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The Resilient Woman: Part 2

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger03.26.2010 Life Lessons
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The resilient woman embodies a tenacious spirit and embraces life in the face of trauma, losses and transitions. She lives a courageous life with a vision of purpose, meaning and fulfillment. The inspiring and fearless photojournalist, Margaret Moth, who recently succumbed to cancer, embodied the spirit of a resilient woman. Pictured here with her camera, [...]

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The Resilient Woman: Part 1

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger03.19.2010 Life Lessons
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How is it that one woman juggles her kids, job, home and relationships without succumbing to the pressure, while another woman with similar circumstances is ready to blow at any given moment? Resiliency is the difference – not just in the way we manage stress, but also in our ability to find balance and happiness [...]

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Devastation in Haiti – Overcome Your Sense of Helplessness

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger01.15.2010 Life Lessons
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Everyone is talking about the disaster on Tuesday night that struck the capital of Haiti and the surrounding areas where approximately two million people live. The 7.0 magnitude earthquake essentially destroyed the capital. The death toll may reach tens of thousands of residents and those visiting the island nation. One geophysicist said the earthquake’s power [...]

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Navigating Loss as a Community

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger01.13.2010 Life Lessons
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Last night I went to yet another shiva. In the Jewish tradition we practice the ritual of shiva when somebody dies. Family, neighbors and members of the community visit the person in mourning – in this case it was a close friend whose father died. We sit together, say prayers, share memories about the lost [...]

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The Benefits of Laughter

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger01.10.2010 Balance & Happiness
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At a motivational seminar three women are asked to come up to the stage. They are all asked, “When you are in your casket and friends and family are mourning, what would you like to hear them say about you? The first woman says, “I would like to hear them say that I was a [...]

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My Last Goodbye: Loss and Grief

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger12.15.2009 Life Lessons
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My mother asked me to come with my young family from our home in Boston to New York City to visit her and my father for Labor Day weekend. It had been a couple of months since we last saw each other. We exchanged words and I told her I was simply too busy to [...]

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Welcome to Dr.RKG – What Women Need – Video

by Dr. Randy Kamen Gredinger12.08.2009 Life Lessons

Throughout our lives we are faced with challenges, transitions and losses. How can you find the strength and grace to let go of what is lost? It is about thriving…not just surviving.

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Resilience, Relationships and Happiness – Video

by admin112.05.2009 Balance & Happiness

Women’s Workshop on Creating Greater Resilience, Relationships and Happiness This video is about creating healthy relationships the ability to successfully manage family and work responsibilities. The ultimate key lies in our capacity to self regulate and build healthy friendships and support systems. The women involved in this seminar are from Wayland, Massachusetts.

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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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What Women Need: The 12 Prescriptions for Gaining Balance and Happiness

by admin111.18.2009 Balance & Happiness

By Randy Kamen Gredinger, Ed.D. Loneliness, troubled relationships, failing marriages, serious parenting concerns, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and complicated pain problems. No one escapes being affected by one or more of these serious issues at some time in life. These difficulties can be managed and in many cases overcome. The secret to successfully moving through [...]

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