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Life Is Not a Movie

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While other newspaper columnists from his generation might have been crotchety and bemused about tweets and video streaming, Ebert’s medical realities propelled him to the head of the class, affording him newfangled awards like Webbys’ “ Person of the Year ” and the No. For in his silence, Ebert learned to speak more eloquently than ever.

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Never Broken: How Singer-Songwriter Jewel Became a Mental Health Advocate

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And the powerful questions she learned to ask, as well as the tools she developed because of them, would provide a framework for the advocacy and education she would do outside her music. Because, unless my behavior changed, it didn’t matter. Philosophy is dead unless we can figure out how to act on it.” They’ve been studied.

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How Michael J. Fox Finds Ways Around Life’s Obstacles

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While there are physical reminders of his disease, he’s able to control it most of the time with medication and a healthy lifestyle. That led to an investigation in 2002 as to whether some environmental factor played a role. They have learned not to count on everything being the same and to react to subtle changes.

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What Is Happiness and Why Is It Important?

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in his 2002 best-selling book, Authentic Happiness. Many studies bear out that once basic needs (shelter, nutrition, security, adequate medical care, etc.) One of Seligman’s signature strengths, for example, is a love of learning (a survey in Authentic Happiness helps you decipher which ones you possess). “By Looking Up.

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