Here are this weekend's reading diversions for your personal enlightenment. Have a great weekend!
Robert Leahy, Ph.D.: Good Enough Really Is Good Enough: 7 Steps to Overcome Perfectionism
If you are like this, you are not alone. You are a perfectionist. You berate yourself if you make a mistake, regretting that you didn't do the best you could do. Or, you drive other people crazy with your demands that things have to be just right.
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Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.: Do Narcissists Know They Are Narcissists?
Lots of psychologists have theorized that a lack of self-awareness is a hallmark trait of narcissists. My personal experience with narcissists does not seem to support this. It seems to me as though they are not only aware of who they are, but also embrace it.
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Rock Ball 2011: Status Quo Perform For Crohn's Disease Fundraising Event In London
The main symptoms of the illness are pain in the abdomen, urgent diarrhoea, general tiredness and weight loss.
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7 Sites You Should Be Wasting Time On Right Now (PICTURES)
We all need to work on our time management skills; but truly, who has the time when there's so much wonderful junk all over the Internet? You can always improve them tomorrow. In the meantime, here are our picks for the sites you should be wasting time on this week. Clear your schedule for the afternoon and check them out, and vote for the best!
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Robert Tornambe, M.D.: What Makes a Person Ugly?
What about the opposite? Did you ever meet someone who you thought was average-looking, but once you got to know that person, your opinion about his or her physical characteristics changed for the better? That person just got better-looking in your eyes because he or she was nice or charming
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Emily V. Gordon: Did You Know, Deep Down, That You'd Get Divorced One Day?
So you're getting married?! That's exciting! Maybe you're planning a huge beautiful event, or maybe you're just having a small ceremony and going to dinner with your parents -- but no matter the size of the wedding, at some point it might start to feel like it's picking up a life of its own, steaming ahead no matter what. If you're wondering if you should be getting married, it's time for a gut check.
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Second Hand Smoke Linked To Kids' Depression, Anxiety, ADHD
Ultimately, researchers found that higher serum cotinine levels were linked to symptoms associated with major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, ADHD and conduct disorder, which the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry defines as a group of chronic behavioral and emotional problems.
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Working Long Hours Is Bad For Your Heart
People who regularly work long hours may be significantly increasing their risk of developing heart disease, the world's biggest killer, British scientists said Monday
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Food Addiction Works Like Drug Addiction In The Brain
The study helps explain why it can be so hard for some people to maintain a healthy weight, and why it has been so difficult for drugmakers and health experts to find obesity treatments that work
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Pamela Serure: Women and Heart Disease: Staggering Statistics
The human heart will beat more than 2.5 billion times during an average lifespan. But for many women, their lifetimes will be cut short by heart disease. Today, we will lose one woman every minute to heart disease. More women will die from heart disease, than from all cancers combined. And to rattle the feminists, heart disease now kills more women than men.
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Stefan Aschan: 10 Healthy Foods for Longevity
And what is good for your health is great for weight loss and your longevity. Both go hand in hand.
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Here are the 17 worst habits for your heart, and how to avoid them.
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