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This morning I found a critical bit of news on my keyboard (left by Eric). Our house is obsessed with “Star Wars” as of late. So I was fascinated by the following article published by Wired.com. (What was especially shocking to me was the bit about Winnie the Pooh being both OCD and ADHD. Then…

If you tested positive as a highly sensitive person in the self-diagnosis I posted yesterday, you may benefit from knowing more about the HSP. Here’s a good start (from Elaine Aron’s book, “The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You“). FACT 1: Everyone, HSP or not, feels best when neither too…

Here are some physical strategies Aron mentions if you find yourself overaroused and about to have a meltdown (like I did in Toys-R-Us). She offers psychological methods, too, but I’ve found it more helpful to start with these physical suggestions. (Then again, that’s coming from a person who has difficulty meditating if she’s not burning…

Note to self: Do not enter Toys-R-Us after 7 p.m. or when fatigued. For a highly-sensitive person (HSP as defined by Elaine Aron in her bestseller “The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You“) with sensory-integration issues (in addition to every other kind of issues), plus depression and OCD tendencies, a…

Thanks to reader, Jean, who wrote the following message on my “The ‘We’ Pronoun” post: My husband died suddenly, 3 days shy of our 15th wedding anniversary. I was 36, with children aged 9 and 13. Someone at the funeral told me it just gets longer in-between cries. I have passed this sentiment on to…

Click here to read Oprah’s entire 1997 commencement address to the graduates of Wellesley College. For more inspiring words for graduates, check out the gallery Beliefnet put up yesterday, based on the quotes I compiled in a previous post.

What are some of the windows God has opened in your life when a door was slammed shut?

I truly believe that the techniques used by parents to potty-train an obstinate child could, if adopted by the United Nations and NATO, lead to world peace. On a micro level, they can go a far way to tame a mood disorder and to foster serenity in the psyche of a frazzled mother (or anyone).…

Last time I potty-trained a kid, I relied heavily on the Serenity Prayer, which helps me with all of life’s hurdles. Click here to read an article I wrote a few years ago, when David was the one in diapers. Now that I think about it, that story involved Naval Academy parents, too!

A few weeks ago, I launched my series “How Do You Move Beyond Blue?” with an interview with Gretchen Rubin, a fellow blogger who is working on the “Happiness Project.” Now I bring to you the lovely and inspirational Sandy Slaga, who has become a friend of sorts because she is always posting very sweet…
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