Some folks want to avoid confrontation at all costs. If you need some quick hints on whether or not to bring up a sore subject, continue reading. Is the sore subject my stuff or another’s? Sometimes folks personalize their partner’s complaints and think it is about them. When in doubt, the complaint may be venting…
Remaining a traditionalist into adulthood is your choice. Many young Latinas get pregnant quickly and the rest of their lives are delayed. Perhaps they never learned that education was equally important as marriage and family. A job and education will prepare you for a financial loss or the death of the primary breadwinner. When you…
When considering therapy, ask yourself what you are looking for. Why are you doing this? Do you want to improve your confidence, relationships, change a behavior or learn something? Where you are in therapy for weeks, months or years you’ll learn something. But if you are short on time or money. Then brief therapy focused…
When considering hiring a therapist to help you resolve your problems here are some tips on selecting one. HOw do you want to pay? Are you ready for your insurance to request your records? If you want increased privacy you may want to pay cash. Consider what you can afford. Is therapy on a short…
Voluntarily seeking counseling is always better than being forced by a crisis or someone’s threat of turning your world upside down. What skills or behaviors do you lack? Do you want to argue less often? Do you want to sleep better? Do you want to lose ten pounds? Therapy can provide the structure to change…
Meaning in Life Questionnaire The “Will to Meaning” or desire to find meaning in life is, according to the late Viktor Frankl, essential and necessary for human happiness. Frankl was the founder of the existential therapy known as Logotherapy. In short, a human life is incomplete without meaning. No matter what else a person has…
Do you have a meaningful life? Prove it! I. Logotherapy Viktor Frankl, the founder of logotherapy, believed that people have a “will to meaning”, a drive to find purpose in life. Many people find a life without meaning and purpose to be empty and unsatisfying. However, if you ask most people whether they feel they…
Going Rogue! How Individual Teachers Can Improve their Students Behavior and Academics Without Any Support. Introduction Many teachers enter the teaching profession believing that they will fill eager young minds with skills and knowledge that will allow them to be successful in school and life. Sure, they expect a certain degree of misbehavior and missing…
Taking a risk and investing in yourself might be scary. I understand it. WOW! Jumping from the high board into the pool is a little nerve wracking. But those who had a burning desire to stretch their abilities reach inside and bring courage and conviction to make that first jump. Then, they can repeat it or…
Benjamin Franklin said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Natural Prevention and Health Remedies have been practiced when humans first inhabited this planet. Then, along came the idea to create an industry called ‘health care.’ Through the ages many people worldwide focused more on prevention than on ‘sickness’ care whereas, the…