by Jeff Packer | Jul 22, 2024 | Change, Crisis, Family, Love & Relationships, Marriage, Problem-Solving, Separation & Divorce, Trauma - PTS Reaction
So many people make this decision far too quickly and with very limited and or biased information. After working in the counselling field for over twenty years, I have grown increasingly “pro family”. We often hear the following two main thoughts about separating… “I...
by Jeff Packer | Jul 18, 2024 | Cooperative Parenting, Family, Parenting, Separation & Divorce
Most of us take parenting skills for granted – that we will somehow instinctively “know” what, when and how to parent. We are gifted with the sage advice of “elders” and (at times) conflicting words of wisdom from friends who claim to have “been there and done that.”...
by Jeff Packer | Jul 16, 2024 | Change, Conflict, Crisis
I’m just back from camping and refreshed with a sense of awe at the magnificence of nature. It appears as though God has this amazing multimedia brush that he simply swipes across the canvas and before our eyes, around every corner there is a beautiful...
by Jeff Packer | Jul 12, 2024 | Love & Relationships
BAD BOYZ BB is the pen name of a 16-year-old who has been in and out of custody for a variety of offenses. He is currently serving a lengthy sentence for armed robbery and wrote the three pieces while in a secure custody facility. Workers were frustrated with him,...
by Jeff Packer | Jul 2, 2024 | Anger Management, Change, Depression, Grief
People express emotions and concerns so many different ways. Some lean toward expressing themselves verbally and others more nonverbally. Most draw upon one style or the other to a greater or lesser extent. Some vent softly and quietly while others shout out and...
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