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THINKIATRY & THE NEW YEAR

THINKIATRY & THE NEW YEAR PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW VIDEO. New Years is traditionally the time to commit to changes and new horizons in our lives. A new revolutionary, life changing field of study, practice, and self-therapy is presented this year for your New Years Resolution consideration. In recent times we have all seen, heard, and felt the significant rise in human emotional struggle from throughout the world and within our own unique personal lives. Fewer people are happy and are living more and more emotionally distressed lives.

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THINKIATRY & PARENTING

THINKIATRY & PARENTING Click this Link to view Video. Thinkiatry teaches the Principles, Process, and Path to healthier psychological functioning and happiness in our lives. I have spent over 30 years studying how our minds and emotions work. During these years I found myself constantly reflecting upon how the knowledge and skills I was learning could have benefited me as a child. I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s – a much simpler time. Yet, in hindsight I suffered from dysfunctional thinking, anger, moods, low self-esteem, and I stuttered – to the joy of my young peers.

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THINKIATRY & YOUR HAPPIER LIFE

To view this blog post on You Tube, please click this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfokzzl5m04 On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the average level of happiness in our world today, among your friends and relatives, and you personally? Everyone can agree that we all want to be happier and more content, but how do we do it? Where do we go to find out? How do we learn the knowledge, skills and steps required?

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THINKIATRY & RELATIONSHIPS

THINKIATRY & RELATIONSHIPS PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW VIDEO. Applying Thinkiatry’s Principles to RELATIONSHIPS: As a society we all need help: Individually, our negative thinking emotions about ourselves and life in general are at historic highs. Our national divorce rate has been a disgrace for years, Family relationships are deteriorating beyond belief, and our work relationships need a lot of work. Yet, relationships are so important to our level of healthy psychological functioning and happiness each day.

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THINKIATRY & SELF-HELP FOR SELF-HELP

SELF-HELP for Self-Help = THINKIATRY Please Click this Link to view Video. THINKIATRY is SELF-HELP for Self-Help! Einstein once said “The solution to a problem will never come about from the same level of thinking that created the problem in the first place.” Paraphrased, that’s: “The solution will never come about from the same level of thinking!” Dr. Einstein recognized levels of thinking, confirming Thinkiatry’s founding premise: Our emotional lives and happiness cannot be changed without first understanding how our minds work and changing the way we think!

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THINKIATRY & CONSEQUENCES FOR THINKING THE WAY WE DO

THINKIATRY & CONSEQUENCES FOR THINKING THE WAY WE DO! Posted on Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 at 5:39 pmr TO VIEW THE VIDEO OF THIS POST ON YOU TUBE – Please click this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBczJrw2idU Thinkiatry’s Principles and Process will challenge and change the habitual, dysfunctional thinking we have experienced throughout history and our own lives each day.

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THINKIATRY & THE FIVE PRINCIPLES

THINKIATRY & THE 5 PRINCIPLES Posted on Wednesday, January 12th, 2011 at 3:07 pmr THINKIATRY & THE 5 PRINCIPLES PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW VIDEO. Thinkiatry is a new word, created to define the Principles and a resulting new Self-Therapy Process to help virtually eliminate the negative thinking emotions our habitual thought systems have caused throughout our lives. These negative thoughts serve no useful purpose. In fact, our negative thoughts are at the root of all known human emotional dysfunction.

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THINKIATRY & MY HAPPIER LIFE

THINKIATRY & MY HAPPIER LIFE! Posted on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011 at 4:16 pmr Thinkiatry’s Principles and Process are the result more than 30 years of my personal struggle to find more happiness and contentment in my life each day. After several years of study and practice my emotional life has changed dramatically and I use Thinkiatry’s Principles and Process many times each day to ensure my own healthy psychological functioning and happiness.

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THINKIATRY & THE NEW YEAR

THINKIATRY & THE NEW YEAR Posted on Friday, December 24th, 2010 at 12:37 pmr THINKIATRY & THE NEW YEAR PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW VIDEO. New Years is traditionally the time to commit to changes and new horizons in our lives. A new revolutionary, life changing field of study, practice, and self-therapy is presented this year for your New Years Resolution consideration.

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THINKIATRY & FREE, LIVE, ON-LINE CLASSES

TO WATCH & LISTEN TO THIS POST - PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK ON YOU TUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8iq80amcI0 Today, countless millions of people throughout the world are bearing unprecedented levels of emotional distress and deteriorating happiness in their lives each day. They are innocent victims of their own, individually unique habitual thought systems. The way we traditionally think allows negative thoughts, resulting feelings and moods to virtually control our emotional lives and relationships.

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THINKIATRY & SELF-THERAPY FOR DEPRESSION

THINKIATRY & SELF-THERAPY FOR DEPRESSION Posted on Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 at 6:21 pmr THINKIATRY & SELF-THERAPY FOR DEPRESSION PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW VIDEO – THANKS! Webster’s Dictionary defines depression as depressing or being depressed; a hollow or low place; low spirits; dejection. We all have our own personal perception and definition. Most of us are afraid to publicly admit any level of depression because of society’s general view that people suffering from depression are mentally unstable, unpredictable, unreliable, and mentally ill.

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THINKIATRY & EMOTIONAL SELF-THERAPY

THINKIATRY & EMOTIONAL SELF-THERAPY Posted on Wednesday, January 19th, 2011 at 3:51 pmr Thinkiatry’s 5 Principles are Thinking, Feelings, Moods, Separate Realities, and Life in the Moment. Learning each Principle provides the knowledge and skills to integrate the next into a virtually foolproof process of self-therapy to eliminate negative thinking, feelings, moods, and their impact on our mental health and relationships with others each day.

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THINKIATRY & OUR THOUGHTS CREATE OUR FEELINGS

OUR THOUGHTS CREATE OUR FEELINGS Please click this Link to view Video. In video #1 we learned about Thinkiatry’s 1st Principle – Thinking. We each have an individually unique “Thought System” comprised of our interpretation of our own thoughts and those of others accumulated throughout our lives. It is impossible for any two of us to have identical thought systems. Others will never think exactly the same way we do. The major impact our thought systems have on our relationships will be discussed in a future video.

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THINKIATRY & CHANGING YOUR EMOTIONAL LIFE

THINKIATRY & CHANGING YOUR EMOTIONAL LIFE Posted on Thursday, February 10th, 2011 at 9:49 am IF YOU WOULD PREFER TO VIEW AND LISTEN TO THIS BLOG ON YOU TUBE – PLEASE CLICK OR PASTE THIS LINK IN YOUR BROWSER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOlCE69xEOM I want to begin this message expressing my humble thanks and gratitude for the hundreds of kind comments and support for my work received over the past few weeks from Thinkiatry’s Blog, You Tube, Twitter, Facebook, and Search Engines.

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