by Jeff Packer | Jan 30, 2024 | Addictions, Change, Depression, Discipline
Why stop any addictive behaviour? Because it has reached the point where it is getting in the way of important relationships, blocking progress at home and work and/or because you simply want a better quality of life. Addictions can become such habitual...
by Jeff Packer | Jan 8, 2024 | Addictions, Affairs and Adultery, Anxiety, Conflict
What is it about smooth stones, weathered over centuries by the constant tumbling and jostling of the waves and currents, that we seem to find so attractive? As stormy and turbulent waters persistently knock randomly shaped rocks into one another, their sharp edges...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 15, 2022 | Addictions, Change, Growth & Development, Self-Care
Why stop any addictive behaviour? Because it has reached the point where it is getting in the way of important relationships, blocking progress at home and work and/or because you simply want a better quality of life. Addictions can become such habitual behaviour that...
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by Jeff Packer | Mar 3, 2022 | Addictions, Anger Management, Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Self-Care, Stress
“Mental health concerns are dirty little secrets that should not be spoken about. They are problems that no one should know about except the immediate people that are affected. Mental health concerns show weakness and shame towards the family name. “ With thoughts...
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...
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