We need to get “back to normal”! Life has to go back to “the way it was”! I can’t wait until it’s “business as usual”. That’s all I’m hearing these days. Everyone wants to hurry up and get past [...]
My brilliant friend and mentor, Diana Sterling, conducted a research project many years ago, searching for an answer to the age old question, “What do teenagers need from the adults in their [...]
In this age of skyrocketing suicides, poor career satisfaction, mountains of student loan debt, and mediocre happiness, let’s do something to help our teens. Let’s help them dream about their [...]
Every time I see a Koala bear with burned fur or bandages on his paws, my heart breaks into a million pieces. These Australian wildfires are KILLING me…. I literally cannot stand to see or hear [...]
If you are struggling with thoughts of suicide, the last thing you want to do is search high and low for the phone number of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The current number, [...]
“THE BIGGEST PROBLEM GROWING UP TODAY IS NOT ACTUALLY STRESS. IT’S MEANINGLESSNESS.” -William Damon, Director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence We all have our [...]
My daughter called me from school this morning…she was crying and obviously quite upset. It turns out that today was the mock drunk driving accident staged for the benefit of all the seniors in [...]
It starts with something minor, a sewing needle or a pin. Just something to take your mind off whatever pain, anger or hurt you are feeling, but can’t control. It’s all about control, [...]
Have you heard about the movie “13 reasons why”? Boy, what an uproar it has caused. Schools are banning it, parents are forbidding their children to watch it…. but it sure is getting [...]
