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Tsunami
March 17, 2011
The pictures streaming from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan have horrified many of us, just as 9/11 was a horrendous...
March 17, 2011
The pictures streaming from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan have horrified many of us, just as 9/11 was a horrendous...
Top Five Reason Why Young Men Won’t Commit
October 10, 2009
Guys today are hanging on to the single life longer than any generation in our history. The median age of first marriage for men has now reached 27, the oldest age in the nation’s history. In a Rutgers University Study titled: Young Men's Attitudes About Sex, Dating and Marriage, researchers found that that the top 5 reasons men wont commit to marriage are They can get easily get sex without marriage They want to enjoy single life as long as possible They fear that marriage will require...
October 10, 2009
Guys today are hanging on to the single life longer than any generation in our history. The median age of first marriage for men has now reached 27, the oldest age in the nation’s history. In a Rutgers University Study titled: Young Men's Attitudes About Sex, Dating and Marriage, researchers found that that the top 5 reasons men wont commit to marriage are They can get easily get sex without marriage They want to enjoy single life as long as possible They fear that marriage will require...
What are the social challenges that parents will face when their teen is recovering from an addictive disease?
September 25, 2009
Part 2 of facing your teen’s addiction One of the indications of addiction is the extent to which one’s life becomes organized around using drugs or alcohol. For addicted teens, there is almost always a well-defined sub-culture of friends, associates, parties, and rituals that becomes the center of their social life. Healthy activities that used to capture their imagination such as sports and academics soon become secondary to the “party” culture.” Helping teens find a new, drug-free...
September 25, 2009
Part 2 of facing your teen’s addiction One of the indications of addiction is the extent to which one’s life becomes organized around using drugs or alcohol. For addicted teens, there is almost always a well-defined sub-culture of friends, associates, parties, and rituals that becomes the center of their social life. Healthy activities that used to capture their imagination such as sports and academics soon become secondary to the “party” culture.” Helping teens find a new, drug-free...
The other side of fiction – Escaping Reality
August 26, 2009
Ironically, right around the time of Heath Ledger’s death, the following was on the marquee at a local theater: Heath Ledger in I’m not there As I looked at this every day on my way to and from work, the sadness of that title was profound. And though, not trying to draw too many conclusions or metaphors from the title, I could not help but think how in many ways, that when we are at home with our spouses and our children, often we are there in body, but not really there in mind. I hear...
August 26, 2009
Ironically, right around the time of Heath Ledger’s death, the following was on the marquee at a local theater: Heath Ledger in I’m not there As I looked at this every day on my way to and from work, the sadness of that title was profound. And though, not trying to draw too many conclusions or metaphors from the title, I could not help but think how in many ways, that when we are at home with our spouses and our children, often we are there in body, but not really there in mind. I hear...
I have a child who…appears to be suffering from depression
August 7, 2009
"I have a child who…appears to be suffering from depression.” Depression can be triggered initially by almost anything: break up with a girlfriend/boyfriend, guilt over doing wrong, feeling left out by friends, making bad grades. If gone untreated or unchecked, depression can become a very real physiological condition that may require medication. Depression may appear similar to apathy: depression is a chemical imbalance in the brain that produces very definite behavioral manifestations: changes...
August 7, 2009
"I have a child who…appears to be suffering from depression.” Depression can be triggered initially by almost anything: break up with a girlfriend/boyfriend, guilt over doing wrong, feeling left out by friends, making bad grades. If gone untreated or unchecked, depression can become a very real physiological condition that may require medication. Depression may appear similar to apathy: depression is a chemical imbalance in the brain that produces very definite behavioral manifestations: changes...
Mental Attitude and Preparation
August 5, 2009
By Paul Anderson - Strength Legend No one really knows just how powerful the mind is. I have seen people, who practice the power of positive thinking day after day, and who give me some convincing reports concerning its value. In my own life I have experienced some of these things that are amazing, and especially baffling to the person who doesn't realize what great power he has stored in his brain. The athlete not only must condition his body through proper exercise and diet but also the force...
August 5, 2009
By Paul Anderson - Strength Legend No one really knows just how powerful the mind is. I have seen people, who practice the power of positive thinking day after day, and who give me some convincing reports concerning its value. In my own life I have experienced some of these things that are amazing, and especially baffling to the person who doesn't realize what great power he has stored in his brain. The athlete not only must condition his body through proper exercise and diet but also the force...
Communication with your children: I just called to say I love you
July 27, 2009
Part 1 By Stephen Leonard So what do we say to our children; we who certainly lack perfection; we who become weary; we who are quickly frustrated; we who battle with selfishness; we who never experience days of complete contentment with everything and everyone around us? What do we say to them when we say goodbye for a short time? What do we say when we put them to bed? What do we say when they lie to us? What do we say when they do something wrong, or irresponsible, or irritating, or whatever?...
July 27, 2009
Part 1 By Stephen Leonard So what do we say to our children; we who certainly lack perfection; we who become weary; we who are quickly frustrated; we who battle with selfishness; we who never experience days of complete contentment with everything and everyone around us? What do we say to them when we say goodbye for a short time? What do we say when we put them to bed? What do we say when they lie to us? What do we say when they do something wrong, or irresponsible, or irritating, or whatever?...