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Higher Power? What Higher Power?
What About God? For some of us, we are raised in a family that follows a specific religious denomination. The practices, followings, and teachings are supposedly instilled in us so that we too may follow the exact same practices, the exact same...
The Family Balancing Act
Managing a nuclear family (most often composed of mom and dad and their offspring), is hard enough given the responsibilities and challenges of every day life. We are all aware of how our world has evolved in culture and diversity and the ever...
Why Is Adultery Not Assault?
Extramarital Affairs Harden Hearts and Threaten Health It may seem we live in an age where almost "everything goes". If it makes you happy, and it isn't illegal, then it should be your choice as to whether you do something or not. This thinking...
How Can I Help My Child Make Friends?
I come home from school every day and cry. I don’t think I’m bossy. I am a little shy. The kids at school won’t play with me. I think I’m nice and caring. I don’t feel comfortable around the kids at my school. I like going to the playground, but I...
Unexpected Times of Loss and Grief
When experiencing loss and grief, we may ask many questions yet never receive answers: Why take them from us so young? What could have been done to prevent this from happening? Or to help? Was I not a good enough influence or foster better choices?...
One Step Forward, Ten Steps Back!
Claire's Story; “I wake up, it’s 4am. The thought enters my mind, ‘Oh, it’s today. What am I going to have to face?’ Then I start ticking off all the things I have to face and with each one, I ask myself how I will cope with that. What if I can’t?...
Marijuanna and CPR
Below is a well written testimony from one courageous person who decided to experiment with change, health and personal growth. What C.P.R. Means To Me It has been almost a month since I quit smoking marijuana! I had been a daily user for...
Forgiveness
Addiction to Sex Hurts Perhaps one of the less understood and less talked about addictions, the addiction to sexual activities can, just like drug and alcohol addictions, leave a path of destruction in the lives of those connected to the "one...
The Cycle of Financial Struggle
From Blame to Ownership "I started working at sixteen. Wanting to make my own money and buy my own things. The only lessons on saving (if you’d like to call it that), came from my mom saying that I should put a little away and give some to the...
“If Only I Was A Size Four!”
Body Image and Self Esteem Matters Shopping for new clothes can be a fun trip to the mall, every girl loves sporting a new look at school, work or around friends, but sometimes once we start trying on clothes things can take a turn for the worst....
Here Are My Goals, Now What?
Goal setting may be, for some, quite a daunting task that is simply just too hard to do alone. Perhaps limited experience in childhood with setting clearly defined goals is the reason. Others may have had negative experiences associated with...
Turn It Off!
Are Our Phones Smarter Than We Are? Smart phones are like our very own personal assistants (who we can even have a conversation with). Appointments, dinner dates, meetings, and deadlines are recorded to keep us on track. Email and Internet access...