know-im-back
Press and More Writing. Comebacks, defeat, and missed attempts in relationships and other life quandaries. Or How I Know I’m Back! July 13, 2015. July 13, 2015. Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are. –Marianne Williamson. More frequently and have made the decision to make more magic in my daily experiences. I missed my old self. And very difficult situations. I felt small, voiceless, concerned, and generally, untrusting. Something shifted and no...I see...
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