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		<title>New paradigms in Leadership</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 09:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reinette Steyn</dc:creator>
		
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The following very useful and informative article is published by kind permission of Gerrie Dresser - Enjoy!
Reinette Steyn
“What’s the Link between Walt Disney
and Transcendent Leadership?”
Article by   Gerrie Dresser of Success Associates
When I first heard the term,   ‘transcendent leadership’, it piqued my curiosity. I’ve heard about transformational leadership, and wondered how it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sleep Disorders and Problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reinette Steyn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When Sleep Eludes
INSOMNIA comes in many forms and has many causes - from side effects of prescription medication, alcohol, coffee, vanilla [yes, it’s a stimulant], physical illness, depression or anxiety, negative emotions like guilt or anger, to excitement, diet, disturbance of usual sleep patterns, physical discomfort, allergies [e.g. to invisible pollens], or concrete disturbances like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toxic People Part II: Personality Disorders continued</title>
		<link>http://www.selfgrow.co.za/325/toxic-people-part-ii-personality-disorders-continued/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reinette Steyn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Toxic People Part II
 
Please read the article “Difficult People” on the web site first!  It is important to understand that we all have functional and even dysfunctional personality traits, and at various levels of toxicity:  You cannot diagnose yourself or someone else as having a Personality Disorder unless you are a properly trained, licensed and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOXIC PEOPLE</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reinette Steyn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[-          Please also read the article ‘Difficult People” new on web site.
 
Toxic implies poisonous, dangerous, distressing to the equilibrium of Self and Others, damaging, infectious, debilitating, sapping strength, interfering with healthy [“normal”] functioning…
 
Now be careful:  Don’t judge!  The most dangerous thing about toxic people is their frequent lack of insight into their own toxicity and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIFFICULT PEOPLE:  From basic personality Traits to destructive Personality Disorders</title>
		<link>http://www.selfgrow.co.za/308/difficult-people-from-basic-personality-traits-to-destructive-personality-disorders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reinette Steyn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[         - Please also see article on &#8220;Toxic People&#8221; on this web site



Unfortunately it is true that every one of us – even the most saintly – has some character traits that irritate some other people!  The good news is that it&#8217;s not always the fault of the person who is perceived to be irritating:  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trauma:  Hypnosis &amp; EMDR Releasing Technique</title>
		<link>http://www.selfgrow.co.za/303/trauma-hypnosis-emdr-releasing-technique/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reinette Steyn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This technique was Presented by Reinette Steyn to the Psychology (PsySSA)Conference in Cape Town on 13 Aug 2009.
Whether big or small, Trauma has always implied disruption of our sense of being “OK”.
The German word Traum means Dream, suggesting an experience in Dream State, or Nightmare, if you will.  Traumatic experiences generally have dream state power: symbolism, irrationality, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relationship Healing &amp; Couples Therapy</title>
		<link>http://www.selfgrow.co.za/279/relationship-healing-couples-therapy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reinette Steyn</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Intimacy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Marital Therapy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Partnership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[RELATIONSHIP HEALING:
MAKING RELATIONSHIPS WORK - SOME ASPECTS OF COUPLES / MARITAL THERAPY
The three essential life skills almost all of us weren’t taught at school:
- How to manage and make money
- How to be good enough parents
- How to be successful in relationships.
It’s estimated that couples / spouses who stay together for financial, religious, family, business, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memory - Problems and Techniques: Basics</title>
		<link>http://www.selfgrow.co.za/265/memory-problems-and-techniques-basics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 12:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reinette Steyn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[·         How Memory functions
·         Causes of Memory problems
·         Some techniques to improve memory functioning 
 
How Memory functions
There are various steps to memory functioning:  
Creating, Storing, or Laying-down a memory:
1.  We need to OBSERVE &#38; ATTEND properly to the detail [data] that we wish to store / commit to memory.
This also implies that our APPARATUS must [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OCD - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder</title>
		<link>http://www.selfgrow.co.za/260/ocd-obsessive-compulsive-disorder/</link>
		<comments>http://www.selfgrow.co.za/260/ocd-obsessive-compulsive-disorder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 14:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reinette Steyn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OCD is classified as one of the Anxiety Disorders.  There are two components:
OBSESSIONS are recurrent and persistent thoughts [e.g. Red is a dirty colour”], impulses [e.g. to say a swear word or utter a sound or make a move-ment], or images [e.g. pictures in the mind, for instance, about murdering someone] that are experienced at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workshops in 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.selfgrow.co.za/240/workshops-in-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reinette Steyn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We are happy to anounce that we&#8217;ll be presenting regular Life Skills Workshops, at low cost, at the Pinelands Library Hall, Howard Centre, Pinelands, in Cape Town [South Africa].
Watch this spot for more details about later workshops!
The first is on Wed 11 March 2009 [19:30 - 21:30].  Please arrive to register by 19:15.
We will present at [...]]]></description>
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