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Christyl Rivers, Phd.
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Climate: Exacerbating The Term “Exacerbating”

Even the terminology we use is becoming more severe — Where there’s heat, there’s multipliers If you have watched the news recently, you may have noticed the redundancy of several new terms and phrases. Amplification is one, threat multiplier is another. The word “exacerbate” is used almost nightly on the newscast that we watch. To exacerbate something, of course, is to make it worse. It…

Global Warming

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Climate: Exacerbating The Term “Exacerbating”
Climate: Exacerbating The Term “Exacerbating”
Global Warming

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Roaring Rivers

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Laying Our Baby In The Ground

On the death of our good, good, good kitty just before the holidays — Roaring Rivers Torrents, currents, and ripples by Christyl Rivers, PhD Rivers that Roar As mentioned in my last RR blog, our kitty, Mat Cat had to be euthanized. We lay him in the ground today beside a lovely glacial erratic in view of the Cascade range. This felt most appropriate because he filled our hearts…

Animals

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Laying Our Baby In The Ground
Laying Our Baby In The Ground
Animals

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Roaring Rivers

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The Ten Commandments: Big Issues With The Holy Book’s BIG TEN

Exodus: These rules are mine, God gave these rules to me — Roaring Rivers Torrents, currents, and ripples by Christyl Rivers, PhD Bronze Age Bulletin Although many people think the Holy Book has little relevance now, I would beg to have you note otherwise. There is a war obliterating many lives and destinies in the Middle East. Elsewhere, too. Our new U.S. speaker of the House —…

Christianity

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The Ten Commandments: Big Issues With The Holy Book’s BIG TEN
The Ten Commandments: Big Issues With The Holy Book’s BIG TEN
Christianity

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Age of Awareness

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From Biblical Teaching To Fighting Over It In Education

From Pilgrims and Puritans to Culture Wars in Classrooms, how far America has come — The story of public education in the USA begins with fighters for religious freedom. From the earliest American Protestants to people fighting over who learns what/how/ and why today, education has evolved and continues to change, daily. The first American colonists were seeking freedom from religious rigidity. White Anglo-Saxon Protestants…

Education

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From Biblical Teaching To Fighting Over It In Education
From Biblical Teaching To Fighting Over It In Education
Education

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ILLUMINATION

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Vengeance Winds Round The Clock

Poetry for our hour come round at last — Vengeance is a circle. Start at the top. Go clockwise to 1 pm, the circle is a clock. At 2 pm throw insults, then sticks and stones at three At 4 pm, pull out your gun, USA? Pull three. “You monsters are Nazis!” Then: “Nah uh, but what are YOU”? Mothers grab your…

Poetry

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Vengeance Winds Round The Clock
Vengeance Winds Round The Clock
Poetry

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Roaring Rivers

·11 hours ago

You Can Take On Big Ideas In Five Minute Articles

How to hone in on the details, while still retaining the whole picture — Roaring Rivers Torrents, currents, and ripples by Christyl Rivers, PhD. Wrap your heads around with threads Let’s look at threads for a moment. In the world of an ecopsychologist there is nothing that is apart from anything else. …

Information Technology

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You Can Take On Big Ideas In Five Minute Articles
You Can Take On Big Ideas In Five Minute Articles
Information Technology

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Hello, Love

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Couples Can Learn to Accept Negative Feelings

In the new and more enlightened world, we all must accept emotions can be positive, negative, and everything in between. — You can’t hide the fire without dousing the light You may be on fire with your partner. The flame of love burns hot and heavy. But it could also take up all the oxygen in the room. It’s important then, to learn to feel all the heat, the passion fire — sure — but also pay attention to the…

Dating

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Couples Can Learn to Accept Negative Feelings
Couples Can Learn to Accept Negative Feelings
Dating

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Equality Includes You

·1 day ago

Self-Care for Men Who Neglect Their Body and Mind

There is no such thing as a body that thrives on neglect. — Take good care to take good care We more often think of women doing self care than we do men. This is for many reasons. Women have “spa-days,” “mommy time,” “girls night,” “a makeover/ do over.” There are plenty of terms and descriptions for what we call self care. What do men have? Some people will note…

Men

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Self-Care for Men Who Neglect Their Body and Mind
Self-Care for Men Who Neglect Their Body and Mind
Men

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Roaring Rivers

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Will 2024 End All Of Us? I Think So.

We (may) have no huge explosion, but certainly we are in for being a different world — Roaring Rivers Torrents, currents, and ripples by Christyl Rivers, PhD Wars on people, wars on policy, wars on nature The Middle east war, and the bitter battle in Ukraine, could explode into world war. An election in the USA will either usher in a new era of blatant tyranny, or democracy may be pieced back together.

Politics

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Will 2024 End All Of Us? I Think So.
Will 2024 End All Of Us? I Think So.
Politics

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An Injustice!

·3 days ago

Julianna Margulies And Outrage That Rages On Into Our Culture

Can we ever learn to hear one another without taking offense? — The constant flow of outrage is exhausting Many people are offended when a celebrity says something stupid. Examples range from Roseanne Barr to Gia Gunn. Do not worry, almost everyone you can name who has been canceled is still much richer than you. Yet, we all say something stupid at times. This time around it is Julianna…

Celebrity

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Julianna Margulies And Outrage That Rages On Into Our Culture
Julianna Margulies And Outrage That Rages On Into Our Culture
Celebrity

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Christyl Rivers, Phd.

Christyl Rivers, Phd.

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Ecopsychologist, Writer, Farmer, Defender of reality, and Cat Castle Custodian.

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