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Jun 30 2016
Is U.S. Government on The Right Track Regarding Opioid Addiction? – Vol. 368, June 30, 2016 I received my Rolling Stone magazine this month which included a very in depth article by Tim Dickinson which caught my attention called, The War on Drugs. His article goes into many issues regarding the war on drugs including the supply and …
Jun 23 2016
What Gets In the Way of Feeling Contentment? – Vol. 367, June 23, 2016 Over the years I have studied under many people who agree with the notion that one’s circumstances have little to do with one’s happiness or contentment in life. The majority of these individuals are coming from a more spiritual angle then one …
Jun 16 2016
Ways To Grow Your Child’s Self-Esteem – Vol. 366, June 16, 2016 Over the many years that I have been working with kids, I have noticed that there are a few different situations that harm a child’s self-esteem. When I see adults who have emotional issues, it is usually due to upbringings where they didn’t feel …
Jun 09 2016
How To Deal With Normal Emotional Issues In Your Life – Vol. 365, June 9, 2016 Over the years I have written many weblogs on the various mental health issues that arise in life. Some of them can be very serious like depression, eating disorders, and addictions. Others confound people in the symptoms of not being …
Jun 02 2016
A New Take On Addiction & Its Causes – Vol. 364, June 2, 2016 Johann Hari wrote a thought provoking blog post for Huffington Post called The Likely Cause of Addiction Has been Discovered and It is Not What You Think After many experiments done on rats, it becomes evident that the opposite of addiction …
May 26 2016
A Practical Lesson on the Dangers of Prescription Drugs – Vol. 363, May 26, 2016 About a month ago I volunteered at the Drugs Will Kill Youth Summit for Torrence & Lomita youth. We had about 80 youth between the ages of 11 and 18 participate. The summit was set up to educate the youth …
May 19 2016
Spirituality: A Personal Understanding – Vol. 362, May 19, 2016 I remember when I first started working in mental health back in 1993. The position I had was as the Social Coordinator of the program. It was a consumer position, meaning that the person who held this job had to be a consumer of mental …