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“Obesity is One of the Last Bastions of Prejudice in our Society.”
Last week, an obese news anchorwoman, Jennifer Livingston, confronted a cyber bully. That confrontation went viral on the internet and the young woman received a lot of public support. A writer friend...
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Hair, Hair, Everywhere
Maybe you noticed that we missed our Monday post. That’s because we were moving our site to this new location. Still some boxes to unpack but we’re loving the neighborhood! (Note: It’s really me,...
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Eating Healthy Is Easier Than You Think
Let me preface by saying that I am neither a nutritionist nor a medical doctor, but in the early days of my psychotherapy practice, I specialized in weight management and compulsive eating issues. I...
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You Are Beautiful and Strong, Sweet Child of Abuse — Beauty of a Woman Blogfest
by Kassandra Lamb, retired psychotherapist and trauma recovery specialist Have you ever seen an ugly child? I haven’t seen very many. And the few I have seen, who happened to be less than beautiful,...
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Bah Humbug Deux
Most of us here at misterio are running around like crazy, doing last minute tasks required to launch new books before Christmas. So I thought this would be a good time to re-run a post from last year....
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Happiness is an Inside Job
(photo by Sridhar Gutam, CC-BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia) The beginning of a new year is a time to look at where we’ve been over the last twelve months, and where we’re going during the next twelve. Was 2013 a...
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Happiness Part 2: Self-Esteem
A few weeks ago I posted on the subject of happiness and how it is an inside job. That post focused on stopping periodically to make sure you are doing the things that make you happy, but there’s...
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Beauty: A Matter of Mind Over Matter
This post is for the 3rd annual Beauty Of A Woman blogfest, sponsored each year by my beautiful friend, August McLaughlin. The BOAW festivities officially begin on Thursday, so make a note to pop over...
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Do You Get That “Aw Shucks” Feeling?
by Kassandra Lamb (Note: this post was inspired by some of the writings of Shan Jeniah Burton on her blog) When someone gives you a compliment, do you immediately feel like you should say something...
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Changing Your Self-Esteem Filters
by Kassandra Lamb I’m over at Pirkko Rytkonen’s blog today, talking about why it’s hard to change how we feel about ourselves. A filter should be easy to change, right? I can change the one in my...
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Hi, I’m Kass, and I’m a Recovering Perfectionist
by Kassandra Lamb Perfect is the enemy of good – Voltaire In a recent guest post over at Pirkko Rytkonen’s blog, I was talking about why it is hard to change our beliefs about ourselves, i.e., our...
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Are You a Recovering Perfectionist? — Part 2
by Kassandra Lamb Cutting grass, perfectionist-style. (public domain, Wikimedia) Last week, I talked about how perfectionists become that way. Today, the second installment: Seven Steps to Recovery...
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5 Positives of Getting Old–A Fun Look at the Joys of Aging
by Kassandra Lamb You know you are truly old when you apply for Social Security. Yup, I recently signed up for what my grandmother called her “old age pension.” When I taught Developmental Psychology,...
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Forgiving My Body — #BOAW2015
by Kassandra Lamb This post is part of The Beauty of a Woman Blog Fest, sponsored by the marvelous August McLaughlin. After you read this, hop on over to her site for some other great BOAW2015...
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Do You “Should” On Yourself?
by Kassandra Lamb We didn’t get to one of my favorite places this year on our summer sojourn to Maryland. There’s a street of shops in Annapolis that I love to poke around in. Several of them have some...
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Getting A Round Tuit
by Kassandra Lamb I postponed a deadline this week (one of the perks of being the co-owner of the press). (photo by ThisIsRobsLife, CC-BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons) I think it was a good...
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5 Ways to Combat Procrastination
by Kassandra Lamb Last week I talked about the motivations behind procrastination (Getting a Round Tuit). Today, I want to address how one can overcome it. I have lots of these! (by Heron 2 –public...
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Are You a Compliment Deflector? (encore)
by Kassandra Lamb (Note: this was originally posted in Spring, 2014 and was very well-received; I’m re-posting while I’m on vacation. The encore posts of the next two weeks are also related to this...
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Happiness Is an Inside Job (encore)
by Kassandra Lamb (Note: I first posted this at the beginning of 2014. I’m re-posting it while I’m on vacation, with an update.) The beginning of a new year is a time to look at where we’ve been over...
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4 Ways to Change Your Self-Esteem Filters (encore)
by Kassandra Lamb (This post first appeared in spring 2014 on Pirkko Rytkonen’s blog. I’m re-running it while I’m on vacation, because I think this is an extremely important topic!) A filter should be...
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