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Over-posts while checking feeds creates useless anxiety for me. There is so much coming so fast that in moments in seems insurmountable. So, I back off, take a deliberate breath, and decide what I can manage in order to respond productively. Knowing is not the same as wisdom.

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Therapy can offer a sense of self-understanding, integrity and contentment. While your integrity and values may create discord with others, the more you adhere to a very personal journey of discovery, contentment is more frequent and others' lack of empathy or understanding is less surprising.

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When we lose our history, we not only forget who we are but forget who we might become.... www.bbc.com/news/article...

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In an era of 'tearing down', I have an expansion my practice with Dr. Shannon Smith at LifeSkillsCounseling.online Although the website is under construction (and licenses are pending) the relevance for me is to continue to bring positivity into the world by helping others find it in theirs.

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My personal mission is to build others up, support, encourage and collectively create a better way of life. This occurs when others' seek positivity and then start by creating a better world from the inside-out. Be cautious about worldly negativity inadvertently changing you from the outside-in.

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Today acknowledge your power and presence of mind to lean into relationships. Consider a decision to love as less of a transaction and more as a gift to yourself and others. It's a sound place to take on your world.

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I will continue to support a person's right to self identify, choose whom they love, and build community without fear. An administration that systematically removes these ideals will eventually punish (remove, starve, harm) those who hold these values.

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Laws are a poor substitute for morality and civility: yet essential to uphold when morality and civility are seemingly absent.

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Please remember to breathe today... One at a time, deliberate and focused. This is health practice and a reminder to be present and responsible for your well-being. It's preparation for whatever you face today that 'takes your breath away'.

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An hallucinagenic/stimulant may mute empathy but in this case it appears to have increased empathy. I suspect it has more to do with the person's innate sensitivities that already exist... Thoughts? www.bbc.com/future/artic...

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Every time your impulse is to resist something ask yourself what you might move toward in counterbalance. Hate and power seem to go hand-in-hand.. we must be careful about replicating that practice. Peace and Wisdom

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In 30 years I have never had so many people of existential dread from political fears. Please read for some understanding and practice empathy.

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Is this "Day 1-2" of your personal change? People get stuck in denial, anger, fear, or hopelessness about life or events. Those living out there best know that being stuck in a habitual reaction is more the enemy than the external event or person. Stay aware while freeing your 'self' everyday.

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I am fortunate to be in a small part of a world where life's mission is to become a better human; admit imperfections exist in everyone; shift from blame to responsibility; then in compassion take that responsibility from an individual to a social level. Peace inside leads to peace outside.

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Hope you are well, compassionate, and paying attention to the important rather than the urgent. Don't believe everything you think and don't react to everything you feel. I was in a pain/funk yesterday both physical and mental and both have subsided (again). I'm feeling relief and gratitude.

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We live emotion. In fact beliefs about emotions (are they good, bad, to be avoided or pursued) lead to habits. What if you allowed them to just exist? Learning to sit with emotions is never as consequential as efforts used to manage or extinguish them. It leaves room to respond rather than react.

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Thank you George. This list goes beyond party and could be a lifelong plan. Reactivity, stress, and fear can easily become front and center as a human response to any threat. Practicing these would rewire the brain and promote a sense of meaning and connection to something greater than fear....

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It's sad to see hate and celebratory posts for those who deserved to (or should) die. I am no fan of those who trample on inherent human dignity. Yet, becoming the judge of who deserves dignity is the same playbook of those we abhor. Human regard, understanding, or love is not the same as agreement.

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An eye opening read of what drives our current political turmoil. My take aways are how this discontent emerges in our individual mental health and how Trump and company are the manifest destiny of our caste system....

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Like it or not, the new year doesn't feel all that 'new'. It almost appears we are in re-runs of the 1930s-40s. Rather than bemoan the daily 'reels', hold your arm out, decide what you can do from fingertips to nose, then move, speak, and believe it is your mission to own that space.. your space.

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Power that is feverishly sought is expensive. It comes at the cost of empathy, emotional awareness, and the ability to give and receive love.

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The efforts we use to resist change can be more problematic than change itself. Although not always pleasant, remain open to new thoughts, ideas, and feelings and then decide how to respond..

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Seek peace and self-awareness. The actions of politicians will offer you the opportunity to amp up angst, identify a threat, and invite your reaction. If sitting in judgement, consider a measured response, find ways to retain your compassion, empathy, connect to humanity and then move deliberately.

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