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The Joy of Six: US Athletes’ Pushy Parents

By Les Carpenter — 2015

From Andre Agassi’s terrifying father to the dad who inspired a novel, half a dozen parents who just couldn’t let go.

Read on www.theguardian.com

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Buy High, Sell Cheap: An Interview with Alejandro Jodorowsky

For more than half a century, Alejandro Jodorowsky has been revered as a master of the surreal—a puppeteer of grotesque fantasy and psychedelic excess.

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How Dementia Changes Families

When my mom developed dementia, my dad tried to deny it and I tried to fix it. We both failed.

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The Art of Listening: An Interview with Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt

1440: Is it true that on the whole we're not very good listeners? Harville: In the resting state, when we're not distracted, the research shows we have a 13–18% accuracy rate.

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Relationship Epidemic: Shutting Out Body Wisdom

Most of us struggle at one time or another with an inability to feel what’s going on inside us at the level of emotion and energy flow. The technical term for this problem is “alexithymia.”

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How Your Mother Can Improve Your Love Life. ~ Mark Wolynn

When you think of your mother, does your heart open with compassion or tighten with resentment? Do you allow yourself to feel her tenderness and care? The way we receive our mother’s love can be similar to how we experience love from a partner.

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My Friend Is Dating Someone Terrible, Or, Secrets of the Darth Vader Boyfriend

You can’t talk someone out of being in love with Darth Vader, and sadly, the worse it gets the more your friend might try to talk himself into trying to make it work because if there is a happy ending all the ways he’s had to abase himself to stay in the relationship will have been “worth it.

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How to Argue with Your Parents Like a Fellow Adult

If something’s important enough to one or both of you enough to get heated about it, it’s probably important enough to get to the bottom of it together.

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What to Do If a Sibling Is Treating Your Parents Badly

You don't always have to intervene, but if you decide to, make sure you have everyone's side of the story.

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6 Awkward Holiday Conversations You're Dreading, and How to Deal with Them

If you are dreading dealing with that one jerk relative or bracing yourself for an onslaught of intrusive questions and and awkward topics, here's a guide to keeping your cool and choosing your battles when everyone around you is making it weird.

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9 Lifestyle Changes that Happen After You Start Meditating

Once you begin meditating daily, life as you knew it will begin to take on some interesting twists and turns.

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Athlete Well-Being