Sentences with phrase «painful reality in»

This is a comedy with the sort of laughs that land big and then build into second, smaller laughs, and it cleverly masquerades as light fare in its first act before grounding its humor in a more painful reality in the second act.

Thankfully, Pete the Planner is using his comedic skills to help broach a very painful reality in order to bring awareness to this very serious issue in America.

This speaks to the fact that I'm constantly trying to find comfort outside the painful realities in my daily life.

Not exact matches

If you thought you were going to make $ 100,000 and drive a Porsche immediately out of college, then your standards of success were skewed and superficial, you confused your pleasure for happiness, and the painful smack of reality hitting you in the face will be one of the best lessons life ever gives you.

Once those millennials land in the workplace, it can be a painful reality to discover there's no medal for coming in last place.

The reality is that every one of us has created some negative pattern in our lives, usually at an early age in life, where we discovered that when we experienced painful feelings, usually around violations of love (identity) and trust (safety), we found a way of coping that helped us survive.

In settings where anxiety levels run high, either from the immediate context or from the painful memories which that context evokes, some individuals find it necessary to engage in what Sullivan calls «parataxic distortions» whereby the self - system distorts reality in some way to offset the anxietIn settings where anxiety levels run high, either from the immediate context or from the painful memories which that context evokes, some individuals find it necessary to engage in what Sullivan calls «parataxic distortions» whereby the self - system distorts reality in some way to offset the anxietin what Sullivan calls «parataxic distortions» whereby the self - system distorts reality in some way to offset the anxietin some way to offset the anxiety.

Very few are in favor of this an that is a sign that our digression in the painful realities of a PC world are almost over.

This was the painful reality of so many of my students in the inner city of Nashville.

From a growth perspective, knowledge of the dynamics of the ego's defenses is a valuable resource because it clarifies the ways in which people unconsciously isolate themselves from painful reality and from the growth that is possible only by dealing more openly with this reality.

It is quite possibly true that some of those who work in the Roman Curia may be insulated by their position from many of these painful realities, but the value of the service rendered by the Curia to the universal Church is not predicated upon the merits and talents of those who work therein.

Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard's failure to qualify for the FA Cup final on his birthday could be further compounded by the painful reality that he could be leading his team in a guard of honour for champions - elect Chelsea at Stamford Bridge next month, the Daily Mail reports.

And I wondered — did my experience with the often excruciatingly painful reality of heartbreak influence how I moved forward in love and -LSB-...]

And I wondered — did my experience with the often excruciatingly painful reality of heartbreak influence how I moved forward in love and life?

One other possible disadvantage is the degree of pain relief; for some, the idea of giving birth in the water means a tranquil, relaxing environment and a lack of pain, however the reality is that labour is a painful experience and although water may soothe pain, contractions will still be very painful and some women may be disappointed with the degree of pain relief offered by water.

In her article The painful truth about childbirth: contemporary discourses of Caesareans, risk and the realities of pain, she observes:

Labor is believed to be one of the most painful human experiences, but in reality, it varies with every woman and may differ with every pregnancy.

«After the long and painful campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, I understand every impulse to stay clear of the turmoil, to watch but not to intervene, to ratchet up language but not to engage in the hard, even harsh business of changing reality on the ground.

The painful reality for the party is that its leader cobbled together an inchoate platform that masked fierce ideological differences in the ranks and hoped to steer it through an electoral window opened up by Lib Dem collapse and Ukip insurgency.

He emphasized that while it's «not illegal to be homeless,» and «those experiencing the very painful reality of being street homeless, they don't take any joy in it,» the city would promptly crack down on any criminal behavior.

In reality, they often compete, and the decision to prioritise one over the other is a painful one.

«And not just from some of the painful realities of crime and violence in some of our neighborhoods but safe from the very people they want to have faith in as their protectors.»

Most likely we ignore them for one of two reasons: either the reality is painful so we choose not to see it, or we see something we don't like in ourselves and it's easier to pretend that it doesn't really exist.

Boyle takes advantage of the different moments of the boy's life to immerse himself into painful reality... [Full review in Spanish]

The plot, conjointly written by Weinstein, Musa Syeed and Alex Lipschultz, is anything but bland, embroidering a painful reality about this particular religious group, which defends that a widower must remarry in order to properly raise his children.

But both women are disconnected from reality, and their search for happiness leads to a serial killing spree in which the death of a well - meaning man played by Scott Wilson is unbearably painful.

From the trailer this is very obviously a dark comedy, mixing in the painful reality that surrounds Thomson's attempt to reclaim glory and how his mind reflects his persona.

And the painful reality was some of the biggest disappointments in modern cinema.

But even Dench, while adeptly highlighting the vulnerabilities of age and the loneliness of power, can't distract from the soft treatment, which leaves little room for the harsh realities of prejudice; in reality, this was a far more painful and ugly chapter than ever suggested here.

Bridging the divide by giving young people an entry point into the painful realities of race in America

Today's foremost objection to «credit recovery» is not the second - chance opportunity but the painful reality that getting credit in this fashion does not denote true mastery and that colleges and employers won't honor it any more than the G.E.D., maybe less.

For nations as well as individuals, wellness means facing up to reality, however painful, in order to move forward.

Here's a case in point: authors who think that Google is the only search engine in town, and who are putting all their SEO (search engine optimization) eggs into Google's basket will be in for a hard landing (and a painful reality check) when the Next Big Thing in search engines comes along, and Google is out of the picture.

While you may want to find readers for the book you already have, instead of writing a new one, the painful reality is that if you're a self - publishing author who only ever writes one book, your chances of succeeding with it in a meaningful way are very low.

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Which was rather silly — and bloody painful — because in reality, resource cycles tend to play out over 10 & even 20 year (super) cycles!

You may think a prong collar looks cruel and painful, in reality, they are not.

No matter how painful and worrisome things may seem in reality, at least we gamers will always have amazing artists to deliver to us some truly amazing escapism and for that we are truly lucky.

It's a painful 30 - minute, 60 fps reminder of the legal realities of shifting ownership in entertainment industries, as well as a tantalizing idea of what we could still hold out some hope for.

The most painful truth is that the media was complicit in making this horror show a reality.

In them, the language of geometric abstract painting is re-imagined into monumental installations that tell stories about the painful realities of African American history through innovative spatial structures.

It is a painful demonstration of the immaturity and lack of connection to reality that citizens of wealthy nations are spending down our finite petroleum «gift» in pursuit of pleasure and indulgence.

Moreover, since this new reality is painful to contemplate, and requires big changes in policy and behavior that are at the outer limit of our ability, it is all too easy to fall into the psychological state of denial.

Our experience of falling in love feels so unique and special (and different from every other couple on the face of the earth) that we place ourselves above the painful realities that befall other mere mortals.

Reality setting in or the painful experience of two months of driving over the summer with high gas prices?