We often engage in behaviors that worsen our lives, but all of them can be summarized as two key points. We often sabotage our lives by ignoring our weaknesses, thinking they're not urgent enough to address. We also tend to overlook our strengths, failing to develop the potential that could...

2 Things We Constantly Do That Make Our Lives Worse

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Herbie J Pilato

It's been eight years since former TV child star Sawyer Sweeten, best known from Everybody Loves Raymond, died tragically by suicide at only 19 years old. Sawyer Sweeten, his twin brother Sullivan Sweeten, and their older sister Madylin, played Ray Romano's TV children on Everybody Loves Raymond, the Emmy-winning sitcom that originally aired on CBS 1996 to 2005.

The Tragic Suicide of Former TV Child Star Sawyer Sweeten ('Everybody Loves Raymond'): 9 Years Later

When relationships end, always ask yourself whether you actually ended up dodging a bullet in the process. How a person ends a relationships may reveal their true nature. Rather than dwelling on what went wrong, instead turn to what went right: You got right out of there. Yes, break-ups of...

3 Words to Help You Get Over a Relationship Break-Up

An Australian team used taste aversion to teach freshwater crocodiles to avoid toxic, invasive cane toads. Crocodiles developed aversions after encounters with cane toad baits designed to induce nausea but not kill. Crocodiles generalized this aversion to live, wild cane toads, and crocodile mortality was greatly reduced. Behavioral interventions targeting...

A Surprising Way to Fight Invasive Species

There is no timeline for memory recovery. We can meet those memories with curiosity and radical acceptance. Give yourself support, understanding, and grace. I've never really liked the dentist as an adult, but never thought much about it. But recently, I had a dentist appointment scheduled, and, as the day went on, something kept nagging at me. After a few hours, the nervousness had become straight-up fear. "It's just the dentist! What are you so scared of?" I kept asking myself throughout the morning as the appointment grew closer. I could not put my finger on it. As I grew more and more fearful, I started to feel like my younger self, the one who found herself in an environment where she was not always safe. This realization caused me to stop what I was doing, find a quiet space, and try to understand what my younger self was trying to tell me. Over the years, I've learned to listen to her and to approach this feeling with curiosity instead of judgment. It doesn't happen often anymore, but, when it does, I listen.

What a Trauma Memory From 16 Years Ago Taught Me

Hollywood child stardom has taken its toll on many actors through the decades. Lani O'Grady, for one, found fame in the 1970s on the TV family series, Eight is Enough. O'Grady followed in the footsteps of her brother, actor Don Grady, an original Mouseketeer and member of another popular TV family show: My Three Sons. Their mother, Mary B. Grady, was a talent agent who represented several child actors. But Lani, who would also eventually become an agent, died in 2001 just one week before what would have been her 47th birthday.

TV's 'Eight is Enough' Star Lani O'Grady Found Fame Early in Life but Died a Tragic Death

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Florida’s buffet lovers are in for a shocker as the popular Royal Sushi Buffet & Hibachi in Port Richey has been temporarily shut down following a state inspection. This isn’t the first time the eatery has faced such trouble, but the recent closure has sparked quite a buzz among its loyal patrons and food enthusiasts alike.

Live roaches, flying objects in the kitchen and soiled shelves- Buffet closed again in Florida

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I love macaroni salads, and this is truly a special one. It's got something for all of the tastebuds and textures. Soft, crunchy, chewy, sweet, savory, tart, creamy, and oh so fresh! Here's what you'll need to make 8-10 side servings:

Amish Macaroni Salad

It's important for parents to know how to manage their own anxiety before tackling it in their kids. Be curious and create an opportunity for your child to talk about their feelings. Validate your child's emotions and collaborate with them on ways to cope. Back-to-school time can stimulate anxiety in...

How to Handle Back-to-School Anxiety

It's easy to fall into habits that, without intention, can hurt the person you love. Invalidating your partner's feelings is a common yet damaging way to be a jerk in a relationship. You can transform your relationship dynamics by making small, thoughtful changes. We all want to believe we’re good...

3 Ways You May Be Acting Like a Jerk to Your Partner

We’ve been watching “Glengarry Glen Ross,” a film known for its seedy, verbose salesmen and Alec Baldwin’s clinic on success in sales epitomized in three words: “always be closing.”. All month, we asked you to share your “ABC,” the catchphrases that pop up in your...

We asked for your work’s “Always Be Closing” — here’s what you said

As I recover from my recent surgery, I continue to experience periodic pain in my abdomen where the surgical incisions were made. The pain is not coming from the incisions, but seems to be coming from deep within my belly. Less than a week after the surgery, I was doing well, managing my post-op pain only with Tylenol, when the pain suddenly became intolerable, and I went to the emergency room. They did a CT scan of my stomach and couldn’t find anything. I saw the surgeon a couple of days later and he also had no explanation. The pain has decreased some and I manage it with Toradol which doesn’t make me drowsy. I wonder how long it’s going to last, and if it is me somatizing—or if the doctors somehow missing something?

Borderline Personality Disorder and the Pain Paradox

"Toxic masculinity" was intended to describe rigid and outdated norms of masculinity, not all masculinity. Men can still strive to be masculine without being "toxic"; the guidelines below can help. Even when you have messed up, try to keep seeing yourself as a “good man behaving badly." If you...

13 Ways to Be the Best Man You Can Be

The term "gaslighting" is now so widely used that it is at risk of losing meaning. Recent efforts to define "gaslighting" distort and constrain its use. Gaslighting is not always intentional and does not necessarily involve falsehood. The term "gaslighting" originated in 1938, but it was not until about 2010...

Is the Term "Gaslighting" in Trouble?

Los Angeles County, CA

It's been two decades since beloved actor Brian Kelly died of pneumonia at 73 in 2005. Best known as Porter Ricks in the classic TV family show Flipper(NBC, 1964-1967), Kelly had once suffered a paralyzing motorcycle accident that ended his acting career. However, he rechanneld his creative talent and became a producer. This is his story.

The Paralyzing Accident & Tragic Death of TV's 'Flipper' Father Brian Kelly: Two Decades Later

Pride often gets in the way of love. Love means being vulnerable, which can conflict with our need to self-protect. Excessive pride and self-preservation create significant emotional problems. The only way to protect yourself from heartache is to get to a place where, as noted by James Caan in Thief,...

Control is the Opposite of Love

While introversion is a personality trait, social anxiety is a phobia. Research suggests that there may be a number of profiles of personality vulnerable to social anxiety. A person is more than their anxieties. "Shy." At a time, that word meant misunderstanding to me. I like talking to people. I...

You Are More Than the Sum of Your (Social) Anxieties

Acceptance isn’t about liking or approving a situation; it’s about recognizing reality without judgement. Acceptance helps us move from resisting to taking action and working with what is within our control. Practicing acceptance can foster resilience and lead to improved mental and emotional well-being. In life, we will...

How the Practice of Acceptance Can Help You Get Unstuck

Actor Richard Deacon found fame on classic TV sitcoms such as The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS, 1961-1966), on which he played Mel Cooley, and Leave it to Beaver (CBS, 1957-1963), in which which he portrayed neihbor Fred Rutherford. Both characters were married to women, while Fred had a son.

The Secret Gay Life of Actor Richard Deacon ('Dick Van Dyke Show'): 30 Years After His Tragic Death

Envy is based on black-and-white thinking, which exaggerates the good and bad in our comparisons to others. While sometimes motivating, envy can be at least just as debilitating. Taking responsibility for our contributions to envy may help us enjoy ignored parts of our lives. For the perfectionist, envy is often...

Envy Is Often Based on Delusional Thinking

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Why “I Mean” Became the New Thing

Discourse markers add pragmatic information to conversations. “I mean” is often used as a discourse marker at the beginning of our sentences. Its recent uptick represents...

Why “I Mean” Became the New Thing

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