Thomas Ramey Watson

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13 Things to Never Say to People Who Suffer From Chronic Pain

Kat Gal WRITES: Chronic pain is something I’ve lived for years, chronic headaches, chronic hip pains and related chronic back pain, chronic neck aches and chronic muscle pain… not to mention the emotional pain that came with it. I’ve healed from my non-stop, 24/7 chronic headaches and running happily without chronic hip pains again. I […]

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Susan Stanton Rotman on “Discernment, Imagination & Coming of Age”

From her blog: “Learning to trust the imagination is based upon using it and finding out how it can help you…Literal-mindedness will not help you here. Engage with the metaphor, the image, the feeling, the inkling that is just within your grasp. Use your subtle senses, not your everyday senses. Follow the story or scenario

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Get Off The Computer And Complete This Italian Teacher’s Summer Assignment. You Won’t Regret It.

A summer homework list assigned by Cesare Catà of Don Bosco High School in Fermo, a small town on the Adriatic Sea in northeastern Italy, is currently going viral across that country. Instead of giving his students required reading assignments, Catà gave them a prescription for how to live an inspired life, telling them that

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Why Daydreams Are the Best Creative Tool for Your Reinvention Process

Creative people are often accused of doing nothing. What people who make such remarks do not understand is that often when we are taking time out, being quiet, meditative, and so on, we really are working. We’re mulling ideas, working on our current projects–and hatching new ones. The following article is about that–and about the

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Why Walking Meetings Can Be Better Than Sitting Meetings

The walk and talks have obvious benefits. Desk-bound office workers can all use a bit more exercise. Sitting too much is killing us. Yet the walking meeting’s upsides go far beyond the physical. Walking helps break down formalities, relaxes inhibitions and fosters camaraderie between colleagues — and less eye contact can fuel more personal conversation.

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