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Recycling Homeless People

March 7, 2019 drmarymclaughlin

After spending over ten years working intensively with chronically homeless people and conducting research on the streets, I’ve noted that…

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Mental Illness

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There are so many inaccurate preconceptions about “mental illness” when it comes to people experiencing homelessness that appropriate interventions may…

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Code Enforcement

March 3, 2019 drmarymclaughlin

Code enforcement is an unrecognized but significant cause of homelessness. In one of my cases, two disabled brothers were put…

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Just Get Over It?

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It is emotionally disrespectful to tell people to “just get over it” whatever “it” is. It’s the psychological equivalent of…

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Awful-izing

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We are inclined to let our imaginations run away with us under stressful conditions. We often conjure up worst possible…

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Gratitude

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One way to re-establish emotional equilibrium in our lives is by focusing on gratitude. The more unsettled we feel, the…

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Choose Happy

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We need not wait for an external event to “make us” happy. We can do this for ourselves. We can…

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The Power of Now

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Yesterday…Tomorrow…Today…Now Reminiscing about yesterday and planning for tomorrow are constructive but whatever actually gets done is always done in the…

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Stop Recycling Human Beings

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We must stop recycling chronically homeless human beings…. from shelters to hospitals to jails to rehabs to court to social…

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The “As If” Principle

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So often we lose our momentum because it looks like we can’t possibly succeed, make a difference, finish what we…

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