Lessons From Rehab: Run Your Girly Thoughts Through a Car Wash

June 30th, 2017 | Posted by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD in Body Image | Girly Thoughts | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on Lessons From Rehab: Run Your Girly Thoughts Through a Car Wash)

I am lucky to live in a community that offers a variety of spiritual experiences. Last Sunday, after I went to my formal religious observance, I attended a weekly spirituality group conducted by residents in a long-term alcohol and drug rehabilitation center near where I live. The theme for this day was Surrender.   Singing, …
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Four Tips So Your ‘Girly Thoughts’ Don’t Sabotage Your Success

July 25th, 2016 | Posted by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD in Girly Thoughts - (Comments Off on Four Tips So Your ‘Girly Thoughts’ Don’t Sabotage Your Success)

        Sunday night I had a huge first  . . . I performed in an actual concert hall, with an orchestra, with a new conductor! How was I? So nervous! But my nervousness didn’t go in the direction of doubting myself, being critical of my appearance, wishing I had lost weight, or …
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