You Are More Beautiful Than You Think You Are

May 15th, 2013 | Posted by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on You Are More Beautiful Than You Think You Are)

Yes, you are more beautiful than you think you are! How can I make such a stunning statement without meeting you in person? Because you, like many women, have been brainwashed by something beyond your control, a force so strong yet so insidious that you probably aren’t even aware of it. Yet this powerful force …
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Our Mother, on Mother’s Day: Honoring Our First Model for Our Resilience

May 10th, 2013 | Posted by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on Our Mother, on Mother’s Day: Honoring Our First Model for Our Resilience)

We all come to the celebration of Mother’s Day with a long history of being a daughter, profoundly influenced for better, or worst, by our mothers.  For some, the notion of honoring our mother on Mother’s Day brings about a mix of emotions. Into this emotionally charged day full of obligations, memories, some sweet, others …
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One Billion Rising..By Dancing?

March 12th, 2013 | Posted by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD in Addiction | Uncategorized - (Comments Off on One Billion Rising..By Dancing?)

One billion? and we’re not talking about the Sequestration, which is planning to cut one trillion anyway, or the population of the US that is only about 315 million.  No, we are speaking about a global effort involving more than three times the population of the US — we are speaking about women uniting around …
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If ever there was a day designed to potentially dig into our insecurities as women, it is Valentine’s Day.  Here is the day that we are told, reassured, that we are worthy, by having another’s love of us acknowledged.  Some of use will even hold our breath until that love is demonstrated by a token …
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Binge Drinking – Taking Away Your Own Power

February 11th, 2013 | Posted by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD in Uncategorized - (Comments Off on Binge Drinking – Taking Away Your Own Power)

Binge Drinking – Taking Away Your Own Power By Patricia O’Gorman, Ph.D. Author of The Resilient Woman:  Mastering the 7 Steps to Personal Power (publication date 3.5.13)  Most women read “Excessive alcohol consumption is the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States and is a risk factor for many health and societal …
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