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Vulnerability is not a weakness, according to Brené Brown, author of “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the ...

Air Date: May 26, 2014

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Female troops returning from deployment

Female soldiers are returning from deployment in record numbers, according to Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of ...

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Effects of complaining

Do you hate it when people complain, or do people hate it when you complain? Both? Dr. Dan Gottlieb discusses the effects of comp ...

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Paying tribute to the women who helped integrate Pennsylvania’s health care system

Alumnae from the Mercy-Douglass School of Nursing returned to Philadelphia recently to remember their time together in the 1940s and 50s. ...

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What are teens learning about Civil Rights in school?

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Air Date: April 28, 2014

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How and why we laugh

Humor unites us – we connect with other people through laughter, and share collective struggles and confusions. It offers uncensore ...

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When we hear the word wisdom, most of of think of the qualities of reflection, compassion, and cognition. We think of a type of knowledge ...

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Contagious stress: How to keep from taking it in and passing it on

We all find ourselves yawning, laughing, or stressed when those around us do.That’s because we are all affected by the emotions th ...

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Night Eating Syndrome & obesity and depression

We hear so much about what we should eat and how it will make us feel better. But what if its actually the other way around- that when we ...

Air Date: March 31, 2014

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Feedback

Feedback for how we and what we are doing is everywhere. It can be direct, or indirect. It can be verbal, or non-verbal. It can come from ...

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Focus: The hidden driver of excellence

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Air Date: March 17, 2014

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Life as a university of adversity

In his new book The Gift of Adversity: The Unexpected Benefits of ...

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How others’ stories change our own

Whether we know it or not, hearing someone else’s story changes us. And telling our own story does even more. But the two together ...

Air Date: March 3, 2014

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New research in chronic pain

According to a report from the Institute of Medicine, Nearly one third of Americans struggle with chronic pain. That’s more than th ...

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