Offend Me, Please: The Power of Emotional Resilience
Matthew Leone Matthew Leone

Offend Me, Please: The Power of Emotional Resilience

The onslaught of twenty-something frat boys and construction workers shouting “fags!” as we rode by was impressive. Our learned response was to smile and wave. If a red light delayed our escape, one of us would issue a self-deprecating response, and the whole thing would be disarmed. We can agree that these were hostile words or displays of emotional aggression meant to inflict emotional harm. They failed because we had emotional resilience.

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Family Dinners
Matthew Leone Matthew Leone

Family Dinners

Eating dinner together as a family is as important as what’s for dinner. Make the emotional nourishment commensurate to the nutritional value of the food you’re serving.

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The Big Chill: Cold Water Therapies For Children And Adults
Matthew Leone Matthew Leone

The Big Chill: Cold Water Therapies For Children And Adults

The human body is wild. The brain and the gut, our two internal command centers, ceaselessly conspire to attack and eliminate anything in the environment that might disrupt our stasis. The Pharmacological State would have most believe that their product(s) are the magical cure-all, essential to healing whatever ails us. But if you quiet your mind enough, you will hear your body scream in protest, as it works overtime to clean up that crap from your system.

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