How to End Fighting and Live With People Ok, so maybe the fighting doesn’t completely stop, but there are some things you can do in your home, school or the office that we help you to get along better with people in general. Say you have a problem or disagreement [...]

It is a time for redemption. Yesterday we celebrated the Feast of the Resurrection (known by many as Easter). I have to say that this is my favorite time of the year. When you get to be a certain age, Christmas because a very sad time for adults. Christmas is [...]

Are you in need of a rescue? Have you ever gotten so low that you simply needed a rescue from yourself? I admit…I’ve been that way lately. Sometimes you just want to hit a big red button that screams “RESCUE ME!!! PLEASE!!!” And it doesn’t matter what age you are, [...]

In the early 90′s when I was suffering with Anorexia, my parents were frantic to find me a doctor that could help me. Neither one of them really understood eating disorders and just wanted someone to say or do something that would make me be me again. There wasn’t much [...]

“Forgive and Forget” is an expression I’ve heard all my life, and probably you have too. Let by-gone’s be by-gone’s they say. The problem with that statement though is that it completely ignores the fact that we’ve been hurt. And until the hurt has been healed, forgiveness hasn’t happened yet. [...]

One of many things that make my heart bleed is to see a hurt child. Whether abused physically, emotionally or verbally, I can not stand by and watch a child hurting. Sometimes, what is even harder is to see an adult hurting…an adult who is still hurting from childhood pain. [...]

Our culture has changed a great deal in the past couple of generations. I can’t really speak for other countries, but in the U.S. a type of culture has developed that has not been in the country’s best interest. Something happened within the heart of society–the family. When families are [...]

Trust can be a scary thing. The picture on the left is a competition in a third world country where the people of different villages build human towers to see who’s is the tallest. You’d have to have an enormous amount of trust for everyone in your team! All of [...]

This world isn’t called a valley of tears for nothing. We all hurt others and get hurt ourselves by others. It wasn’t all intentional. Maybe some of it was and we (or others) were acting out of pain. Guilt is a heavy burden we all carry. Whether we are really [...]

A good sense of humor is not only a good thing, it’s necessary to get through life! Being able to laugh at yourself and situations is a healthy thing. And even a little joke with friends to their face is harmless if you have a close relationship with them. But [...]