Out of My Mind
Philip Sutton Chard​​​
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Psychotherapist
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Newspaper Columnist
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Book Author
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Trainer/Speaker
The "Out of My Mind" column is published weekly in the Shepherd Express. You can read it online here or listen to it as a podcast here.
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Addressing Learned Helplessness
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Aviophobia and the Fear of Flying
Meet your new therapist . . .
The Natural World
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Health anxiety hurts . . . a lot . . . and many of us suffer from it.
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How to lose friends and alienate people even if you don't want to.
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Can dreaming heal our emotional wounds? There is growing evidence that it can.
A look at hard lessons
learned from the experience
of romantic love.
Money and mental health are intertwined. Here's how it influences our overall well-being.
Distraction gets a bad rap, but can help us with creativity, problem-solving, de-stressing and even pain.
Ageism Hurts More than Seniors
A key to happiness that we too often overlook . . .
Messages from the embodied mind warrant our attention
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What to do when people mess with our autonomy
All the reasons alcohol is not your friend and, too often, becomes your enemy.
An examination of family
traits that hurt and those
that heal.
A study suggests strong attachment to animals may be a "disorder." Listen to my rebuttal.
Trying to change a behavior but keep getting stuck? You may want to try a "breakout change."