Category Archives: Imperfection

What’s Good for the Goose…

Posted on November 19, 2013 by awentherapy

A friend shared the following article by Emma Gray (via The Huffington Post) titled 23 Things Every Woman Should Stop Doing with me. She loved the article, as do I. Her most interesting comment was that she thought this advice applied to … Continue reading →

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What Doesn’t Kill Us…

Posted on August 6, 2013 by awentherapy

Philosopher Friedrich Nietczsche said, “whatever doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.” That isn’t always the most comforting saying when we are going through something difficult. And while it may not always be true, there evidence that facing challenges can improve … Continue reading →

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The Process of Change Revisited

Posted on October 9, 2012 by awentherapy

Sometime back I wrote a post titled Change vs. the Process of Change. I discussed the fact that change is the place we want to be while the process of change is the road to reaching that place.  It is … Continue reading →

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Spinning a Tale…

Posted on May 2, 2012 by awentherapy

Here I go again.  Another post centered on a TED Talk.  What can I say?  I’m a huge fan.  If I was young and hip I might say I was a fanboy.  Fortunately I don’t suffer from any illusions that … Continue reading →

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I Don’t Read Instruction Manuals Anyway…

Posted on January 24, 2012 by awentherapy

Mistakes, mistakes, mistakes.  We all make them.  How can we not?  We are imperfect beings.  We have limits…of understanding, of knowledge, of experiences.  But yet we so often beat ourselves up for making them.  Some of us more than others. … Continue reading →

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Sometimes There Are Just Choices…

Posted on November 30, 2011 by awentherapy

Life seems to present us with an endless stream of choices to make.  Some of them we make without really giving them much thought.  In fact most of them are like that.  Every time we do something during the day, … Continue reading →

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