by Jeff Packer | Dec 21, 2020 | Addictions, Affairs and Adultery, Anger Management, Anxiety, Blended Family, Change, Children & Adolescence, Conflict, Crisis, Culture & Ethnicity, Death and Loss, Depression, Diabetes, Discipline, Domestic Violence, Eating Disorder, Family
In the face of adversity, what will you choose? *I was 14 years-old the first time I found myself laying in a hospital bed. What I didn’t know then, was that I would spend the next three years of my life fighting for my health. I missed more school days than I...
by Jeff Packer | Jan 11, 2019 | Addictions, Anxiety, Crisis, Death and Loss, Eating Disorder, Friendship, Mental Health, Teens
Ella’s Victory As her skeletal frame shivers under her winter jacket and piles of blankets…. Ella gives her warmth. At lunch, When she cries and locks herself in the revolting and nauseating bathroom stall…. Ella gives her company. As she spends all night...
by Jeff Packer | Jan 26, 2016 | Addictions, Anxiety, Diabetes, Eating Disorder, Mental Health, Stress, Teens
I Throw Up Almost Every Time I Eat – What Can I Do? This post is primarily a compilation of negative thoughts about eating, body image, binging and purging shared by many who are/were struggling with disordered eating behaviours. The way ‘It’ see’s eating...
by Jeff Packer | Dec 16, 2015 | Addictions, Affairs and Adultery, Change, Children & Adolescence, Conflict, Depression, Diabetes, Eating Disorder, Marriage, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Stress, Teens, Work & Employment
Do You Feel You’re Not Getting Anywhere? How often do we feel frustrated and alone, like no matter what we try life doesn’t seem to get any better. We might change this or that behaviour, for at least a short while, only to end up back in the same...
by Jeff Packer | Oct 20, 2015 | Addictions, Affairs and Adultery, Anger Management, Discipline, Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Stress, Work & Employment
“Have a Snickers” as a decision maker? There are often times when we make rash or quick decisions and when we look back on them we say, “Why did I do that?”or “Why did I eat that?” Sometimes its because we’re bored, other times its because we are looking...
by Jeff Packer | Jul 25, 2015 | Addictions, Family, Parenting, Sexuality, Teens
The pornographic industry has been at my fingertips since I began to develop an interest in it, at the age of 13. With the progression of technology, it has only gotten more accessible. To date, it’s as easy as checking my “new follower” notification on...
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