Psychotherapist Robert Lawrence Friedman, president of Stress Solutions, a Forest Hills, N.

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For partners and spouses, "it is vital that they learn to create a buffer between the person's reaction to stress and their own experience, " says Robert Lawrence Friedman, president of Stress Solutions, a Forest Hills, N.

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But his stated solutions stress pragmatism and necessity, ahead of ideological zeal.

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It seems in this highly toxic world of fast food, cheap and plentiful booze and lifestyle factors such as exhaustion and job stress, are making us reach for solutions that promise some sort of transformation and purity.

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Challenge: Well-capitalized companies are in a good position to define their challenges and implement solutions because they will not be distracted by balance sheet stress.

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Through speeches and workshops around the country, I use my own story of growing up with exceptional teachers to stress the importance of using technology and creative problem solving skills to develop solutions for students.

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Davidson, a serial entrepreneur (he co-founded the non-profit company Cool People Care in 2006 and the Nashville-based Proof Branding Solutions in 2010), has a long-standing arrangement with stress.

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