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  • To Give AND Receive – Being able to do both is crucial

    Happy Samhain or Halloween if you prefer. First off, my surgery was canceled yesterday. We were bumped by 2 trauma patients and my Surgeon did not want to wait until after 9 pm with a tired team and a tired surgeon. He was visibly upset and I respect his decision. It is rescheduled to an

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  • The Superego – where our sense of Pride and our sense of Guilt comes from

    The superego has the highest level of conscientiousness in Freud’s theory, yet like the other two, it cannot exist without the others. The superego contains our sense of morality and ethics or aspirations for an unrealistic Nirvana. Its goal is to totally suppress the Id. I was going to use the analogy of the most

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  • You are not Unfixable!

    You are not Unfixable!

    Good Morning! I was going to post about the wonderful power of ADLs, specifically a shower, but something more pressing has come up. One of my dear friends that comes over to help with my animals, had an awful incident with someone who was supposed to be helping her. This “Counselor” told her that she

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  • Guilt vs Shame

    Guilt vs Shame

    Yesterday we touched on the difference between an Emotion or Feeling and a ‘State of Being.’ I have some combinations that I have found life changing. I was first exposed to the difference between the two concepts while reading a book by Dr. Brene Brown. She has studied and talks on the difference between Guilt

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