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By: Christine Hammond LMHC After losing a large account over a missed detail in a report, Shaun began to take inventory of his work habits. It was an error that he would normally never miss but he had reviewed the document in the afternoon after a long morning of tough negotiations with another account. Determined to figure this out, Shaun enlisted the help of a coach who pointed out that he might have suffered from decision fatigue. Defining decide and fatigue. The Latin root of the word is ‘cide’. This is also the same root as homicide, suicide, genocide, or insecticide. ‘Cide’ means to cut out or to kill. When a person “decides” they are eliminating options or possibilities. They are effectively killing other choices in favor of one. Fatigue has its origins from the French word with the same spelling and the Latin word “fatigare” meaning to tire. It is weariness from physical or mental exertion. Putting the definitions together.   Decision fatigue is a declinin

By: Brian Murray LMHC Not all narcissists are bad, and not all of them are good either. Most of them are arrogant, haughty and bombastic with a high level of self-focus. As far as they are concerned, they are the most intelligent and important person in the room. Nobody can match them or be as good as they are, because, you know, they are the bomb. They know everything about anything, even if they have no evidence or achievements to back themselves up.   But one thing they all do is bring with them a unique set of behaviors that can be spotted from the trained eye, or to what I refer to as "the awakened brain." The awakened brain sees the behavior, makes a connection with that behavior to narcissism, and will from that point on be able to recognize it. Once you see it, you cannot un-see it. It's like casting light into a dark place where it gets illuminated. These behaviors can be spotted by someone who has learned what to look out for. So whether you are

 By: Christine Hammond LMHC At first, it sounds like a silly question. Not to Julie. She was trying to pin down a new definition after having been in an abusive relationship for eight years. She wanted love. She wanted to be in love and be loved by someone who treated her right. But the years of abuse had conditioned her to believe that love is painful and not worth the effort. Now after several years in recovery. She wanted to try again. So, what is love? Love is a noun. The object of deep affection is sometimes referred to as my love or a love. A person might have a love of theatre. Or they might refer to a partner as the love of my life. As a noun, love is a term of endearment reserved for special people or things. Love is a verb. It’s also an action word. It does something. Love as a verb does not sit and watch, rather it propels a person into expressing or showing their affection. It is not enough to say one person loves another, there must be some decis