Saturday, July 5, 2008

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Relaxation Visualization

submitted by Embers

Imagine you have a lemon. How yellow is it? How ripe? Are the dimples deep or is it more smooth? Whats the temperature? Has it been in the fridge or has it been on the counter? How round is it, is it more oval? Now imagine cutting into that lemon. What sound does the knife make when it slices through? Can you hear the juice squirt out? Can you see it? Where does it go? Can you feel it? What color is it? Now pick up one half of the sliced lemon and put it to your nose, what does it smell like? Squeeze a little into the palm of your hand and taste the juice...is your mouth watering yet?

Michael Liebowitz
Michael Liebowitz is a prominent researcher on social anxiety.
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SAS Friends

By Becky

July 10, 2007, 05:37 PM

SAS Friends opened the end of December and has taken off with a bang over the past month. I personally wondered if the site would do that well, but with over 400 member's already, my doubts have been squashed.

There's so much to do there; I'm over there a lot. Besides being able to design your own profile page, you can make groups or join an existing one. Polls and blogs seem to be very popular, as does adding friends to your page and leaving comments.

There's also a forum with access to games. By posting and playing games, you have the opportunity to earn "money" with which you can bet, play the lottery, or buy animals. Starting a new topic on the forum earns you $30. A reply earns you $20. By playing the games, you earn cash by scoring -- you don't have to win. A high score gives you $100 and an all time high score earns you $1000. So go play, earn money, buy a pet, and have fun! We also have a bank set up for those of you who would rather save your money.

Come on over and join in the fun. We'd love to see you there!

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Albert Bandura (born December 4, 1925 in Mundare, Canada) is a psychologist famous for his work on social learning theory and, more recently, social cognitive theory and self efficacy. He is generally acknowledged as America's greatest living psychologist.