Self Renovation

This psychologist's blog on the mistakes and successes that people encounter when trying to renovate their lives

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Wine glasses clanking, warm hugs, and bright smiles all around as you gather with your friends and family. You’ve been working so hard lately, and finally in this moment of relaxation the silly grin on your face is a combination of both the present merriment and knowing that your effort at the offi...

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Frustration sets in on this cold rainy afternoon. The calm patter of raindrops sounds more like a thousand nails screeching down a chalkboard. The Buddhist ceremonial path to enlightenment though a room with a thousand demons seems comparatively simple – at least there the demons you face are of you...

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How did you go at Oz Lotto and Powerball last week? Didn’t win the millions you hoped for? Or even just the thousand dollars you actually do need right now?

Ahh well, I guess it’s time to head to the local pub.

It’s another bright sunny afternoon as you take the same three steps up to the brass...

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The sun is roasting on your face. It’s a scorching hot day and you’re late for work, “C’mon, when is the bus going to arrive?” “Did I miss it?” as you look down you are almost certain that the sweat beading off of you turns to steam as it hits the pavement. Sometimes it seems like the whole worl...

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Flashes of lightning and thunder broil in the background as you look out across the ocean from the stern of your small skiff. The weather is brooding and has been seemingly for hours.

Lightning streaks across the sky. The glowing-white roots of an upturned tree that yearn upwards. Beautiful a...

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Ohhhh… the dramatic music, the suspense, the cold death stares of “How dare your mother elope with my ex-boyfriend?”

Preview of Next episode screens on your TV: Jerry is driving on a rainy night, checked his phone, a text message from his mistress, you hear wheels screeching… The screen turn...

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It feels like I've seen hundreds of self-help books which start with a chapter or an exercise on visualizing your dream-life.

Simply start with a blank sheet of cardboard, a stack of magazines, and a tub of glue.

Cut out a photo of that:

  • picturesquely photographed home with the french doors...

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