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XYZ Vol 2000 No. 1
View From A Columbine Student
--- Can you make a difference?
Fire Jumping: Tosha Speaks
--- Put your heart into the fire!
One + One = Three
--- Do you know the one closest to you?
Point/Counterpoint Forum
--- Is there a "culture of silence?"
Hole In The Garden Wall
--- A tribute to the true seekers
Closing Inspiration
--- The true creators and artistsXYZ Vol 2000 No. 2
The Awakening
Usenet Blah, Blah, Blah
I Hear, Therefore I Listen
The Perfect Gift
Tickle Me BonesXYZ Vol 2001 No. 1
A Rose By Any Other Name Is Courage
--- You are never too old to dust!
Hark! I Hear A Pistol Shot!
--- 5 steps to becoming effective listeners
Oh John. Oh Marsha.
--- A study in crossed communication
The Oreo Test
--- Discover what a cookie can tell you about yourself
Final Thoughts
--- An unforgettable lesson about angry wordsXYZ Vol 2001 No. 2
These Numbers Don't Lie
--- An imperative for tolerance and compassion
The Talking Stick
--- I speak and I shall listen
It's A Matter Of Choice
--- Is your glass half empty or half full?
Numb And Dumber
--- Oh what a tangled web we weave
When laws dictate the labels we need!
One Final Thought
--- Just how smart are you?XYZ Vol 2001 No. 3
Message From A Mean Mom
--- A special Mother's Day tribute to all mean moms
Drum Roll For Some XYZ News
--- We moved, had snafus and now are ready for votes
Love Is In The Air ... And Something Smells Fishy
--- Is your relationship built out of love or fear?
You Were Born Again To Be Together
--- A wedding homily of unconditional love
Getting Creatively Crazy
--- Sometimes a little lunacy is all that's neededXYZ Vol 2001 No.4
Transforming Life Laws Into Life Strategies
--- Doing what works, doing what matters
Breaking Out Of Our Perceptual Boxes
--- How limiting perceptions distort our view
Fad, Fancy, And The Perfect Mate
--- Changing perceptions make perfect impossible
Those Were The Days My Friend
--- A perceptive look at life before computers!XYZ Vol 2001 No. 5
The Sleeping Giant Awakes
--- Gone are our days of innocence and invulnerability
The Case For Rage and Retribution
--- Excerpts from Lance Morrow's Time editorial
Surviving What We Have Lost
--- Initiating the process of mourning and grieving
A Letter To The Terrorists
--- From the pen of Leonard Pitts, Jr.XYZ Vol 2001 No. 6
Puzzles And Presumptions
--- A straight answer and a straight solution
It's A Matter Of Faith
--- The universal knowing called faith and what it means
One Man's Lessons Learned
--- All the wisdom life can teach
Tickle Me Bones!
--- Never lose your cool or your sense of humor
A Final Blessing
--- Words that have stood the test of timeXYZ Vol 2002 No. 1
New Site, New Address, New Archives
--- Pass the word: XYZ’s got a new address and archive
Women And Stress: Different Reaction, Different Results
--- 50 years of stress research is turned upside down
Be Kind To Yourself. Seize The Moment!
--- Schedule your joys, not your headaches
It's A Puzzlement And The Game's Afoot
--- Wrap your breakthrough thinking around these, Sherlock
Right Brain, Left Brain, No Brainer!
--- Find out precisely which side of the brain you favorXYZ Vol 2002 No. 2
Last Issue's Puzzle Solutions
--- You can stop scratching your heads!
Words Can Wound -- In More Ways Than One
--- Take a look at these verbal bloopers!
I Heard What You Said But What Did You Mean?
--- How symbols and subjectivity rule our words
English Is A Crazy Language!
--- With apologies (or compliments) to comedian GallagerXYZ Vol 2002 No. 3
The Circle of Stones
--- A very special six-day retreat just for women
Those Powerful, Myopic Perceptions
--- Why we fight to preserve our conclusions about an elephant
Assume Makes An Ass Out Of U and Me
--- Beware of first impressions and stereotypes
Taz, Tweety, or Pepe Le Pew?
--- Find out which Loony-Toon personality you really possessXYZ Vol 2002 No. 5
The Spirit of the Season
-- Redefining the meaning of perfection
Wonderment
-- In the eyes of a child: mudpuddles, dandelions, and drunks
Friendships
-- For a reason, a season, or a lifetime
Expect A Miracle
-- Yours for the planning and the acting
The Feast
-- The big meal changes when Martha Stewart isn’t aroundXYZ Vol 2003 No.1
The Corrosive Damage of Verbal Abuse
-- Indelible wounding from those caustic throwaway words
Body Language That Puts Down
Name-Calling
Taking Away Someone's Voice
Profile of an Abuser
-- Like parent, like child: the generational legacy of abuse victims
A LIttle Wisdom From Charles Schultz
-- Who are the real heroes in your life?XYZ Vol 2003 No. 2
Are You An Argumentative Person?
--- Find out with the Argumentativeness Scale questionnaire.
Dr. Phil's Test
--- Check out the test some major corporations use on their employees.
Can You Believe Your Eyes?
--- Two amazing optical illusions and two brain teasers,
one featuring U2 and the other, Einstein.XYZ Vol 2003 No. 3
Birth of the New Beginning Poster
--- There are two kinds of heroes. Which one are you?
In the Spirit of the Game of Life
--- Anne Lamott breaks the mold of commencement addresses
Don't Forget the Sunscreen!
--- Deliciously simply but powerful thoughts about being fully alive
Those Dastardly Report Cards
--- NYC public school teachers speak the truth and risk their jobs
The World's Easiest Quiz
--- Sharpen your pencils for another blast at the facts you learned in high schoolXYZ Vol 2003 No. 4
How Many Men Do You See?
--- One frustrating, fascinating optical illusion
A Tricky Word Game Switcheroo
--- When a rose becomes a rosa florbunda, is it still a rose?
God Bless The Curmudgeon, Every One!
--- In honor of the season's most celebrated curmudgeon
A Template for Every Dissatisfied Customer
--- Telling it like it is to those companies who've forgotten what customer service is all about
Perhaps The World's Most Expensive Cookie Recipe
--- How one Neiman-Marcus customer got her comeuppance
The Feast (back by popular demand)
--- The big meal changes when Martha Stewart isn't around
Jasper and the Uncooked Yeast Rolls
--- How animals have a way of scrambling our best laid holiday plansXYZ Vol 2004 No. 1
Foot Circles
--- Who says you can't walk and chew gum at the same time
The Search for Stone Woman
--- A moving, original Circle of Stones PowerPoint presentation online
Through the Eyes of a French Child
--- Impressions of the United States by French schoolchildren
Language as a Powerful Political Tool
--- The subtle implications of negative emotional language
How Men and Women Handle Oil Changes
--- There's definitely a gender gap in the preferred approaches
One Challenge as the Final Word
--- A back-to-back vowel exchange teaserXYZ Vol 2004 No. 2
What Mother Really Taught Me
--- Some lessons are indelible
The New Beginning Battle Cry
--- A quick, sure-fire way to raise money to battle abuse and violence in our communities
A Nasty, Subtle Side of Abuse Revealed
--- Which is worse: emotional or verbal abuse?
Try This Color Test ... And Don't Forget the Sunglasses
--- Having a little fun challenging the obviousXYZ Vol 2004 No. 3
110 Degrees Fahrenheit in the Shade
--- Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 exposes, enflames, and divides
Dialogue as a Matter of Survival
--- What sets dialogue apart from all other forms of communication
Neither Discussion nor Debate
--- How dialogue differs from telling, selling, or besting another
Behaviors That Support Dialogue
--- Just a little basic courtesy goes a long, long way
Creating Dialolgue :: Four Skill Building Blocks
--- It takes a little practice to change limiting beliefs
The World's Best "Hottie" Ad
--- Be careful what personal ads you answer!XYZ Vol 2004 No. 4
Hoophole -- A Different Kind of Survival School
--- Putting the fun back into learning where it was always meant to be
What is He Supposed to Say When She Says, "Am I Fat?"
--- A hilarious look at how men and women (mis)communicate
The Power of the Human Mind
--- Yes, those are intentional typos, thank you very much!
The Science of Making Policies
--- It's a lot more than just a lot of monkey business
A Few Little Tests in Lateral Thinking
--- Check to see how well you think out of the boxXYZ Vol 2004 No. 5
Answers to Lateral Thinking Puzzles
--- How well did you do in solving those word challenges?
The New World According to Homeland Security
--- And you thought ordering a pizza was a simple task!
God Bless the Dogs, Every One!
--- A few ideas from our canine friends that can definitely improve human relationships
Look at the View, Young Lady. Look at the View.
--- Heartfelt, inspiring words to live by from novelist Anna Quindlen
Christmas with Louise
--- How one inflatable doll turned one holiday dinner into an unforgettable Christmas memory
Giving Your Intuition a Worthy Challenge
--- Learning to believe the meaning right before your eyes
Clowns and Cactus
--- One teacher's best intentions gone hilariously amuck!Click for XYZ newsletter subscription page
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