Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.1.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Ruth Ostrow Speaker, Writer, Presenter ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://ruthostrow.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [SAD in the cold](https://ruthostrow.com/sad-in-the-cold/) - SAD is not an imagined phenomenon. Lack of light and sunshine alters the brain chemistry. This has been a proven phenomenon in colder climate countries - [Time to be bad](https://ruthostrow.com/time-to-be-bad/) - There’s health for the body. But there's also health for the spirit and the two don't coexist. Time to be bad. - [Sex with Robots](https://ruthostrow.com/sex-with-robots/) - [The lost art of conversation](https://ruthostrow.com/the-lost-art-of-conversation/) - [John and Alan Bond: the son also rises](https://ruthostrow.com/john-and-alan-bond-the-son-also-rises/) - [Mind over matter: can placebos help in curing cancer?](https://ruthostrow.com/mind-over-matter-can-placebos-help-in-curing-cancer/) - [Pets can tie us down](https://ruthostrow.com/pets-can-tie-us-down/) - [Adult separation anxiety disorder: fear of letting go](https://ruthostrow.com/adult-separation-anxiety-disorder-fear-of-letting-go/) - [Dealing with grief is never easy](https://ruthostrow.com/dealing-with-grief-is-never-easy/) - [Depression may help you shed your shell](https://ruthostrow.com/depression-may-help-you-shed-your-shell/) - [Intro to Total Success](https://ruthostrow.com/intro-to-total-success/) - [Trump Brexit shows contempt on the rise](https://ruthostrow.com/contempt-on-the-rise/) - [David Schwartz](https://ruthostrow.com/david-schwartz/) - [The Guru of Joy](https://ruthostrow.com/guru-of-joy/) - [Why some men are bastards](https://ruthostrow.com/why-some-men-are-bastards/) - [In Love with life](https://ruthostrow.com/in-love-with-life/) - [Lies will tear us apart](https://ruthostrow.com/lies-will-tear-us-apart/) - [Negative thought stops success](https://ruthostrow.com/negative-thinking-stops-success/) - [50 shades of sex](https://ruthostrow.com/50-shades-of-sex/) - [Addicted to Love](https://ruthostrow.com/addicted-to-love/) - [How to keep your brain young](https://ruthostrow.com/how-to-keep-your-brain-young/) - [Positive psychology step by step](https://ruthostrow.com/positive-psychology-step-by-step-2/) - [Moments of Truth](https://ruthostrow.com/moments-of-truth/) - [Claws and effect](https://ruthostrow.com/claws-and-effect/) - [No time like the present](https://ruthostrow.com/no-time-like-the-present/) - [Pleasure & eudemonia](https://ruthostrow.com/pleasure-eudemonia/) - [Compassion in short supply](https://ruthostrow.com/compassion-in-short-supply/) - [The defeatist catchcry](https://ruthostrow.com/the-defeatist-catchcry/) - [Less religion, more spirituality](https://ruthostrow.com/less-religion-more-spirituality/) - [Cheryl Bart’s heights](https://ruthostrow.com/cheryl-barts-heights/) - [Driven over the edge](https://ruthostrow.com/driven-over-the-edge/) - [Bruno Grollo a bat out of hell](https://ruthostrow.com/bruno-grollo-a-bat-out-of-hell/) - [Lindsay another Fox has passed](https://ruthostrow.com/lindsay-another-fox-has-passed/) - [Gordon Cairns from profit to prophet](https://ruthostrow.com/gordon-cairns-from-profit-to-prophet/) - [The joy and pain Simon McKeon](https://ruthostrow.com/the-joy-and-pain-simon-mckeon/) - [All the Harveys need is love](https://ruthostrow.com/all-the-harveys-need-is-love/) - [Self-doubt](https://ruthostrow.com/self-doubt/) - [Hypocrisy on parade](https://ruthostrow.com/hypocrisy-on-parade/) - [Soulmate at first sight](https://ruthostrow.com/soulmate-at-first-sight/) - [Fear of dependency](https://ruthostrow.com/fear-of-dependency/) - [Shock for inner peace](https://ruthostrow.com/shock-for-inner-peace/) - [Joy in peace of mind](https://ruthostrow.com/joy-in-peace-of-mind/) - [Swerve to avoid nanny state](https://ruthostrow.com/swerve-to-avoid-nanny-state/) - [Mobiles rule over mother nature](https://ruthostrow.com/mobiles-rule-over-mother-nature/) - [Putting adventure on the map](https://ruthostrow.com/putting-adventure-on-the-map/) - [Different shades of darkness](https://ruthostrow.com/different-shades-of-darkness/) - [Simplicity is the secret](https://ruthostrow.com/simplicity-is-the-secret/) - [Parenting via social media](https://ruthostrow.com/parenting-via-social-media/) - [Love not skin deep](https://ruthostrow.com/love-not-skin-deep/) - [I remember what’shername](https://ruthostrow.com/i-remember-whatshername/) - [Drowning in a sea of plastic](https://ruthostrow.com/drowning-in-a-sea-of-plastic/) - [Respect for letting go](https://ruthostrow.com/respect-for-letting-go/) - [Mind-gasm reality](https://ruthostrow.com/mind-gasm-reality/) - [To sleep, purrchance to dream](https://ruthostrow.com/to-sleep-purrchance-to-dream/) - [Investing in love](https://ruthostrow.com/investing-in-love/) - [Ignoring is not ignorance](https://ruthostrow.com/ignoring-is-not-ignorance/) - [Take a bow](https://ruthostrow.com/take-a-bow/) - [Courage to let your heart break](https://ruthostrow.com/courage-to-let-your-heart-break/) - [In gratitude, let’s not grumble](https://ruthostrow.com/in-gratitude-lets-not-grumble/) - [Talkin’ about revolution](https://ruthostrow.com/talkin-about-revolution/) - [Friendships help us live longer](https://ruthostrow.com/friendships-help-us-live-longer/) - [Happy workers, bigger profits](https://ruthostrow.com/happy-workers-bigger-profits/) - [Conscious uncoupling](https://ruthostrow.com/conscious-uncoupling/) - [A plea to all cyclists and drivers](https://ruthostrow.com/a-plea-to-all-cyclists-and-drivers/) - [The day I died](https://ruthostrow.com/the-day-i-died/) - [Tragic, this over-hyped language](https://ruthostrow.com/tragic-this-over-hyped-language/) - [Acts that defy easy explanations](https://ruthostrow.com/acts-that-defy-easy-explanations/) - [When no revenge is sweet](https://ruthostrow.com/when-no-revenge-is-sweet/) - [Facing up to home truths](https://ruthostrow.com/facing-up-to-home-truths/) - [Settle down, choose life](https://ruthostrow.com/settle-down-choose-life/) - [Sad, not bad: that's just mad](https://ruthostrow.com/sad-not-bad-thats-just-mad/) - [Rodney Adler on jail & redemption](https://ruthostrow.com/rodney-adler-on-jail-redemption/) - [Slave to the moggie](https://ruthostrow.com/slave-to-the-moggie/) - [Luca Belgiorno-Nettis](https://ruthostrow.com/luca-belgiorno-nettis/) - [Embarrassment is good for us](https://ruthostrow.com/embarrassment-is-good-for-us/) - [Slave to the Series](https://ruthostrow.com/slave-to-the-series/) - [Reinvention they key](https://ruthostrow.com/kathi-sharpe-ross’s-reinvention-exchange-addresses-big-decisions/) - [Family trauma triggers PTSD](https://ruthostrow.com/family-trauma-triggers-ptsd/) - [Blood-sugar makes you ‘hangry’](https://ruthostrow.com/blood-sugar-crash-can-make-you-really-hangry-2/) - [Making Errors with fear](https://ruthostrow.com/making-errors-with-fear/) - [Yellow is the golden ideal](https://ruthostrow.com/yellow-is-the-golden-ideal/) - [Rut busters](https://ruthostrow.com/rut-busters/) - [Do no harm, to fellow motorists](https://ruthostrow.com/do-no-harm-to-fellow-motorists/) - [Saying sorry with sincerity](https://ruthostrow.com/saying-sorry-with-sincerity/) - [Be grateful for thanks](https://ruthostrow.com/be-grateful-for-thanks/) - [Grieving the loss of a pet](https://ruthostrow.com/grieving-the-loss-of-a-pet/) - [Holidays are ideal tonic](https://ruthostrow.com/holidays-are-ideal-tonic/) - [Plan your life from the end](https://ruthostrow.com/plan-your-life-from-the-end/) - [Vegan diet or paleo?](https://ruthostrow.com/vegan-diet-or-paleo/) - [Irrational thinking](https://ruthostrow.com/false-memories-and-irrational-thinking/) - [When two is the loneliest number](https://ruthostrow.com/when-two-is-the-loneliest-number-2/) - [Superheroes, the doors to girls’ hearts](https://ruthostrow.com/superheroes-the-doors-to-girls-hearts-2/) - [Living wills](https://ruthostrow.com/living-wills/) - [Live it don't Dream It](https://ruthostrow.com/live-it-dont-dream-it/) - [Mirror neurons, the ‘Gandhi effect’](https://ruthostrow.com/mirror-neurons-the-gandhi-effect/) - [Mind hardwired to reward good?](https://ruthostrow.com/mind-hardwired-to-reward-good/) - [Don’t envy children’s fun, do it](https://ruthostrow.com/dont-just-envy-your-childrens-fun-times-follow-their-example-2/) - [Overwhelmed by variety](https://ruthostrow.com/overwhelmed-by-variety-the-little-choices-drive-author-bananas-2/) - [Brian Sherman the pain of anxiety](https://ruthostrow.com/brian-sherman/) - [Ted Baillieu](https://ruthostrow.com/ted-baillieu/) - ['Depression’ is used too loosely](https://ruthostrow.com/depression-is-used-too-loosely/) - [The science of evil](https://ruthostrow.com/the-science-of-evil/) - [Confusion? It's okay to be in two minds](https://ruthostrow.com/confusion-its-okay-to-be-in-two-minds/) - [Car-park hogs](https://ruthostrow.com/car-park-hogs/) - [Transference and projection](https://ruthostrow.com/transference-and-projecting/) - [Regrets of guilt](https://ruthostrow.com/regrets-of-guilt/) - [The long goodbye](https://ruthostrow.com/the-long-goodbye/) - [Aspiring less is quite OK](https://ruthostrow.com/aspiring-less-is-quite-ok/) - [Pan Sexual](https://ruthostrow.com/pan-sexual/) - [Anger management](https://ruthostrow.com/anger-management/) - [Air India: good karma on kids](https://ruthostrow.com/air-india-good-karma-on-kids/) - [Sensory overload](https://ruthostrow.com/sensory-overload/) - [Thyroid links to depression, lethargy](https://ruthostrow.com/thyroid-links-to-depression-lethargy/) - [Nation of narcissists](https://ruthostrow.com/nation-of-narcissists/) - [Mother’s Day: time for dads to step up](https://ruthostrow.com/mothers-day-time-for-dads-to-step-up/) - [Gut reaction](https://ruthostrow.com/gut-reaction/) - [Perfectionism is a perfect mess](https://ruthostrow.com/perfectionism-is-a-perfect-mess/) - [Positive psychology step by step](https://ruthostrow.com/positive-psychology-step-by-step/) - [Moments of truth & instinct](https://ruthostrow.com/moments-of-truth-instinct/) - [Geographical dyslexia](https://ruthostrow.com/geographical-dyslexia/) - [Emotional detachment keeps us sane](https://ruthostrow.com/emotional-detachment-keeps-us-sane/) - [Pets in bed means no sleep](https://ruthostrow.com/pets-in-bed-means-no-sleep/) - [Beware wellness fascism](https://ruthostrow.com/beware-wellness-fascism/) - [True Grit turns losers to winners](https://ruthostrow.com/true-grit-turns-losers-to-winners/) - [Jurassic car park](https://ruthostrow.com/jurassic-car-park/) - [Does Mindfulness really work?](https://ruthostrow.com/does-mindfulness-really-work/) - [Love really does hurt say neuroscientists](https://ruthostrow.com/love-really-does-hurt-say-neuroscientists/) - [Motivate yourself with could not should](https://ruthostrow.com/motivate-yourself-with-could-not-should/) - [Are vitamins and supplements healthy?](https://ruthostrow.com/vitamins-are-they-healthy/) - [Soulmates are forever](https://ruthostrow.com/soulmates-are-forever/) - [Voice in my head cruel](https://ruthostrow.com/voice-in-my-head-cruel/) - [Self-sabotage](https://ruthostrow.com/self-sabotage/) - [Insomnia the 3am curse](https://ruthostrow.com/insomnia-the-3am-curse/) - [Tread carefully](https://ruthostrow.com/tread-carefully/) - [Science of Shame](https://ruthostrow.com/science-of-shame/) - [Break lifelong bad habits](https://ruthostrow.com/break-lifelong-bad-habits/) - [Divorce family & friends caught in the crossfire](https://ruthostrow.com/divorce-family-friends-caught-in-the-crossfire/) - [MiCBT for Wellbeing](https://ruthostrow.com/micbt-for-wellbeing/) - [Feelings of loss during festive season](https://ruthostrow.com/feelings-of-loss-during-festive-season/) - [Holiday sex not](https://ruthostrow.com/holiday-sex-not/) - [Bin those banal new year resolutions](https://ruthostrow.com/bin-those-banal-new-year-resolutions/) - [Fear of flying](https://ruthostrow.com/fear-of-flying/) - [Clutter Busting](https://ruthostrow.com/clutter-busting/) - [Neanderthal behaviour](https://ruthostrow.com/neanderthal-behaviour/) - [No rules for grief](https://ruthostrow.com/no-rules-for-grief/) - [Cyberchondria](https://ruthostrow.com/cyberchondria/) - [Time just keeps batting on](https://ruthostrow.com/time-just-keeps-batting-on/) - [Frivolous pursuits](https://ruthostrow.com/frivolous-pursuits/) - [How I learned to destroy the things I love](https://ruthostrow.com/how-i-learned-to-destroy-the-things-i-love/) - [Scents of success](https://ruthostrow.com/scents-of-success/) - [Closed minds sap souls](https://ruthostrow.com/closed-minds-sap-souls/) - [Silent bullies passive aggressive love](https://ruthostrow.com/silent-bullies-passive-aggressive-love/) - [Emotional blackmail](https://ruthostrow.com/emotional-blackmail/) - [Personal space invaders](https://ruthostrow.com/personal-space-invaders/) - [Slow sex](https://ruthostrow.com/slow-sex/) - [Recycling sins](https://ruthostrow.com/recycling-sins/) - [Film Sleeping Beauty](https://ruthostrow.com/film-sleeping-beauty/) - isappointed. i saw the film Sleeping Beauty last night. Controversial new Australian film by film novice, the novelist Julia Leigh that went all the way to Cannes - [Jealousy](https://ruthostrow.com/jealousy/) - Envy or Jealousy is our best friends. It can tell us what we really want under all that resentment, so we can go get it - [The Power of Belief](https://ruthostrow.com/the-power-of-belief/) - If someone believes something about you, good or bad you always end up proving them right - [Grandparents on Facebook](https://ruthostrow.com/grandparents-on-facebook/) - he fastest growing users of Facebook are not tweenagers but people over the age of 74 according. The number of such users has almost quadrupled in two years. - [Professor Ian Lean responds!](https://ruthostrow.com/professor-ian-lean-to-respond/) - Professor Ian Lean, of the school of Veterinary Science at Sydney University, and spokesman for the 35 scientists who support hormone fed livestock, responds - [Making Australia Happy](https://ruthostrow.com/7-making-australia-happy/) - [How to Be Happy](https://ruthostrow.com/6-tips-2/) - [The Business of Happiness](https://ruthostrow.com/4-business-of-happiness/) - [Happiness & It's Causes](https://ruthostrow.com/1-happiness-conference/) - [Hormone-free meat debate continues](https://ruthostrow.com/hormone-free-meat-debate-continues/) - Voiceless Chairman Brian Sherman again challenges Professor Ian Lean and his colleagues to justify their position on hormone-fed meat. - [Conflict of Interest?](https://ruthostrow.com/animal-welfare-conflict-of-interest/) - ANIMAL ISSUE NEWS FOR THIS WEEK. Voiceless fundraiser Wednesday, with Emile Sherman who made The King’s Speech; RSPCA joins the hormone-free debate - [Intuitive Animals](https://ruthostrow.com/psychic-animals/) - Psychic pets, does your animal have abilities to vibe into you when you are sick or unhappy, does it warn you of danger? - [Sexuality Columns](https://ruthostrow.com/sexuality-columns/) - [Writings on Sex & Relatonships](https://ruthostrow.com/writings-on-sex-relationships/) - All my former columns and writings about relationships and sex - [Deal Breakers in Love](https://ruthostrow.com/deal-breakers-in-love/) - There's an unspoken system in relationships that I have dubbed EDB: emotional deal breakers. The non-negotiable clause - [Ageing brain is a myth](https://ruthostrow.com/ageing-brain-is-a-myth/) - WHILE the body is going to decline with age and our joints become worse for wear, the brain is not geared towards ageing - [Moments of truth when you act on instinct](https://ruthostrow.com/moments-of-truth-when-you-act-on-instinct/) - [Redundancy epidemic ](https://ruthostrow.com/redundancy-epidemic/) - IN the wake of the global economic downturn, many people I know are having to learn to cope with becoming redundant in their 40s, 50s or 60s. - [Sexual amnesia](https://ruthostrow.com/sexual-amnesia/) - When it comes to kinky sex, why do we always think we've invented the wheel? - [The Laws of Attraction ](https://ruthostrow.com/the-laws-of-attraction/) - Two incidents within an hour of each other got me thinking about the nature of attraction and repulsion and why we're drawn to some people and dislike others. - [Smile](https://ruthostrow.com/smile/) - A woman walking towards me gave me a big grin. I felt immediately self-conscious because I didn’t know what was wrong with me that someone should smile. - [Couch Potatoes Are In](https://ruthostrow.com/couch-potatoes-are-in/) - I call it CBGO: ‘‘can’t be bothered going out’’ syndrome; and it’s happening to many people I know. - [Stay At Home Dads](https://ruthostrow.com/stay-at-home-dads/) - Women told SAHDs will cheat on them putting feminism back 20 years. - [The Sandwhich generation and Gen X-austed](https://ruthostrow.com/the-sandwhich-generation-and-gen-x-austed/) - Trapped between kids who never leave home and ageing parents living longer, leaving kids late has its real problems. - [Pet Prozac ](https://ruthostrow.com/pet-prozac/) - Many pets today are said to be depressed and given Prozac. But none of us fare well in captivity. - [Hope Springs for Sex](https://ruthostrow.com/hope-springs-for-sex/) - HOPE Springs, the new movie about a married couple who have lost that lovin’ feeling, has struck a chord not just with baby boomers but with people in all sorts of unions - [Getting over the Ex](https://ruthostrow.com/getting-over-the-ex/) - It's a lot cheaper and safer to be nice to your ex says the Huffington Post. - [The Happiness Addiction](https://ruthostrow.com/the-happiness-addiction/) - In recent times, we’ve seen so many drug and alcohol binges and deaths among the rich and famous, it’s fair to ask what’s going on. - [Plane rage](https://ruthostrow.com/plane-rage/) - We all have it. The rage that comes from having to deal with rude people in confined spaces. Even yoga can be a hotbed. - [Failure Is an Option](https://ruthostrow.com/failure-is-an-option/) - For those of us who have failed, the experience can be inspiring. - [Virtual Non-Reality](https://ruthostrow.com/virtual-non-reality/) - Shortly we are to be introduced to an alarming and wildly new technology in mobile media. - [Phobias ](https://ruthostrow.com/phobias/) - THERE are a number of factors that lead to premature ageing, according to a recent study, smoking, drinking, obesity, living in polluted cities. But the No 1 cause is phobias. - [Show me the money](https://ruthostrow.com/show-me-the-money/) - AM I the only one who had a seriously bad reaction to the financial details that emerged from the TomKat divorce? - [Shame and Guilt](https://ruthostrow.com/shame-and-guilt/) - HE Grant Hackett interview on the Nine Network’s 60 Minutes made me contemplate shame versus guilt. One has conscience one doesn't. - [Fear of Feelings](https://ruthostrow.com/fear-of-feelings/) - There is a big difference between being emotional and actually feeling things. - [Huge Potential](https://ruthostrow.com/huge-potential/) - Everyone seems to have it, and everyone is flaunting it around. Seems there is no limit to it. It’s ‘‘potential’’ and it's spreading like the flu. - [Depression is a broken arm](https://ruthostrow.com/depression-is-a-broken-arm/) - here's a broken cog inside the heads of many depression sufferers but few understand what they can't see. - [Sin foods are good for you](https://ruthostrow.com/sin-foods-are-good-for-you/) - Sin foods are often healthy for you so go for the cheese, red wine and chocky but in moderation. - [Comparing ourselves to others](https://ruthostrow.com/comparing-ourselves-to-others/) - WE never seem happy with our creative and other achievements because we compare ourselves up never level or down. - [The bottom line](https://ruthostrow.com/the-bottom-line/) - Success begins at the bottom. A bum on seat ensures success. - [Friendship needs honesty](https://ruthostrow.com/friendship-needs-honesty/) - Without boundaries and truth, our friendships are doomed - [Accepting loss](https://ruthostrow.com/accepting-loss/) - One mother's attitude to grief after the death of her child is causing controversy. - [Don’t let life become a pain](https://ruthostrow.com/dont-let-life-become-a-pain/) - Experts now reveal chronic pain can be ignored - [You can't buy bliss](https://ruthostrow.com/you-cant-buy-bliss/) - The Rinehart famly saga proves there's no automatic bliss for billionaires - [Thinking Positive](https://ruthostrow.com/thinking-positive/) - Neuroscientists have discovered that if you want to break a habit, stop trying. - [Filthy hands make food hard to swallow](https://ruthostrow.com/filthy-hands-make-food-hard-to-swallow/) - Filthy or ungloved hands in juice bars to butchers make food and drink hard to swallow - [Going for what you want](https://ruthostrow.com/going-for-what-you-want/) - We are often too fearful to go for what we really want in life; passion, joy, freedom, independence and pleasure. How do we unlock our real desires? - [Immortality](https://ruthostrow.com/immortality/) - If Davy Jones from the Monkeys can die at 66 where does that leave the rest of us home coming queens? - [Hoarders ](https://ruthostrow.com/hoarders/) - The way to get rid of your hoarded items is to clutter bust. But who has time. We're too busy trying to find our keys - [And how are you today?](https://ruthostrow.com/and-how-are-you-today/) - There are lots of inane phrases that make me mad. How are you today instead of hello is one of them. - [Compatibility](https://ruthostrow.com/compatibility/) - Do relationships fail or do we just change as we get older and our needs for compatibility over children or security change? - [Fear Bucket List](https://ruthostrow.com/fear-bucket-list/) - What are the things you are frightened to do on your bucket list you need to do before you die? I have decided to do mine. Feel the fear and do it anyway. - [The mighty pen](https://ruthostrow.com/the-mighty-pen/) - The desperation of poor children in Africa who haven't got pens for school while we take everything for granted - [Holiday Clues not Blues](https://ruthostrow.com/holiday-clues-not-blues/) - How to have a happy holiday period and save your relationships - [Call Centre Blues](https://ruthostrow.com/call-centre-blues/) - There is no intimacy or ability to connect when dealing with call centres and we all need a sense of relationship - [Don't sweat the small stuff](https://ruthostrow.com/dont-sweat-the-small-stuff/) - We fret our daily pains without remembering how trivial much of it is - [Why and how we get scammed](https://ruthostrow.com/why-and-how-we-get-scammed/) - How and why do we get conned? According to Paul J. Zak neuro-economist, and columnist for Psychology Today it’s about brain chemicals - [Kids and music](https://ruthostrow.com/kids-and-music/) - Kids are missing out on great music because of iPods and iPhones - [How to deal with suffering](https://ruthostrow.com/how-to-deal-with-suffering/) - With the world full of political and social injustice how do with deal with our sense of powerlessness? - [Bullying with a smile](https://ruthostrow.com/bullying-with-a-smile/) - Even a grin at the wrong time can mean workplace bullying and a huge fine. Have we gone too far? - [Sex surrogacy](https://ruthostrow.com/sex-surrogacy/) - We should respect sex surrogates who help with sexual problems not condemn them as glorified prostitutes. - [Depression at Work](https://ruthostrow.com/depression-at-work/) - Depression at work is becoming an epidemic around the world with one in four suffering - [Teenagers and Party Drugs](https://ruthostrow.com/teenagers-and-party-drugs/) - In the era of the backyard chemical mix, what is the intelligent thing we can tell our kids about party drugs? - [Lying](https://ruthostrow.com/lying/) - So many lies to tell, white lies, pinkies, porkies, and the black hole of lying by omission. Is it ever okay to lie - [Marrying the wrong person?](https://ruthostrow.com/marrying-the-wrong-person/) - Survey result shows one-in-three people marry the wrong person knowingly - [Positive attitude](https://ruthostrow.com/positive-attitude/) - To what extent does having a positive disposition change your Fate? - [Animals shot in the wild](https://ruthostrow.com/animals-shot-in-the-wild/) - Animals are instantly killed for attacking people in the wild, recently 3 bear cubs. It's unjust. - [Jack the Cat](https://ruthostrow.com/jack-the-cat/) - Feline goes missing at JFK sparking a massive search by American Airlines - [Noisy Neighbours](https://ruthostrow.com/noisy-neighbours/) - How do we get noisy neighbours to treat others around them with respect? - [Waste of money](https://ruthostrow.com/waste-of-money/) - [Coping with loss](https://ruthostrow.com/coping-with-loss/) - HOW do we cope with the untimely deaths of close friends? How do we find meaning after loss? - [Global Irrelevance Crisis](https://ruthostrow.com/global-irrelevance-crisis/) - A NEW phenomenon has struck the world. The GIC. Global Irrelevance Crisis. In this cyberworld no one feels relevant - [Nothing to Fear](https://ruthostrow.com/nothing-to-fear/) - Buddhists say there are only real two emotional states, Love and Fear. And that all other emotions stems from them. Which one governs you? - [Is common courtesy dead?](https://ruthostrow.com/is-common-courtesy-dead/) - People never return our emails or texts in this fast paced era of social media. Are manners dead? How did we get so rude? - [Motorists' Revenge](https://ruthostrow.com/motorists-revenge/) - [Kids in Cyberspace](https://ruthostrow.com/kids-in-cyberspace/) - Within 3 - 5 years we will be watching 3D surround cinema Holographic images as our TVs and as classrooms for our children. - [Friendships have a use-by date](https://ruthostrow.com/friendships-have-a-use-by-date/) - How it is that some relationships stand the test of time and others just don’t? 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How do we change things? - [Armchair Activists](https://ruthostrow.com/today-in-the-australian/) - Consumers are no longer at the mercy of bad products and services because of Facebook and social media, we are all armchair activists - [System overload](https://ruthostrow.com/system-overload/) - Neuroscientists say people feeling depressed and anxious after Japanese earthquake will shut down parts of their brain automatically in order to cope - [The Digital Aged](https://ruthostrow.com/the-digital-aged/) - [Pet Friendly](https://ruthostrow.com/pet-friendly/) - Landlords continue to discriminate against pet owners. Often for renters it becomes "the dog or the home". 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