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In the movie Family Man, Nicolas Cage receives a glimpse of what could have been his life. His dreamscape reveals a seemingly ordinary soul – a happy individual who is rich in family. When he awakes, he realizes that he’s squandered what was most important.

I know individuals who regret beginning their family too soon. The opposite remorse can also occur from a singular focus on career achievement. Turn the page…

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In The Book of Awakening,  Nepo (2000) shares a painful childhood experience in which he was “slapped with a vengeance” first by his mother, and then by his father. He describes immediately constructing a psychological wall. According to M. Scott Peck, emotionally abused children build massive mental defenses to survive the onslaught. Turn the page…

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