Create a Work-Life Balance to Keep Loved Ones Close

Journal Star, the website for the daily newspaper in Lincoln, NE, posted Dr Deb’s Monster piece, based on BUILD THE STRENGTH WITHIN, on October 23, 2014, and included the jacket image, as well as a link to the book’s page on Amazon, and to her website.  The site has approximately 260,000 visitors per month. Below is the

My journey up the mountain

Several years ago, I was invited to book a massage appointment with someone described to me as a yoga teacher from Tibet. I made the appointment and didn’t know much other than this was a Tibetan monk and that the experience would be just that – an experience. It was. A man of small physical

Confessing….

And so my mother was a raised as a Catholic, a very reasonable one. Not extreme, never harsh, and did not enroll me in the Catholic school system. She had another set of ideas about what would be helpful in my educational training. Thank you, mom. Public and private schools have been my path, fabulous
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Life tells us what to do in every moment

Do you believe this? I used to think this was sort of a ridiculous idea–but not for very long. And I mostly thought that during times when I was troubled, like during my adolescence and some of the time during my 20s. That was tough times. I was rebellious and not allowing the wisdom that

Anxiety + Panic = Opportunity

Most often, people who have the experiences of feeling so out of sorts that it is identified as panic and/or anxiety, wish they would die rather than have to continue having the experience. There is a strong desire to escape from it–at almost any cost. This line of thinking and the approach generally lead to

The internal dialogue conflict resolution

The voice in your head is not singular, there are several and it is not a sign that you have a multiple personality disorder. It is an indication of your intellectual abilities to carry on a conversation. The idea of internal operations is interesting and the theme behind your words is indicative of what you
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When I thought my life was over

People ask me if I am forever positive and upbeat. Hardly. I am the whole package of a person and sadness grabs onto me as hard as anyone. I look to survive tragic and dramatic and live on, healthfully, and have to do so time and again but it is not so easy, it commands
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The start of a new season

This is the opening of a new month, on the heels of Thanksgiving and the beginning of new holidays where everyone is in a flurry and feeling joyous and also terrified about the stress of it all. Not to stress — relax, breathe, be happy, put a smile on your face until it makes you
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The idea of self determination

When I think about each and every single thing that I write, even when it is about faith, the underlying theme is self determination. No matter what it is that is taking place, we have an investment, we have ownership, we have a percentage of accountability. Creating the life we crave takes a level of
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You want your best life?

I do. I begin by giving thanks every single day for what I have and it includes: the ability to see; to hear; to smell; to feel; to move; and to do so without assistance of machinery or paid helpers or loved ones who have elected to pitch in as care providers. Although I am
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