Medvedev said he would prefer the third scenario, in which Ukraine’s Western territories voluntarily join their EU neighbors, while the Eastern and some central regions exercise their “right for self-determination sealed in Article 1 of the UN Charter.” Officials in Moscow have said repeatedly ...
Within this neuroculture, being unable to process information, to remember, or to perform a rational and coherent social self could in this line of thought be understood as having a “failed” or unintelligible subjectivity. This unintelligibility is further exacerbated by the cultural narratives tha...
I need some advice. I believe my father has dementia, and he appears to direct his meanness and verbal abuse at my mom. He does not act this way when I am around. They are both in their early 80’s. In my opinion he has always been a narcissist, and not always the nicest person...
The data for the present study were part of a larger project, running from 2019 to 2021, examining the self-narratives constructed by people with advanced dementia in relation to discourses on old age, disability, and dementia. Analyses based on data from this larger study have been previously ...
It’s odd, isn’t it, how my girls are constantly vying for my attention and craving time with me, and sometimes I find it all so fatiguing. Yet in a few years, their little fingers will slide out of my grip. How important it is to listen and connect while the door is still so...
She is constantly worried about the people that come in and take or hide her things and keep her awake talking all night. She is clearing her rooms out for some building work to be done to "tidy up the shape of the room" i could go on and on. She is more emotionally invested in ...
* Make eye contact when they are talking - and when you are talking. I worked on myself for decades (before I started doing this work). I took communication and counseling courses / certifications as I was on a road to getting an MFCC (to become a therapist) ...
However, writers of CNF can utilise existing criteria to self-evaluate the quality of their writing. Our appraisal of the quality achieved in this study will be discussed in detail following the presentation of findings. 3. Results This section presents the narrative theme ‘creating a deeper ...
life is constantly changing and we are constantly changing with it. Change is an inevitable part of life. We develop, we age. We laugh, we cry. We dislike, we love. And as our lives transform, we either try to deny or resist the change, take action to modify the change, and/or we...
Or my sadness, my fear? Little eyes are always watching. I used to lock myself in the bathroom, just to have a moment alone to process. But little fists learn quickly how to knock incessantly. And besides, why should I shield them from what’s real?