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	<description>Recovery From Destructive Habits Using Modern Psychology &#38; Buddhist Philosophy</description>
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		<title>The Status Quo Bias</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The more difficult the decision we face, the more likely we are not to act, according to new research by UCL scientists that examines the neural pathways involved in &#8216;status quo bias&#8217; in the human brain. The study, published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), looked at the decision-making of participants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The ABC of Rational Thought</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ABC Exercise is from Rational Emotive Therapy (REBT), which is a derived form of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). The ABC Exercise is a simple and effective tool that can be used by anybody, and most importantly – it works. This Exercise helps an individual examine irrational thought processes, and stop being victimized by their irrational thinking.]]></description>
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		<title>Codependent Behaviors</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We frequently react to people who are destroying themselves; we react by learning to destroy ourselves. These habits can lead us into, or keep us in, destructive relationships that don't work. These behaviors can sabotage relationships that may otherwise have worked. These behaviors can prevent us from finding peace and happiness with the most important person in our lives.... ourselves. These behaviors belong to the only person we can change.. ourselves. These are our problems.]]></description>
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