Shame & the Empty Life
By Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT-S In her excellent and highly recommended book, Daring Greatly, Dr. Brené Brown defines shame as “the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we...
Read MoreBy Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT-S In her excellent and highly recommended book, Daring Greatly, Dr. Brené Brown defines shame as “the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we...
Read MoreBy Dr. Dina Evan Dr. Evan is a life/soul coach in Arizona working with individuals, couples and corporations. She specializes in relationships, personal and professional empowerment, compassion and consciousness. For...
Read MoreBy Duane Mantey For many of us who have struggled with addictive behavior, a cookie cutter approach to sobriety simply doesn’t seem to stick- the statistics for relapse are well...
Read MoreHigh school seniors who are most likely to take Ecstasy are those who use other drugs, researchers at New York University have found. About 4.4 percent of high school seniors...
Read Moreby Alan Cohen While passing through the Honolulu airport I stopped for a moment to look at some items in a shop window. A female security guard approached me and...
Read Moreby David Sack, M.D. Winston Churchill said, “There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man,” he may have been more...
Read MoreBy Meena Khattak When I got out of 28 days of inpatient treatment, life as I knew it — was pretty much the way I left it, a mess. My...
Read MoreAdolescents aged 12 to 17 in foster care were significantly less likely to talk to a parent or guardian about the dangers of substance use compared to other adolescents, according...
Read MoreWhen I go to the local bank I always enjoy seeing a teller named Emily, a delightful retired elementary school teacher with a kind word for everyone. One morning while...
Read MoreToo much of anything is still too much! Since the 60’s, we have spent a lot of time developing ourselves individually, identifying our needs, and setting boundaries that have mostly...
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