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What’s your general attitude toward aging? Are you scared of getting older? Do you assume your body will fall apart? Many people are afraid of the side effects of getting older, such as developing health issues. But the more you think about it, the more likely these things will happen. Continue reading to learn how your attitude toward aging affects your health in the future.
Have you been feeling unlike yourself? How can you improve your well-being? According to The Expectation Effect by David Robson, expectation effects influence your mental and emotional health. It can get so bad that sleep, self-control, and the way you respond to stress are negatively affected. Learn how to improve your well-being and change your lifestyle for the better.
Do you sometimes wish you were back in the honeymoon phase? How do you deal with change in a relationship? David Richo argues that all successful relationships happen in three phases—the honeymoon phase, the discordant phase, and the devotion phase. Mindful loving enables you to transition between these phases in a way that makes your relationship stronger. Learn how to deal with change in a relationship so that it doesn’t sour over time.
What’s the relationship between Michelle Knotek and Shane Watson? How did Michelle (Shelly) manipulate Shane until his death? Shane Watson didn’t know what he was in for when he came to live at his aunt’s house. According to Gregg Olsen’s book If You Tell, it didn’t take long until Shelly began humiliating Shane to the point she had her husband kill him. Below we’ll examine the life and death of one victim of Michelle Knotek, Shane Watson.
Who were Shelly Knotek’s victims? How many of these victims escaped with their life? If You Tell by Gregg Olsen is the story of notorious murderer Shelly Knotek. With the help of her husband, Shelly abused and killed three people, while her daughters managed to live a life away from their mother after her arrest. Let’s look at a list of Shelly Knotek’s victims to see who suffered the worst of her abuse.
Who is Kathy Loreno? How was she betrayed by her best friend on her deathbed? In If You Tell, Kathy Loreno is named as one of Shelly Knotek’s many victims. Unlike Shelly’s daughters, Kathy couldn’t escape the abuse and died in the home that belonged to her best friend. Continue reading to learn more about Kathy’s last years of torture under Shelly’s roof.
Are elements of your childhood creeping into your relationships? Can adults be treated for childhood trauma? People can go years without treating childhood trauma or even realizing that they’re suffering from it. For those who have accepted that it’s negatively affecting their lives, How to Be an Adult in Relationships by David Richo has three practices that will help heal those wounds. Here’s how to treat childhood trauma in adults so they can learn to love.
How does If You Tell explain Shelly Knotek’s abusive behavior? What was Knotek like as a child? In Gregg Olsen’s If You Tell, Shelly Knotek’s childhood is presented as a possible explanation for why she turned out to be a horrific person. Even her three marriages are just the beginning of what she would put her daughters and other people through in adulthood. Let’s look at how Knotek’s childhood and marriages show early signs of her future crimes.
What’s the connection between childhood trauma and relationships in adulthood? How do your parents affect your love life in the future? Even when you’re out of the house, your parents strongly impact your adult relationships. This is the case especially if you suffered from childhood trauma and have yet to heal those wounds. Keep reading to learn how childhood trauma affects adult relationships, according to David Richo’s book How to Be an Adult in Relationships.
What do the ideas of Marx and Freud have in common? How did they help form the modern conception of the self? Carl Trueman argues that cultural developments of the past three centuries have transformed our conception of selfhood from a self rooted in religion, tradition, and community to one rooted in individualism, emotion, and sexuality. The ideas of Marx and Freud contributed to this transformation. Read more to learn about the roots and the emergence of Freudian Marxism from Trueman’s perspective.