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My Baby Wants to be Adopted
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Janey Goude
Be careful what you wish for. It is so easy to see greener grass on the other side. Often we don't take time to think through the ramifications of our decisions. My seven-year old, Abigail, announced, "I wish our family only had five people." We currently
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Your Life is an Occasion – Rise to It!
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Janey Goude
Your Life is an Occasion – Rise to It! --Dustin Hoffman as Mr. Edward Magorium in Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium If you haven't seen "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium," you are missing a gem. I love this movie. In so many ways, it embodies what this blog
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When to Let it Die
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Janey Goude
We lived in West Palm Beach, Florida. You'd think we would have been in heaven. The sun, the sand, the glitz. But our experience was far from heavenly. While I finished out the remaining six weeks of a contract assignment, my husband moved down to get
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Saying your Peace or Holding Your Tongue?
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Janey Goude
I went for a routine radiological test - the dreaded annual mammogram. Because the procedure and the equipment are so specialized - and because "emergency" appointments are unusual - the wait is typically minimal, nothing like going to see your family
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They Don’t Make a Pill for That…I Asked!
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Janey Goude
Our five year old son received the diagnosis of mono. The doctor said other viruses could give false positives, but suggested we follow mono restrictions to be on the safe side. Our task was to keep him calm for a ten days: no riding anything that moved,
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Old Wives’ Tales
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Janey Goude
"Don't believe that. It's just an old wives' tale." Live long enough and you'll see those old wives weren't just spinning tales, some stories contain at least a scintilla of truth. Arthur Itis is an excellent meteorologist. I never used to believe this
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Bringing Balance to our Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Janey Goude
I recently dreamt about someone close to me being in danger - danger too unspeakable to recount here. The danger had warning signs. Warning signs that - after having served in the medical field for over a decade - I should have picked up on. But my first
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Bringing Balance to our Weaknesses
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Janey Goude
"I'm an educated man, but I'm afraid I can't speak intelligently about the travel habits of William Santiago." -Jack Nicholson as Col. Nathan R. Jessep in A Few Good Men Know what you know and know what you don't know. Successful people don't do everything
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Bringing Balance to our Time
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Janey Goude
I struggled with "T." I had already written the piece about turning tragedy into triumph when I received a poignant email. I felt strongly about the tragedy piece because it is something therapists deal with almost daily. But I can't get away from the
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Bringing Balance to our Tragedy
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Janey Goude
As therapists we often see patients and families who have experienced devastating circumstances. Many of us have had to walk through our own personal tragedies. Tragedy requires grieving. Grieving is healthy. But what comes after grief? Whatever the tragedy,
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Bringing Balance to our Stressful Schedules
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Janey Goude
Stress - noun (from dictionary.com) 1. the physical pressure, pull, or other force exerted on one thing by another. 2. a specific response by the body to a stimulus, as fear or pain, that disturbs or interferes with the normal physiological equilibrium
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Bringing Balance to our Responses
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Janey Goude
It is easy to respond well when someone gives us a compliment or encourages us. Constructive criticism can even be easy to swallow. But thoughtless, hurtful words can bring thoughtless, harmful responses that make the situation worse. When was the last
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Bringing Balance to our Quality and Quantity
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Janey Goude
As much as we'd like to justify that quality and quantity can each stand on their own, we all know that isn't true. Every relationship - work, spouse, children, family and friends - needs both quality and quantity to survive. Relationships need lots of
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Bringing Balance to our People-Pleasing
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Janey Goude
"It's important to have a little guilt in life. And feeling bad can accomplish a heap of good." --Dr. Kevin Leman, Have a New Kid by Friday In this excerpt Dr. Leman is speaking to parents who prevent children from suffering the consequences of their
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Balance Poll
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Janey Goude
We are halfway done with our ABCs of Balance. Before we began you came up with some wonderful suggestions of topics you'd like to discuss. Have you recognized your ideas in these blogs? As we've talked through the first half of the alphabet, you've continued
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