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- Make No Deals with the Devil: He is Deaf - by Submitted on May 22, 2012 from Renee Richardson M.Ed.Renee L Richardson, M.Ed. Article Do Not Make Deals with the Devil: He is Deaf As we have been told since forever, the “Devil” as you know him has the following characteristics: A liar, cunning, a tempter, deceitful, totally evil, a thief, an adversary, wicked, cowardly, a murderer, ...
Views: 24 - Language Development for Better Speech - by Submitted on May 14, 2012 from Ashley TanHow would you decide whether your child's language development is on track? As communication is the basis of success in life and at work, emphasis should be given early on to assess the level of your child's control over his or her strength in managing language. This is especially true for ...
Views: 47 - How To Develop A Meaningful Relationship With Your Special Needs Child - by Submitted on May 18, 2012 from Orla KellyIn this article, I will discuss how to develop a menaingful relationship with your special needs child. The reason I am going to do this is because as a parent or main caregiver to a child with special needs, you are the best person to serve as a role model for your child. If managed the ...
Views: 78 - Putting Others First or showcasing our “Good” deeds? - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2012 from Renee Richardson M.Ed.Article Renee L Richardson Putting Others First or showcasing our “Good” deeds? As I sit and reflect on my experiences with sexual relations, I have found that I have performed such more so for my partner than for myself. For instance, I enjoy the concept of having sex but the actual ...
Views: 89(1 vote) - It Breaks My Heart: Looking Racism in the Eyes - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2012 from Renee Richardson M.Ed.Renee L Richardson Article It Breaks My Heart: Looking Racism in the Eyes As an African American woman who has worked diligently to intellectualize, I am disappointed in our society at large. The mere heartache of having to paste my ancestry back together due to African slavery is by far ...
Views: 106(1 vote) - When Helping Becomes Enabling: Top Ten Enabling Behaviors - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2012 from Lisa EspichTake a close look at the life of any person struggling with addiction, and you will likely find at least one family member or friend 'helping' that person. Somebody making it easier for the addict to continue in the progression of their disease. This behavior is called enabling. The problem is ...
Views: 227 - Give Me Back to Me: A Fight for Your Own Identity - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2012 from Renee Richardson M.Ed.Article: Renee L Richardson Give Me Back to Me: A Fight for Your Own Identity Whenever someone makes the mistake of stepping on your foot, most times, you will hear “I’m sorry”. In such cases, sorry goes a long way. However, there are the situations of which you may seem to feel that the ...
Views: 174 - The Root of Misinterpretation - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2012 from Renee Richardson M.Ed.Article: Written by Renee L Richardson The Root of the Misinterpretation: What we say versus what we think As I sat down pondering the confusing intimate relationships of which I have endured, I was led to the dictionary. I began by looking up the definition of the word change. I chose to ...
Views: 180(2 votes) - Are Cell Phones Damaging Brains? - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2012 from Cory CouillardA new study in the United Kingdom found that 66 percent of cell phone users have developed a technologically advanced medical condition called Nomophobia. (1) Nomophobia is an intense fear of losing or becoming disconnected from being able to use one’s cell phone. Unfortunately this cultural ...
Views: 194(1 vote) - You need to Give Yourself a Pep Talk - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2012 from Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha•You can improve yourself, boost your confidence, better your attitude, re-energize and inspire yourself to positive actions and results by giving yourself a pep talk anytime, anywhere and any day. •If you must succeed in life you have to be intentional about it, therefore, it is time to be ...
Views: 262(2 votes) - Too boyish to Cry: Way too girly not to - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2012 from Renee Richardson M.Ed.Article: Written by Renee L. Richardson Too boyish to Cry: Way too girly not to As an African American woman, and educator, I sit inside of my preschool classroom amazed at the observations of which I am afforded. During my astonishing experiences with the young learner, I have found ...
Views: 266(1 vote) - Name Brands, and Hair Beads, and Ego’s Oh My!!! - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2011 from Renee Richardson M.Ed.Written by Renee L. Richardson Name Brands, and Hair Beads, and Ego’s Oh My!!! As a Preschool teacher, I have been afforded the opportunity of assisting the young learner in developing on both the academic and social level. In addition, I have observed many students who have come into pre-k ...
Views: 313 - Stop The Bleeding - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2011 from Doreen AgostinoOccupy Consciousness knows how critical it is to ‘stop the bleeding’ soonest possible. Below is an excerpt from my Dec 05.11 post at http://occupycafe.org after interaction with a subgroup using Maestro Conferencing. Our topic ‘From I to we Consciousness.’ Greed and corruption now threaten ...
Views: 402(2 votes) - Toxic Families * Part One* - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2011 from Zandra HughesMaybe you are looking at the title to this article and thinking "What the heck? How can family be toxic?". Maybe you are one of those people who know exactly what the title is all about. Whatever your reason for reading this article, I hope it speaks to you and you learn something from reading ...
Views: 282(1 vote) - Myths about Suicide - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2011 from Cathrine Margit MollerAs we celebrate today the World Suicide Prevention Day, let us revisit the common myths about suicide and reestablish the fact. Myth: “People have to be crazy or mentally ill to consider suicide.” Fact: Most people all over the world have thought of suicide at one time or another. But ...
Views: 149(1 vote) - Understanding Anxiety Disorder Symptoms for Proper Treatment - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2011 from Danica SusanEveryone knows how anxiety feels like. It happens when you are about to do a big presentation, when you are about to take a difficult exam, when you are worried about problems that you have at home or at work, or when you are being called for by your boss to his office. If we all feel anxiety, ...
Views: 238(1 vote) - Mental Health – It’s A Shame - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2011 from Eve RojasIf you suffer from stress-induced diagnoses such as depression, anxiety or panic attacks, you know there is another condition that usually tags along: shame. Face it – right now someone in your life is in crisis and you don’t even know it. On any given day, we all experience ups and downs, ...
Views: 200(1 vote) - O Is For Ownership - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2011 from Sara DillingerI am not talking about crass materialism or consumerism, nor am I talking about better living through greed. Rather, I am talking about a psychological stance that you take toward your “own” life. “Own”, used as a transitive verb means to have or hold a property or to have power or mastery ...
Views: 167(2 votes) - The Influence of a Solid Support System on Clinical Depression - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2011 from Dave KanofskyThink for a moment how you feel during a depressive episode. Do "helplessness", "hopelessness", and "loneliness" come to mind? If so, that also seems to be the consensus of many people in the depression forums where I spend some of my time. Depression has a way of creating a psychological ...
Views: 258(2 votes) - Varieties of Psychotherapy And Their Applications - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2011 from Sawas DeeIn today’s world there are many and different types of psychotherapy, each one varying in its approach to patients and it’s common and founding hypothesis and theories. And even though there is still no complete understanding of how the human brain functions, most of the therapeutic approaches ...
Views: 208(1 vote) - Family Therapy In The Background Of Other Therapies - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2011 from Sawas DeeToday’s psychotherapeutic developments have outgrown the past situation of psychology and psychotherapy. Where in the past, only few people would go and try to solve their problems through therapy, nowadays such people are more in numbers. That doesn’t mean that more people are experiencing ...
Views: 195(1 vote) - How to Overcome the Symptoms of Clinical Depression With Music Therapy - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2011 from Dave KanofskyDuring the years I attended psychotherapy, my therapist always had classical music paying in the waiting room. I never figured out if that was supposed to be part of my therapy or if it was playing simply to keep me entertained while I waited for my session to begin. But I do know this, that ...
Views: 347(2 votes) - Money Management Tricks of the Rich - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Tom KoziolMoney management tricks of the rich are actually money management tricks everyone already has at their disposal. All it takes is one, knowing what they are and two, applying them to your situation. The first trick is something I call recognition. A person has to not only recognize they have a ...
Views: 306 - ***Get Over Yourself with Journal Writing Therapy - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2011 from Mari McCarthyOne profoundly useful way to journal is to use the practice to change ourselves. Presumably, most of us like ourselves well enough. Though many people experience true self-loathing at some point in their lives, for the most part we maintain a healthy respect for old Number One. But even ...
Views: 883(3 votes) - Reason for doing Outsourced Data Capture of High Quality. - by Submitted on May 31, 2011 from Rita ThomsonData capture, like any other process is a necessary evil that must be alone. The reason is necessary because it helps improve your company data, surveys, feedback forms, and many other documents to understand. The reason is that it is bad when done by hand; data capture is time-consuming and ...
Views: 252 - CT Scanner X-Ray Tubes Clarified - by Submitted on May 20, 2011 from Thomas CableImproved Technologies Lead to Challenging Tasks for CT Scanner X-Ray Tubes. The most current CT scanning techniques place a high heat load on the CT scanner x-ray tube, due to the need for high tube current values to provide enough photons in the image, when scanning with fast rotations and ...
Views: 333 - Dore Frances, Ph.D. Celebrates A Decade Of Helping Families in Crisis With Troubled Teens at Horizon Family Solutions - by Submitted on May 12, 2011 from Dore FrancesIn 2001 Dore Frances created Horizon Family Solutions, LLC (H.F.S.) with the intention to help and educate parents during a time of crisis with their teenager. This year Horizon Family Solutions is celebrating over a decade of assisting families. During these ten years, Dore Frances has been ...
Views: 265(2 votes) - 10 Micro-Steps for Creating the Well-living Workplace - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from Steve HobbsTake these actions to heart … one a week for 10 weeks to create the well-living workplace. Eliminate ‘but’ from your conversations. Listen for the word and clarify what the person is saying when they use ‘but’. Have your meetings ‘but free’. Declare your office a ‘but free’ zone! Ask ...
Views: 272 - Hoarding Help - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2011 from Steven QaresmaIn broad-spectrum circumstances, individuals with mental illnesses need help, be it from their families, friends, or other support groups. Moreover, therapies were designed not only for health care providers but also for people who takes part in the treatment of a mentally challenged person. ...
Views: 243(1 vote) - A Rememdy for Toxic People - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2011 from Sara DillingerDo you remember the old skull and cross-bones? The last time I saw it was when I was watching The Pirates of the Caribbean. There was a time, though, when it was the universal symbol not just of pirates and their undead henchmen, but of poison. I just checked my box of 20 Mule Team Borax, ...
Views: 412(1 vote) - Alcohol Intervention: How to Avoid Tension - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2011 from M. CohanEvery family has a complex emotional history. When alcohol abuse is involved, that emotional history can be tinged with extra pain and bitterness, and these feelings are liable to rise to the surface in any confrontational situation. This is part of what makes an alcohol intervention so ...
Views: 310(1 vote) - Save a Friend: Youth Suicide is Preventable - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2011 from Ida Tyree-HycheOn the phone with his teenage brother, a young person in my young people’s church organization noticed his brother, the popular, fun-loving, star high school football player, sounded more mature and serious in his conversation. The usual jostling greeting of “What do you want?” was replaced with ...
Views: 399(2 votes) - CRISIS MANAGEMENT PLAN - A FORM TO FILL OUT FOR WHEN CRISES ENTER YOUR WORLD - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2011 from Sheri AdamsWe all experience times in our life when we are in a crisis, be it emotional distress or physical issues that are beyond a point we ourselves can control or deal with alone. Having a Crisis Management Plan is one of the best ways for you to be prepared for crises that will rise in your life ...
Views: 428(1 vote) - Depression and suicidal moods - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2011 from Huishan OhDepression and suicidal moods Have you ever been so depressed, you felt like life was bleak and nobody cared? Sometimes you do not even notice that your behaviour is actually induced due to chemical imbalances in the brain. Counselling could actually help resolve your deep set emotional ...
Views: 325(1 vote) - Ear Infection symptoms : The best way to Detect and Cure Them - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2011 from Randolph PumphryWhat do you do in that time? Take the discomfort? The signs of an ear infection appear early and an early treatment is the best, even though there have been questions as to the necessity of ear infection antibiotics at all times. Some prefer household therapy to get rid of their ear ...
Views: 212 - The Mystery Of 5:37 a.m. - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2011 from Dr. Cal FredenThe Mystery of 5:37a.m. What if you were awakened early one morning by the ringing of the telephone and to a voice in panic? It is your neighbor who claims his wife has mysteriously disappeared during the night. She was feeling fine when they went to bed and she had no history of emotional ...
Views: 395(1 vote) - The Importance of Family Involvement in Substance Abuse Treatment and Addiction Therapy - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2011 from Steven GiffordFor family and friends of drug and/or alcohol addicted individuals, addressing addiction is one of the most difficult aspects of seeking substance abuse treatment. Often, drug and alcohol addiction has built a destructive cycle over a time to the point where daily family involvement actually ...
Views: 547(1 vote) - Teenage Conduct Disorder - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Dore Frances"Conduct disorder" refers to a group of behavioral and emotional problems in youngsters. Children and adolescents with this disorder have great difficulty following rules and behaving in a socially acceptable way. They are often viewed by other children, adults and social agencies as "bad" or ...
Views: 382(2 votes) - A Look Inside A Hoarder's Home - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2011 from Palmer PullenFor someone who has never walked inside a hoarder's home, but has a some idea of what it might look like once they walk through the front door, it is more times than not more troubling than expected when they finally get inside. How can this person acquire so many items to a point of endangering ...
Views: 328(1 vote) - Danger Signs of Adolescent Suicide - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Dore FrancesWhen a teen makes the ultimate decision to take their life, everyone feels the loss. Family members, counselors, friends, teachers, and teammates often feel guilt, confusion and an intense grief. There is always the sense that maybe the suicide could have been prevented if they had seen the ...
Views: 405(2 votes) - If You Have A Loved One Who Is Addicted To Internet Porn, We Can Help You! - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2011 from Dan Thompson"New Research Gives Hope to Internet Porn Addicts" "Lawyers reported that over half of the divorces they handled were due to one of the spouse's excessive viewing of online pornography." ueled by the rise of the Web, online sex addictions have exploded onto the scene. As the convenience of ...
Views: 401 - Abandon Piano? A Reawaken Passion! - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2011 from John-Robert (JR) ColemanAbandon Piano? A Reawaken Passion Be it my own expectation,my observation Be it real or imagined,I can’t help but to feel,to write And this too I pray and say, Stirring in your heart I believe is a passion that can Be reawakened,but still I observe there resides within you ...
Views: 261 - 7 Key Methods to Helping a Friend with Depression - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from Dave KanofskyAccording to the latest statistics, approximately 20.9 million American adults, or about 9.5 percent of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year, have a mood disorder. So chances are pretty good that you know someone who suffers from depression. If you have a friend who suffers from ...
Views: 805(5 votes) - Cyberbullying - The H1N1 of Technology: Implications for Intervention - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2011 from Holli KenleyIn Part One: Cyber bullying: The H1N1 of Technology- Causation, several causal factors of cyber bullying we examined. Although the issue is extremely complex, three social norms were explored as being strong contributors to the rampant spread of this technological virus: • The anonymity of ...
Views: 384(1 vote) - Clinical Depression - My Experience with and the Effectiveness of Client Centered Therapy - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Dave KanofskyWhen first diagnosed with clinical depression in 1986, I did not want to talk to anyone, and I do mean anyone, about my emotional issues. That included my wife, parents, relatives, and friends After I was told that I should go to a therapist for treatment I didn't want to do that either. I ...
Views: 509(3 votes) - Is your life like a cottonwood seed? - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Sheryl StantonAs I was walking along a forest path a couple of days ago, I saw an amazing thing. It was snowing – in July! White puffy flakes were falling from the sky, while the sun was shining! On the ground, was a layer of white. Of course, it was cottonwood seed time and instead of snow flakes, ...
Views: 260 - A Plea, Save Your Life - Suicide only Causes More Problems - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2011 from June Werdlow RogersThe Mayor of Springfield,Illinois and Bernie Madoff’s son, and less known people like your neighbor or your co-worker may have all taken their own lives. A thought like “what a waste of human life” crosses our minds, but I believe we mostly ponder about what could drive a person to kill ...
Views: 351(1 vote) - Stop Seizures Naturally (Easy Breathing Exercise: Simple or Partial Seizures) - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Dr Artour RakhimovCaution. This specific breathing exercise is not an alternative for one's medication or any other medically administered procedure. It could be employed as an additional technique to diminish signs and symptoms. Seek the advice of your MD, GP or other health care practitioner for further detail. ...
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