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It’s Time We Pay More Attention to Mental Health in the U.S.

Nothing happens in a vacuum and with the Virginia shooting of two journalists, as in many other shootings, the shooter has all but taken out an ad, telling people he’s in trouble and has problems. Whether it was what he wrote on Facebook, or the now-we-know reportedly unfounded complaints he made ... Read More

The Fallout of Making Personal Lives Public

Life is not reality TV. Parents should never be discussing their children’s personal lives in public. It is a great default of trust and loyalty… and it’s nobody’s business. Josh Duggar should be taking an inner and private journey right now to find his way home to himself, to integrate ... Read More

How to Have a Healthy Fight

Fighting Without Destroying the Relationship Too often in relationships you say you want peace, but find yourself creating war. The old adage, “sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you,” is actually not true, and the memory of those hurtful words can sting for a ... Read More

Learning to Self-Manage Stress and Lower Performance Anxiety

Whether you’re an athlete, a performer, a public speaker, or a lover, your fight or flight system is there to help you survive. Your everyday stresses are read by your body in the same way, regardless of whether you are faced with a lion, a tiger, a physical attack, a policeman giving you a ... Read More

Is There More to Your Child’s Picky Eating?

Remember when you were a child and you gagged at the sight of the sliminess of a soft-boiled egg, or pushed away from that shaky Jello? This is normal picky eating, and nothing to worry about; it is just the kind of picky eating we have all experienced at one time or another. On the other hand, ... Read More