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“Sunlight is the best disinfectant” (Naomi Wolf).

After attending the MTSU Namie event, Brock Patterson (one of my graduate students) offered this insightful commentary:

“It seems that bullies, whether in schools, workplaces, or marriages, act out not because of what they HAVE (control, power, authority, respect, and fear) but because of what they DON’T HAVE (self-esteem, self-confidence, friends, family, love, and relationships). Bullies are looking for an ’emotional back-rub’ from people who either do not recognize this need or don’t know how to give the support.” Turn the page…

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“I will not hurt myself again today” (A Course in Miracles).

The byproducts of poor thinking are a testament to destructive thinking, and to the absence of its opposite. In the realm of diseased reflection musings emanate from what Goleman (1995) refers to as emotional hijacking – a state in which your mind is seized by a negative or worrisome thought, ratcheting obsessively on the troublesome issue until you become exhausted. Turn the page…

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