Locus of Control: How Outcomes in Life are Determined
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“Things worthwhile generally don’t just happen,” Branch Rickey, the Hall of Fame major league baseball executive declared. “Luck is a fact, but should not be a factor. Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best…luck is the residue of design.” Rickey firmly believed that we author our own […]
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100 Million Americans Suffer from Chronic Pain
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In an effort to mitigate pain caused by contractions during childbirth, Jessica Delfino broke into song. Using a karaoke YouTube video from her husband’s phone, she joined Jimmy Buffett in belting out Margaritaville. “‘Nibblin on sponge cake,’ I began singing, uncertain, wondering if I was in some sort of labor-induced mania,” Delfino wrote in a story […]
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Grief Bacon
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What is grief bacon? The term is a direct translation of the German word kummerspeck. It refers to the overeating people do to cope with the trauma of grief. We know that dealing with the death of a significant other frequently involves appetite changes. Overeating, stress eating, and binge eating are on one side of the equation — […]
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Who killed Vincent van Gogh?
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“The sadness will last forever.” These are among the last words spoken by Vincent van Gogh before his death just after 1 a.m. on July 29, 1890. The thirty-seven year old artist was cradled in the arms of his brother, Theo — the two were in Van Gogh’s modest attic room at the Ravoux Inn, […]
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Russian Invasion of Ukraine Fits the Pattern
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The 5:20 a.m. radio announcement was just one-half minute long. But the chilling content of that broadcast has echoed through history and has never been more pertinent. These are the grim words that went out over the air: “This is Imre Nagy speaking, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People’s Republic. Today at daybreak, […]
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