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Love Actually What Does It Take To Get Through Love's Obstacles & Keep Hope Alive

LOVE ACTUALLY
What Does It Take To
Get Through Love’s Obstacles
& Keep Hope Alive?

December 30, 2020 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Richard Curtis’ 2003 film classic, Love Actually, is the ultimate Christmas ROM-COM. After all, the Christmas holiday-time is the season of love, romance, and family. But, what if you couldn’t be with family because of the pandemic? Or love isn’t working very well with the stresses of quarantine? Or maybe you’ve run into love’s inevitable …

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What Does It Take To
Get Through Love’s Obstacles
& Keep Hope Alive?
The Martian Trauma of Abandonment Self-Sufficiency or Human Connection?

THE MARTIAN
Trauma Of Abandonment
Self-Sufficiency Or Connection?

February 27, 2016 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Director Ridley Scott’s film, The Martian, tells the story of NASA astronaut Mark Watney’s (Matt Damon) accidental abandonment on the barren planet of Mars. Early childhood abandonment also creates a desolate emotional landscape. People can’t be trusted. Hope is fractured. On Mars, Mark has two things to turn to 1. distasteful music of Commander Lewis’ …

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Trauma Of Abandonment
Self-Sufficiency Or Connection?

Inspiration

“We come to Film and TV to find our hidden stories. If we look deeply into a character’s psyche, there is much to see about ourselves.”

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