"I Am Not an Addict"
You know what the title of this piece, "I am not an addict," means: you are in denial!So it was with great pleasure that I read Meghan Ralston, of the Drug Policy Alliance's, piece in the Huffington...
View ArticleDeployment Stories: Understanding Military Family Life
April knew when she received her bachelor’s degree that she wanted to earn a doctorate and teach English one day. Shortly after graduating, however, she met her husband who was attending the Naval...
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Beans, Beans, They Really Are Good For Your Heart!
Remember this cheeky ditty? “Beans, Beans, they’re good for your heart; the more you eat, the more you fart; the more you fart the better you feel; so eat your beans at every meal!”Well, now there’s...
View ArticleThe Consequences of Leaving When You Should Stay
This is the first of a series of articles on "How to Time Your Split" You’re not happy. You want out of your pain. You think you want to leave your spouse but you keep getting indications that it’s not...
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Independence in Tweens' Eating Habits
I have for years believed parents should aim for a moderate level of control over what their children eat. Between bans and restrictions on the one hand, and complete permissiveness on the other, I’ve...
View ArticleEarworms: A Suggestion for Treatment
An earworm is a short musical phrase that catches hold somehow to your imagination and repeats endlessly in your mind. It is common and similar to an obsession, which is an annoying and intrusive...
View ArticleHow to Not Get Taken on a Guilt Trip
Most of us like to travel, but I don’t know anyone who enjoys being taken on a guilt trip.We all know that a guilt trip is designed to induce the unpleasant feeling of guilt in another person in order...
View ArticleRobert Jeffreys: Boy Interrupted
Contributed by Robert JeffriesHis chest is pushed out and his eyes burn brighter than the fires of hell. I have just returned from school and walk into a ticking time bomb. The anger between my parents...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Celebrity Therapists in Los Angeles
There are magazines and sites aplenty that will tell you where celebrities shop, eat and get their hair cut but no one really knows who helps them heal what’s on the inside. That’s why we created this...
View ArticleMinimize Fear – Maximize Trust
Are your people afraid? I’m not asking if they’re scared of you because you are a bully or bad boss. Nor am I talking about the fear that comes from worrying about being punished for a well-thought-out...
View ArticleFor Better Sex, Embrace Diet and Lifestyle Wisdom
Mention sexual enhancement, and I doubt that you flash on a long walk or a fruit salad. But in the never-ending quest for better sex, something crucial often gets overlooked—the importance of boring...
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It's Never Too Late To Have a Happy Marriage
"Great relationships take a lot of work. You've got to do your own work if you want your marriage to work. If you don't do the work, you won't get the benefits. . The idea that we have to work in order...
View ArticleAddicted to Potato Chips
Many of us have had the experience of not being able to stop eating potato chips or something else that is the right combination of salty, sweet, and flavor-carrying fat. If potato chips are our...
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Be Fruitful and Multiply
A Trend Toward Decreasing Fertility Adhering to the Biblical admonition in the first chapter of the book of “Genesis” to “be fruitful and multiply” takes some doing. Even if infant...
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Giuliana Rancic On The Journey Of Motherhood
There are certain celebrities on the entertainment landscape that audiences feel a special connection with—Giuliana Rancic is one of those celebrities. She is a major presence on E!, co-anchoring E!...
View ArticleSemi-stalkers
This is a scenario I have seen played out many times with the protagonist sometimes a young woman and sometimes a man.A woman, let us call her Carol, was in a romantic relationship that lasted for a...
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The Pernicious Decline in Purpose in Life with Old Age
As a lofty and ethereal construct, many individuals might associate purpose in life with factors found in old age, such as wisdom, experience, and maturity. Yet, while it is true that children and...
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Why Are We So Mean to Each Other?
Cutthroat competition, greed and income inequality, violence in the news, road rage all around us. Is life becoming meaner and nastier by the day?A recent New York Times article asks how parents can...
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3 Reasons You’re So Angry
I’m just a little bit angry today. At AT&T (for not fixing my landline for nearly two weeks), at Time Warner (for raising our TV and Internet rates again), at my husband’s medical insurance (for...
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Religion in a Dignitarian World
CHAPTER 11: RELIGION IN A DIGNITARIAN WORLDIf there is no God, Not everything is permitted to Man. He is still his brother’s keeper And he is not permitted to sadden his brother, By saying that there...
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