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“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our ...
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One year ago today, at the age of 23, I was diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa, an eating disorder with the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.My ...
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Serotonin and dopamine are both neurotransmitters (chemical signals in the brain) that cause us to “feel good”. Everything we do is essentially based on ...
“Be silent and listen: have you recognized your madness and do you admit it? Have you noticed that all your foundations are completely mired in ...