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Patrick Bickersteth PhD (Dr. Pat B)

I am a retired psychologist whose career was cut short six years ago by a central cord injury that left me an incomplete quadriplegic. The ebook I just published has kept my mind constructively engaged and calm. It presents the same help I offered in my practice to people with emotional issues and ideas I, myself, practice to maintain a rational and balanced outlook.

Who Are You Today? Healing From Yesterday’s Hurts: Part 6

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DOWNLOAD COPY OF THIS ARTICLE HERE Part 5 Part 6: If You Can Change, You Will Heal   Many examples and ideas have been provided in Parts 1 to 5, to assist you changing from the troubled state of mind you in were a moment ago (or a few hours, a week, month, years ago) to being less so, right now. Your constant transformations tell you that you are not truly the same person all the time. There are many…
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Who Are You Today? Healing From Yesterday’s Hurts: Part 5

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DOWNLOAD COPY OF THIS ARTICLE HERE Part 4 Part 5: 'This-will-make-me-feel-better' Thoughts   You need to approach the examination of your situation, ready to accept it the way it is; and you need to be honest with yourself about it, facing the facts. The start of healing is for you to agree with yourself that how you are seeing the problem is accurate but that there has to be a better way to look at it, to produce more agreeable…
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Who Are You Today? Healing From Yesterday’s Hurts: Part 4

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DOWNLOAD COPY OF THIS ARTICLE HERE Part 3 Part 4: Seriously, Today, Right Now, Is What Counts   It is a good thing to learn to be totally in the present, because by this means we are able to leave yesterday to itself. Hey, haven’t you heard “Let bygones be bygones”? What you have been reading about is how the temporary nature of life in our changing world “teaches” us to let go – a very important skill we need,…
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Who Are You Today? Healing From Yesterday’s Hurts: Part 3

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DOWNLOAD COPY OF THIS ARTICLE HERE Part 2 Part 3: How The Changes Leave Their Mark... As We Speak First, let us look at the nature of the conditions that contribute to making us different from one point in time to the next. It is, generally true to say that today you are the sum of who you have been (the combination of all your characteristics, experiences and reactions) since you were born. These aspects have always been there, though…
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Who Are You Today? Healing From Yesterday’s Hurts : Part 2

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DOWNLOAD COPY OF THIS ARTICLE HERE Part 1 Part 2 - Here's A Closer Look   Normally the differences that occur in us from one day to the next are not necessarily life-changing in a dramatic way. While this is true, several “silent” activities that are going on in us change us, sometimes drastically, causing significant modifications to mind and body and therefore to our behavior and relationships. For example our hormones, glands (e.g. thyroid) and neurotransmitters, also known as…
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Who Are You Today? Healing From Yesterday’s Hurts: Part 1

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DOWNLOAD COPY OF THIS ARTICLE HERE Part 1 - Are You The Same Person Everyday? Think About It. May I suggest to you that for the most part, who you are, is who you are today; not who you were yesterday? So in the rest of Part 1 of this post, I will try to explain what I mean. I will leave you to judge whether or not I succeeded in convincing you. Later on I hope you will see…
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12 Pieces Of The Inner Peace Or Peace Of Min Puzzle

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DOWNLOAD COPY OF THIS ARTICLE HERE 12 Pieces Of The Inner Peace Or Peace Of Mind Puzzle You want to be happy almost always, right? Then you need inner peace or peace of mind. Here then are 12 steps to practice. They are not in any particular order; just do them one at a time. Take a week to practice each one: Practice emotional control that is, self-control or self-discipline. This includes working on gaining more patience and releasing hurts.…
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Hypnotherapy

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DOWNLOAD COPY OF THIS ARTICLE HERE Brief Description Hypnotherapy helps certain people focus internally. It helps people turn their attention inwardly from their external surroundings in order to engage in self-healing. It has been described as a safe, mental state in which people with psychological problems learn to control disturbing and unwanted memories, behaviors, emotions or specific thoughts. It has been used to help people suffering severe emotional pain revisit circumstances connected with their problem in the past, present or…
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