Author: Diana Laskaris
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ACHIEVEMENT ACCOUNTING PART 1
When I was first a law student I, like many other students, thought it would be a great help to purchase prepared outlines of the subjects I was studying. The logic went that if we could see the items in the comprehensively prepared outline, we wouldn’t miss any key points. The paranoia of first-year law…
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WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO REPROGRAM THE SUBCONSCIOUS?
When you find yourself behaving, responding, or doing things in an unwanted way even though you know that is not in your best interest, you may be acting on subconscious programming. I get asked a lot by people who have been trying to change unwanted behaviors for years, often unsuccessfully, how they can get at…
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SELF-ESTEEM, BOUNDARIES, AND SAYING “NO”
When is the last time somebody wanted something (advice, a favor, money, whatever) that was terribly inconvenient or excessive and you just said “No”? Or have you been asking yourself why whenever someone wants your help, whether or not you are properly equipped to provide it, you find a way to accommodate them? Perhaps you’ve…
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ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN (BUT GUYS, YOU CAN READ THIS TOO!)
It’s been a long time since I’ve heard the phrase, “You’ve come a long way, baby!” Of course, when I last heard it, it was associated with a cigarette brand that thought, and probably effectively too, that women would like the image of independence conveyed by a long, slim cigarette between the fingers of a…
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FINDING CERTAINTY IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD
Recent events around the world are shaking our sense of certainty in a great many things. Certainty of the basic goodness of human beings. Certainty that we are safe in our own homes. Certainty that we know who our neighbors are. Certainty that if we work hard and follow the rules we will have a…
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IS IT OKAY TO BE ME? AN LGBTQ PERSPECTIVE
Even when things are most challenging, I do my best to be a positive person. I am fortunate to have arms, legs, eyes, and ears that all work pretty well. My mind is capable of learning new bits of information and retaining old ones. I have, despite all odds, found someone to share my life…