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Patricia Stern, LCSW, MBA
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So many people I see feel really lonely. Did people always feel this way? Back in the old days were people lonely as well? The internet says no for many reasons, one of them being itself! If you’re lonely, do you think it’s hopeless or that you can do something about it? Do you have a belief that you have control over some things in your life or not? It may require a little self-talk for sure but at least you’re in control of your attitude, good or bad, positive or negative.
pstern41
Feb 252 min read


Change
I had a wonderful friend; may she rest in peace. We’d work out then meet at a restaurant for lunch. If the restaurant was closed when I got there, I’d just laugh. I knew my friend would never show up and look for a place to go instead. She wouldn’t want to adjust to the change in our plans and make a new plan. If the restaurant was closed then that was it, we just didn’t have lunch together that day. That’s it. She didn’t like change. Changes are harder for some people than o
pstern41
Feb 172 min read


Bitter is a choice
What does it mean to be bitter? It seems it’s kind of a mix of feelings – sad, angry, resentful, thinking like life hasn’t been fair to you or to your people. Bad stuff happened and we feel like we didn’t deserve it and maybe we really didn’t, but it happened anyway. How are we gonna handle it? We can resent it for a while and for sure we probably will, but do we want to keep thinking about it, keep holding on to it? If we keep that up, we just continue to lose. It’s bad e
pstern41
Feb 92 min read


Hate to Argue?
People say they don’t want to argue; they don’t like confrontation. But it’s possible to talk with someone who has different ideas and not argue with them. It’s possible even if you don’t agree with them, even if you think you can’t make them understand what you’re trying to say. You don’t have to feel like you’re being a bad person. Of course it could be you’ve tried before, and you think you already know what they’re going to say so you just don’t even want to try. Some co
pstern41
Oct 28, 20252 min read
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