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" Our built-in human system for mimicry explains why we humans can transfer our good and bad moods to each other - if we aren't careful! "

Karen Salmansohn

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" Marriage counselors in particular all strongly recommend divorcees try to understand their role in a divorce before re-marrying. Statistics show if you re-marry before you've clearly seen things from the biter's point of view - you're re-bounded to fail again! "

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" Numerous studies have shown how when one person in a romantic coupling gets depressed, the other becomes more depressed. "

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" Watching TV produces low levels of satisfaction because it doesn't challenge you. Instead, do something that raises your self-esteem. Tap into your 'signature strengths' - things you're good at or passionate about. "

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" Cultivate the habit of zest. Purposefully seek out the beauty in the seemingly trivial. Especially in the trivial. The colors and shapes of the foods you eat. The shadows a vase makes on your table. The interesting faces of the people on the bus with you. "

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" Often, overeating is a way to punish yourself for the anger and resentment you're feeling - either at yourself or someone else. "

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" When you're warm and approachable, you don't have to go up and talk non-stop to someone in a social situation. You just have to be open to the conversations you're already having - and warm and receptive to the people you're meeting. "

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" I believe we create a lot of problems in our relationships if we don't feel safe to talk about our feelings at the speed of life. "

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" You're not looking for perfection in your partner. Perfection is all about the ego. With soulmate love, you know that true love is what happens when disappointment sets in - and you're willing to deal maturely with these disappointments. "

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" When you start to prioritize hiring likable people within your organization, these likable people will attract other likable people. "

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" If you ever want to tame your inner demons, you must consciously choose never to become too attached to any particular life plan - and always remain open to the idea that there might be an even better life plan for you. "

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" Each day, you can awake and focus on small, easy goals you can accomplish in the short term - goals that, over time, will lead you to your long-term goal. "

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" If you want to lose weight, you must make sure your appetite for life is far bigger than your appetite for mere food. "

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" I'm lucky I live near Whole Foods... so if I'm hungry, I can walk in there and grab something yummy... already made... or make it myself. I love to cook. I make a killer marinara sauce. "

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" A soulmate is someone whom, when you meet, without thinking - without letting your neocortex play into the decision - you feel an instant familiarity, a sense of connection, a longing. "

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" Nothing in your past is in your present making you do anything you don't choose to do. You are not your past history! You are not your past failures! You are not how others have at one time treated you! You are only who you are and what you do now in this moment. "

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" If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux. "

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" Imagine feeling like every kiss goodbye to your loved ones each day might be your last kiss. Police officers and their families feel this way every single day. "

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" It's so essential to happiness to speak your truth out loud - because this sharing of your core pain is what creates a necessary healing shift - from negative beliefs about the world - to positive beliefs - and frees you up to be able to fully view life with meaning, purpose and connection with others. "

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" Personally, I know how challenging it can be to find free time in today's uber-busy, espresso-chugging world to tend to our spirits, to nourish our souls. "

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" All my life, my immediate response to emotional pain has been to make jokes. Lots of jokes. "

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" I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices. "

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" If you want to love your life more, you can begin by living and loving more of it - by zestfully living and loving every teeny-tiny, gorgeously-detailed minutiae moment! "

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" I'm a big believer in the power of visualizations. And so are neuroscientists. Numerous studies have proven how merely imagining positive circumstances sends blood flowing from negative brain regions to positive ones. "

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" Don't try to convince your partner you are right. Instead of trying to win arguments, try to have a winning relationship! "

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" Studies show when people yell, they get themselves even angrier. Interesting factoid: If you and/or your partner's heartbeat becomes higher than 100 beats per minute during an argument, you will not be able to fully understand/process what the other is saying. "

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" It seems every morning I wake up to face a list of 20 things to do, with time only to do 10, and somehow I always wind up squishing in 30. "

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" Choose to focus your time, energy and conversation around people who inspire you, support you and help you to grow you into your happiest, strongest, wisest self. "

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" If your partner is angry with you, recognize that his anger is a misdirected plea for love. Your partner's simply upset because he feels something you said or did was a sign of not loving him enough. "

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" Chances are you're using overeating as a way to escape yourself. It's an attempt not to feel or think about what you really need to feel and face. "

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