Articles
Ten Important Things To Teach Your Teen
The word graduation is usually defined as the receiving or conferring of an academic degree or diploma. Most of us, however, use the term to refer to times in life...
Ten Important Things To Teach Your Teen
The word graduation is usually defined as the receiving or conferring of an academic degree or diploma. Most of us, however, use the term to refer to times in life...
The Easter Lily
In 1777 an explorer named Carl Peter Thunberg discovered the Lillium longiflorum which is native to the Ryukyu islands but the plant that we now call the Easter Lily did...
The Easter Lily
In 1777 an explorer named Carl Peter Thunberg discovered the Lillium longiflorum which is native to the Ryukyu islands but the plant that we now call the Easter Lily did...
10 Unique Christmas Shopping Ideas
It's the time of year when you are likely scrambling to finish your preparations for the Christmas celebrations. Following are some ideas that might help you to finish off the...
10 Unique Christmas Shopping Ideas
It's the time of year when you are likely scrambling to finish your preparations for the Christmas celebrations. Following are some ideas that might help you to finish off the...
Making A Difference In the World
Every major religion in the world has some form of the Golden Rule or implies that we are responsible for each other. No one seems to demonstrate that better than...
Making A Difference In the World
Every major religion in the world has some form of the Golden Rule or implies that we are responsible for each other. No one seems to demonstrate that better than...
The Happiness Formula
Often clients come to see me and state "I want to be happy. How can I do that?" My first response is "First you have to make a decision that...
The Happiness Formula
Often clients come to see me and state "I want to be happy. How can I do that?" My first response is "First you have to make a decision that...
Don't Forget to Remember
Often I hear people complain about not being able to remember the way that they expect they should. They seem frustrated, embarrassed and angry about the fact that they forget...
Don't Forget to Remember
Often I hear people complain about not being able to remember the way that they expect they should. They seem frustrated, embarrassed and angry about the fact that they forget...
Thanksgiving - Yesterday and Today
Because Thanksgiving has always been an important part of my life, I sometimes forget that other countries do not recognize the holiday. The reason why, of course, is because Thanksgiving...
Thanksgiving - Yesterday and Today
Because Thanksgiving has always been an important part of my life, I sometimes forget that other countries do not recognize the holiday. The reason why, of course, is because Thanksgiving...
Getting Ready for School
It's only a short time until the fall semester begins for you and your children. There are some things that you can do right now, however, that will help everyone...
Getting Ready for School
It's only a short time until the fall semester begins for you and your children. There are some things that you can do right now, however, that will help everyone...
Influencing Your Grandchildren
I just returned from a week of being with my eighteen and fourteen-year-old grandsons while their parents were on a golfing trip in Montana. My calendar indicated that I would...
Influencing Your Grandchildren
I just returned from a week of being with my eighteen and fourteen-year-old grandsons while their parents were on a golfing trip in Montana. My calendar indicated that I would...
Helping Your Child Do Well In School
It's almost the end of the school year and many parents are concerned about whether their child will pass or be in the same grade for the fall. Worry will...
Helping Your Child Do Well In School
It's almost the end of the school year and many parents are concerned about whether their child will pass or be in the same grade for the fall. Worry will...
My Adult Child Doesn't Communicate
Lately I have been repeatedly hearing parents and their adult children talk about how relationships and communication has changed significantly over the years. As children, our generation would look forward...
My Adult Child Doesn't Communicate
Lately I have been repeatedly hearing parents and their adult children talk about how relationships and communication has changed significantly over the years. As children, our generation would look forward...
Food and You - Live to Eat or Eat to Live
My Norwegian maternal grandmother was a wonderful cook! Grandpa was the grain elevator agent in a small Saskatchewan community and there wasn't a restaurant there so people would go to...
Food and You - Live to Eat or Eat to Live
My Norwegian maternal grandmother was a wonderful cook! Grandpa was the grain elevator agent in a small Saskatchewan community and there wasn't a restaurant there so people would go to...
Easter - Life After Death
I don't know if it's because I am getting older or if there are just a lot more people who are dying. In February, two therapists who I knew died...
Easter - Life After Death
I don't know if it's because I am getting older or if there are just a lot more people who are dying. In February, two therapists who I knew died...
The Difficult Role of Parenting
For years I have had parents come to me asking about how they can change their children or improve their own parenting skills. Unfortunately, they often have the illusion that...
The Difficult Role of Parenting
For years I have had parents come to me asking about how they can change their children or improve their own parenting skills. Unfortunately, they often have the illusion that...
Twelve Tips For The Twelve Days Of Christmas
Every year the PNC Financial Services Group in the United States calculates the cost to purchase all the items in the carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas". For 2012, the...
Twelve Tips For The Twelve Days Of Christmas
Every year the PNC Financial Services Group in the United States calculates the cost to purchase all the items in the carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas". For 2012, the...
Different Perspectives of Christmas
The other day I bought a pop-up book of the Christmas story to share with my seven year old granddaughter. She was so surprised when I mentioned that the stable...
Different Perspectives of Christmas
The other day I bought a pop-up book of the Christmas story to share with my seven year old granddaughter. She was so surprised when I mentioned that the stable...
Confidence for the New Year
When you say that you have confidence in someone or something it generally means that you trust your expectations will be met. There are many, many different things in which...
Confidence for the New Year
When you say that you have confidence in someone or something it generally means that you trust your expectations will be met. There are many, many different things in which...
You Are the Role-Model
Children learn from those around them. What are you saying? Do you tend to use threats with your children that everyone, including you, knows that you will never act upon?...
You Are the Role-Model
Children learn from those around them. What are you saying? Do you tend to use threats with your children that everyone, including you, knows that you will never act upon?...
For These Things We Give Thanks
So often in life we complain about things that are really of no consequences. When we do give thanks, our gratitude is usually limited or tied to pleas for more...
For These Things We Give Thanks
So often in life we complain about things that are really of no consequences. When we do give thanks, our gratitude is usually limited or tied to pleas for more...
Remembrance Day: Did You Ever?
Did you ever... run, walk or work out until you ached all over and then start all over again? wake up in the dark and go to bed hours...
Remembrance Day: Did You Ever?
Did you ever... run, walk or work out until you ached all over and then start all over again? wake up in the dark and go to bed hours...