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Do you need a good laugh? In response to my blog item about drugs and kids getting high, a reader named Robert reminds us that laughter triggers healthy, euphoria-inducing chemicals in the body. “Laughter is, in my opinion, the best high there is,” he writes. “We need another Dean Martin or Bob Hope to get…

There’s a “smarmy Stuart Smalley” quality to the affirmations I posted yesterday, writes faithful reader Pacific231. As an antidote, she or he suggests discussing Buddhist “pith” teachings. Great idea. A pith saying is a distilled lesson, a gist, a bit of wisdom boiled down to its essence. In the same way that “pith” can also…

Speaking of that smarmy Stuart Smalley, did you know that years ago, Al Franken wrote a hilarious book based on his classically nasal, co-dependent, self-help group-addicted SNL character? As the King of Affirmations, in I’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!, “Smalley” recommends repeating slogans like: When I go home…

Do your chattering thoughts tear you down? Do negative memories become your life’s story? You need some affirmations then, little sayings that you can repeat to yourself as you walk or meditate. You can also post them on your bathroom mirror or automobile dash. Dr. Kathleen Hall of The Stress Institute offers a menu of…
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