Joseph Rudyard Kipling was a poet, short-story writer, created the well-loved story of Mowgli, and was presented with the Nobel Prize for Literature. Joseph was born in Bombay during 1865. His parents met and married in England but soon after, Joseph’s father, (John) was offered a position in India as a Professor. At only five…
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Attachment styles created at infancy…are they a template for our future relationships? Did our parents’ certain parenting style in raising us from infancy impact the quality of our adult romantic relationships? Well, based on a few amazing studies, it does in fact seem that an infant’s attachment style forms a model for future relationships. Based…
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Breathe in for 4 seconds, hold for 1 second, breathe out for 8 seconds, hold for 1. And repeat. Feel better? I find that deep breathing really does relax me when nothing else will. No, I can’t shut off my worries with the snap of a finger, and no, it won’t stop my initial panic…
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Do you really turn into your parents as you grow up? Now, don’t get me wrong, I love my parents very much and they were/are great parents. I was lucky to have a mother who was a social butterfly (unlike this quiet lady typing) and wanted her daughters to have ALL the sleepovers, ALL the…
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I often wonder just how many misunderstandings occur each day. No two minds are exactly alike. People don’t often have the time, circumstances, or nerve to explain the intention behind all actions, words expressed, or looks exchanged; not to mention that would consume one’s day quite extensively if we did. There are many people who…
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If you could tell your younger self any one thing, what would it be? For me, I’d tell myself to never try to “make” someone love you. Some people think they want to be in a relationship, but don’t know how to give you what you need. If they don’t hear you the first time,…
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Where do you see yourself in five years? Ten? I’ve always loathed this question. “Why are you asking me this,” is always my immediate thought. I’ve heard it in job interviews, dates I’ve gone on, and every time, I’d cringe a bit and say to myself, “Really?” What makes some people have this 5 or…
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I think we all have something we’re holding onto that isn’t serving any purpose. Perhaps because of having hope something will change, or not feeling ready to accept the reality of a situation; an ending. Freeing ourselves from ties that shouldn’t still be there is sometimes a scary and harsh reality for many. We oddly…
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Albert Einstein’s curiosity led to a multitude of wins in life; for him and for everyone living since. Are you curious about things? Do you often sit and wonder about people, their backgrounds, their innermost thoughts? I know it can’t just be me! I feel like sometimes I’m way too curious. By curious, I don’t…
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Are you living your life or just merely existing in it? What’s the difference? I have periods I am most definitely up in the clouds, watching myself from above as I run from task to task. I hear the alarm and feel the push of life against my back, forcing me into a mad rush…
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