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Beyond the Temper-ary Tantrum

November 5, 2010
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I felt foolish posing the following question to my students: “Is it possible for someone to be angry for no reason?”. For whatever reason, I felt like it was a naive question, one that I should have been able to answer myself. And by angry, I didn’t mean waking-up-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-bed grumpiness.

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But Doctor, It Hurts!

August 26, 2010
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About two weeks ago, I was rollerblading in my neighborhood and tripped as I was trying to transition from sidewalk to street. I fell on my butt and my right elbow, which hurt so hard I almost blacked out. Luckily, I was only a few feet away from my house – I was praying I could at least make it to my front door before my body decided to give way.

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