Planets in Retrograde -- The Basics
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Rebecca Brents

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With an open mind and a knowledge of Astrology you can watch your life unfold in ways that make sense.

You can understand the demands of change and "what's really going on" in a crisis.

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The Call : Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life
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OS Guinness

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With Real Astrology as your compass, you can recognize what's right for you, work with your natural gifts and rhythms, understand the dynamics of your relationships, and take your place more easily in Life's natural flow.

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	Yikes! I'm Turning Into My Mother! Part 1 by Pauline Wallin Taming Your Inner Brat
Astrology, Tarot, and Self Improvement for the New Age.

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Yikes! I'm Turning Into My Mother!
Part 1
by Pauline Wallin

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If you're like most people, you probably said to yourself at least once during your childhood or teens: "I'm never going to behave like my mother (or father) when I grow up." Such thoughts would enter your mind especially when your parent treated you in a harsh manner, embarrassed you, or ignored you.

And now you may find yourself behaving in the same bratty way toward others. How could this happen? Much to our chagrin, it's quite common to have some of the same negative traits as our parents, despite our best intentions to avoid them.

Some people attribute these similarities to their heritage: "I'm Italian," they'll say, or "I've inherited my father's German stubborn streak."

Others claim that all these behaviors are just learned -- if you hang out with screamers, you're going to be loud yourself. If your family doesn't hug one another, you're not going to be very affectionate either.

It's true that environment does shape our personalities to some extent. Culture and family life certainly affect how we behave. Kids imitate what they see and respond to what they're rewarded for. For example, parents who value education and praise good grades typically have children who are better students, regardless of IQ levels.

But environment doesn't explain everything. Despite parents' efforts to raise responsible, conscientious citizens, some children will not turn out that way. Similarly, it is not unusual to see well-adjusted individuals who come from a highly dysfunctional family.

Research on twins has shed light on the role of environment vs heredity in determining personality. Each set of twins raised together drink the same water, eat the same foods and watch the same TV shows. They go to the same schools, know the same peers and experience the same discipline style from their parents. In other words, all twins (who are raised together) share the same environment.

If environment is the key to personality then we would expect identical twins to be no more similar to one another than fraternal twins. But that's not the case. Research has shown that identical twins (who have exactly the same genes) are more similar to one another on many personality dimensions than are fraternal twins (who share only 50% of the same genes.)

What's more, identical twins who were adopted by different families are more similar in personality to one another than to the separate adoptive families in which they grew up!

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Pauline Wallin, Ph.D. is a psychologist in Camp Hill, PA, and author of "Taming Your Inner Brat: A Guide for Transforming Self-defeating Behavior" (Beyond Words Publishing, 2001)

Visit Taming Your Inner Brat for more information, and subscribe to her free, monthly Inner Brat Newsletter.

Are you looking for more information on Home, Family, Emotional Security, and Feelings?

Cancer is the astrology sign that deals specifically with Home, Family, Emotional Security, and Feelings. Learn more about Cancer.
The information here tells all about Cancer Astrology.

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~ Yasser Arafat ~
Born August 24, 1929

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