When Mike and Jan sat in my office for couples counseling, I knew they were on a slippery slope. They were doing the one thing marriages can’t tolerate. Jan rolled her eyes every time Mike brought up a complaint and responded, “Whatever.” John responded with an insult. Then came name-calling, mocking and complete disrespect for one another.
This…
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Today is Good Friday and some of us may feel as if life is lived in a perpetual Good Friday mode. Like the movie, Groundhog Day, it seems we are replaying the same bad day over and over, fighting despair and struggling. Disease, broken relationships, prodigal children…the landscape looks bleak and can easily lead to despair.
Good Friday reminds us that…
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“I am blocking on the name of that movie! Give me a minute and I will remember.“
Many of us have a commitment to exercise our physical body, but how about exercising our memory and brain? Here are a few things we can do to improve our memory.
Stop slouching! It may surprise you that proper posture can help you remember. Sit u…
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Living with someone with borderline personality disorder is not easy. “One minute I am her best friend and the next, she won’t talk to me. Everything is a crisis or a conflict. And I am wondering if I should even answer the constant text messages blowing up my phone.”
This all or nothing behavior is characteristic of the person with borderline…
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Shooting drills are now part of most public schools. Similar to when, as children, we practiced tornado drills, these exercises have become routine. Some public school students have been participating in these drills since their grade school years. Often the drills are unannounced so students can practice how to handle a lockdown in case of a real school…
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