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Savoring the Holiday Season

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger on November 22, 2011

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Give yourself and your loved ones the best gift of all by focusing on the magic and true spirit of the holiday season. Often busyness, expectations and multitasking eclipse the essence of the holidays. Savor the holiday season and create new memories.

Here are 10 ways to maximize this merry month:

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Gratitude in the Midst of Loss

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger on November 2, 2011

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Rachel developed gratitude in the face of personal loss. She learned one of the secrets to becoming happier and more optimistic. Rachel changed the way she perceived herself and others by incorporating a greater sense of appreciation into her daily life.

She found herself going to bed each night feeling a sense of loss, anger and loneliness. Rachel recently ended her three-year relationship with her charming and quite handsome live-in boyfriend after discovering through a trusted girlfriend that Richard had been repeatedly unfaithful. Everyone seemed to know but Rachel.

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The Antidote to the Winter Blues

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger on February 4, 2011

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Julia, a dental assistant in a local dentist’s office has a distinct twinkle in her eye that never fails to light up a room. That is, until February hits. Something happens in the cold, dark months in New England that slowly builds within Julia. Perhaps it is Seasonal Affective Disorder, although she has never been formally diagnosed. It’s as if she hits the wall for the midwinter months and then by late in April she slowly begins to emerge from her cocoon. Julia is in good company with those among us coming [click to continue…]

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De-Cluttering Your Space and Mind

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger on January 23, 2011

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Waking up in the morning to a clean, de-cluttered space brings me a sense of balance and happiness. Even when my children were young I managed to maintain a space where I could sit, if only for a few precious moments and enjoy the calm and peace of a minimalist space.

Of course we all know that life is messy business and cannot really be controlled. There are however ways to make daily life less stressful. Getting rid of extra stuff is one of the keys to [click to continue…]

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At The Massachusetts Conference for Women Gloria Steinem Inspires Leadership

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger on December 20, 2010

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“We have to recover the art of making ourselves central,” said Gloria Steinem addressing more than 6,500 women at the 6th annual Massachusetts Conference for Women earlier this month. The keynote speakers included the renowned Gloria Steinem, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, Elizabeth Lesser, Judge Glenda Hatchett, Christy Turlington Burns and Tory Johnson. The focus was on women [click to continue…]

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Bullying… now Cyberbullying and a boy named Spencer

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger11.19.2010 Bullying
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Bullied for the first time during recess in second grade, Spencer recalls the kids laughing at him for being pale and skinny. I met Spencer shortly after his fifteenth birthday. He was released into my care after an unsuccessful suicide

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Teenage Cutting: Part 2

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger11.17.2010 Life Lessons
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Cutting or self-injury (SI) is about scratching or cutting your body with a sharp object (scissor, razor blade, paper clip, glass, tweezers etc.) enough so that the skin is broken and bleeds. As was mentioned in Cutting Part 1, this behavior is not usually meant as a suicidal gesture. Every story regarding why an adolescent [...]

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Teenage Cutting: Rachel’s Story Part 1

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger11.16.2010 Life Lessons
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We hear about cutting in the media when celebrities like Angelina Jolie, Princess Diana, and Courtney Love, to name a few, come forward. We may learn of instances of cutting in our communities, but it remains a poorly understood and difficult to treat behavior. Yet cutting is becoming more prevalent in young women. Rachel is [...]

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Women and Leadership: Who Me? Part 2

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger11.10.2010 Leadership
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Leadership appears in our everyday lives when we engage with our children, spouses, friends and colleagues. Leadership is present when we attend social functions and do our jobs as homemakers, doctors, volunteers, lawyers, business women, or whatever roles we have. We do not have to define leadership as “dominant” or “superior.” Nor do we need [...]

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Women’s Conference 2010 Highlights

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger11.07.2010 Inspiration

DrRKG on site at the Women’s Conference in Long Beach, California 2010.  Here are highlights with Maria Shriver at the helm of her final Women’s Conference in Long Beach, California. A dazzling event for over 30,000 women and a few men too!

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Photos directly above by Laura Bergstein, all rights reserved; Portrait Photography of Dr.RKG by Janet Wolbarst Photography www.janetwolbarst.com