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When Your Back Is Against The Wall

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Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

When Your Back Is Against The Wall

I love the internet. Now I know a lot of people have a lot of bad things to say about it, but I love it. Just like I love the people in my life -- they are not perfect, but I love them anyway.

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How We've Created Duality and Separation, and What To Do About It

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Written by: Judith Corvin-Blackburn

 How We've Created Duality and Separation... And What To Do About It

Instead of embracing change and uniqueness, we are raised to fear both. Our conditioned ego asks that we expend huge amounts of energy trying to create a false sense of security and stability. It chides us mercilessly if we attempt to break out of the dysfunctional norms that our culture has placed on us.

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Commitment: How Do We Know What to Commit To?

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Written by: Marie T. Russell

 

Commitment: How Do We Know What to Commit To?

Sometimes it seems that commitment is a four-letter word. It is a word that oftentimes brings up fear as well as insecurity and doubt. What is the underlying fear to committing ourselves to an action, project, or relationship? Is it...

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We're More Likely To Let Our Guard Down Around Those We Love Most

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Written by: Holly Seale

We're More Likely To Let Our Guard Down Around Those We Love Most

People are not necessarily keeping their distance in their family home. It’s a natural thing, you let your guard down.

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Tips For The Two Kinds Of People Who Work From Home

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Written by: Alisson Clark

Tips For The 2 Kinds Of People Who Work From Home

Research suggests there are two types of employees who work from home: segmenters and integrators.

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Mask-Shaming Won’t Work. Try These 5 Things Instead

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Written by: Erica Etelson

Mask-Shaming Won’t Work. Try These 5 Things Instead

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, many people have found themselves serving as armchair epidemiologists and pundits, tracking the virus, projecting the future, and browbeating people who refuse to stay home or wear masks.

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Why The Coronavirus Pandemic Became Florida's Perfect Storm

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Written by: Tiffany A. Radcliff and Murray J. Côté

Why The Coronavirus Pandemic Became Florida's Perfect Storm

Florida is an international crossroads, a magnet for tourists and retirees, and its population is older, sicker and more likely to be exposed to COVID-19 on the job than the country as a whole.

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Why People Literally Don’t See Things The Same Way

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Written by: Yasmin Anwar

Why People Literally Don’t See Things The Same Way

Our ability to pinpoint the exact location and size of things varies from one person to the next, and even within our own individual field of vision, according to a new study.

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Coronavirus Spike: Why Getting People To Follow Restrictions Is Harder The Second Time Around

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Written by: Kristina Murphy et al

Coronavirus Spike: Why Getting People To Follow Restrictions Is Harder The Second Time Around

With residents in ten Melbourne postcodes banned from non-essential travel until at least July 29, the need for continued vigilance is clear.

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Coronavirus Responses Highlight How Humans Are Hardwired To Dismiss Facts That Don't Fit Their Worldview

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Written by: Adrian Bardon

Coronavirus Responses Highlight How Humans Are Hardwired To Dismiss Facts That Don't Fit Their Worldview

Bemoaning uneven individual and state compliance with public health recommendations, top U.S. COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci recently blamed the country’s ineffective pandemic response on an American “anti-science bias.”

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Here's Why Some People Are Willing To Challenge Bullying, Corruption And Bad Behavior, Even At Personal Risk

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Written by: Catherine A. Sanderson

Here's Why Some People Are Willing To Challenge Bullying, Corruption And Bad Behavior, Even At Personal Risk

Two Theranos employees – Erika Cheung and Tyler Shultz – spoke out about their concerns regarding the company’s practices, even though they knew they could face lasting personal and professional repercussions.

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Are We All OCD Now, With Obsessive Hand-washing And Technology Addiction?

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Written by: David Rosenberg

Are We All OCD Now, With Obsessive Hand-washing And Technology Addiction?

One of the hallmarks of obsessive-compulsive disorder is contamination fears and excessive hand-washing.

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How A Stay-At-Home Slowdown Upends Our Perception Of Time

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Written by: Philip Gable

How A Stay-at-home Slowdown Upends Our Perception Of Time

Think back to life before stay-at-home orders. Does it feel like just yesterday? Or does it seem like ages ago – like some distant era?

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Being Vulnerable: Being Willing to Give and Receive Love

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Written by: Marie T. Russell

Being Vulnerable: Stepping Out From Behind Our Walls

Living behind a glass wall can be lonely. You can see the others out there, yet you somehow remain separated from them. Your wall may be called "I'm not good enough" or "No one understands me or loves me". These glass walls have a way of magnifying the negative. Yet whatever you see through the wall is only the...

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Guilt, Shame, and Ecstasy: What Is the Difference between Guilt and Shame?

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Written by: Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D.

What Is Guilt and Shame? Where Does It Come From?

Everyone has experienced guilt at one time or another. In fact, millions of people are burdened by feelings of guilt of all sorts.

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How Our Brains Can Be Manipulated To Tribalism

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Written by: Arash Javanbakht

How Our Brains Can Be Manipulated To Tribalism

Tribalism has become a signature of America within and without since the election of President Trump. The nation has parted ways with international allies, left the rest of the world in their effort to fight the climate change, and most recently the pandemic, by leaving the World Health Organization.

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Why Americans Are Tiring Of Social Distancing And Hand-washing

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Written by: Gretchen Chapman and George Loewenstein

Why Americans Are Tiring Of Social Distancing And Hand-washing

States are beginning to open up their economies after successfully slowing the spread of the coronavirus. Much of the credit for that goes to Americans dutifully following prescribed behavior.

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As States Reopen, Tensions Flare Between The Rule Followers And Rule Breakers

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Written by: Michele Gelfand

As States Reopen, Tensions Flare Between The Rule Followers And Rule Breakers

Since Republicans, on average, are five times more likely than Democrats to believe it’s safe now to resume normal business activity, reopening the economy has often been framed as a partisan issue.

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How To Create A Less Resistant Relationship With Life

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Written by: Sandy C. Newbigging

How To Create A Less Resistant Relationship With Life

What’s important to appreciate about resistance is that it is often not intentional but the result of what’s going on in the more subtle, hidden parts of your unconscious mind. Most people I meet are usually aware of the surface-level results of resistance, but they live unaware of the underlying reasons as to why they resist and end up feeling the way they do.

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How Can You Be Safe At A Pool, The Beach Or A Park?

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Written by: Claudia Finkelstein

How Can You Be Safe At A Pool, The Beach Or A Park?

Even if we escaped getting sick from the coronavirus, we are all sick of staying at home, practicing social distancing and wearing masks.

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Why Your Brain Evolved To Hoard Supplies And Shame Others

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Written by: Stephanie Preston

Why Your Brain Evolved To Hoard Supplies And Shame Others

The media is replete with COVID-19 stories about people clearing supermarket shelves – and the backlash against them.

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