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Viva La Difference

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger12.02.2009 Communication
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Last night my husband and I attended a stunning performance of Stravinsky’s Petrushka by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. At the intermission I asked him what he was thinking about during the concert. He said with a smile that he imagined old Bugs Bunny cartoons. At first I felt annoyed that his mind had not drifted [...]

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Beneath Anxiety and Depression

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger12.02.2009 Balance & Happiness
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Susan’s teenage children are acting out. Her aging parents want more of her time and attention. Her mother is beginning to show signs of dementia and her father wants Susan to help him navigate through this challenge.
When Susan comes for her weekly therapy sessions she reports experiencing anxiety and depression. She often vacillates between these [...]

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Be Here Now

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger11.30.2009 Life Lessons
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Nothing during my rigorous training to become a psychologist thirty years ago prepared me to be in the present moment. We focused on anxiety, depression, loneliness, suffering, isolation, abandonment, post-traumatic stress and other disorders. Even back then the emphasis on these words and diagnoses did not quite resonate with me. Alternative therapies began to emerge [...]

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Gratitude: The Experience of Thankfulness and Appreciation

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger11.20.2009 Balance & Happiness
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Sometimes I get caught up in the feeling of what’s missing and what I don’t have. Invariably this brings me to a familiar dark place. I have learned that when this feeling arises it is my cue to get back to basics. I need to remember what is good and the gifts in my life.
Gratitude is [...]

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Friendship: Overcoming Disappointment

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger06.16.2009 Friendship
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Beth and Robin were inseparable friends while their children were growing up. They met when their oldest boys began preschool together. They each had three children within months of one another. Throughout their pregnancies they supported each other through many of the physical, psychological and parenting demands that they faced. Their husbands were off for [...]

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