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8 01, 2024

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Five Steps to NOT be a Victim of Your Upbringing or Culture

Personal Growth, Psychology

Five Steps to NOT be a Victim of Your Upbringing or Culture

By Dr. Jim Taylor| 2024-01-08T10:51:20-08:00 January 8th, 2024|Categories: Personal Growth, Psychology|Tags: culture, mental health, personal growth, positive psychology, self-help, upbringing|0 Comments

Let’s begin with a basic reality of life: We are all victims of our upbringing and the culture in which we grow up. We didn’t get to choose our parents, siblings, extended families, where we lived, where we went to school, the activities we participated in, or the conditions of our early lives. Rather, our [...]

22 11, 2021

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Five Powerful Forces that Shape Our Lives (and Where Does Free Will Fit in?): Part I

COVID-19 Crisis, Parenting, Personal Growth, Psychology, Technology

Five Powerful Forces that Shape Our Lives (and Where Does Free Will Fit in?): Part I

By Dr. Jim Taylor| 2021-11-16T10:32:31-08:00 November 22nd, 2021|Categories: COVID-19 Crisis, Parenting, Personal Growth, Psychology, Technology|Tags: genetics, human development, parenting, personal growth, psychology, technology, upbringing|0 Comments

Choices, options, alternatives, preferences, opportunities, decisions; these are all words that have a powerful impact on our collective psyches as human beings. They evoke free will and self-determination, the ability to become whomever we want to become, and the ability to opt for whatever road we choose in our life’s journey. Yet, whether we actually [...]