Author: Diana Laskaris
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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…
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HOW TO KEEP YOUR CREATIVE JUICES FLOWING
Writers, Actors, Musicians, Artists, and creative people of all types have a uniquely challenging place in our modern world. Gone, for the most part, are those patrons of the arts who provide safe haven from the cares of the world so that artists can focus entirely on their creative process. More often than not, creatives…
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RELATIONSHIP SECRETS THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND
If you’ve read my “About Me” section, you already know that I am continually researching, learning, and stretching my skills as a transformation specialist. Some of the concepts I have discovered along the way have enriched my understanding of human nature beyond my wildest expectations. Don’t you love that I can genuinely say that? I…
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WHY STRESS DOES NOT JUST GO AWAY Part 3
Have you had a chance to think about some of the indicators that you might be experiencing excess stress? Remember that the symptoms of too much stress – physical aches or tense muscles, hostility, disorganization, lack of motivation, loneliness, nervousness, fatigue, and more – are not stress itself, but ways we are responding to stress…
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WHY STRESS DOES NOT JUST GO AWAY Part 2
So, in Part 1 you learned that I had very questionable judgment in hair styling when I was younger. And you may have reflected upon one of your own bad hair, bad teeth, bad glasses, bad skin periods of your own. I left you dazzled with my reference to Buckaroo Banzai’s wisdom that “Wherever you…