Talking to Your Kids About the School Shootings
December 17, 2012
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After the horrific school shootings in Connecticut I was asked the important question what do you tell your children and grandchildren about such tragedies; How do you talk them through it? There’s a lot of things you can say. What they need to hear is the truth: Both sides of i
Continue Reading →Bullying: Amanda Todd’s Tragic Call for Help Is Our Call to Action!
Amanda Todd is sadly another tragic example of why bullying needs to stop! Read the Metro story about it here and watch her video. Read the ABC News story here. This is a wake up call for all of us. What can you do? Get the “Be the Answer: Solutions to Bullying” program in
Continue Reading →Jason Williams, LMFT on Helping Your Kids with Bullying
February 29, 2012
My colleague, dear friend and hands down one of THE single best therapists I’ve ever known, Jason Williams, LMFT (www.associatedpsych.com) gives some great advice on how to teach your children how to handle bullies. Watch the interview here. Jason and I struggled through grad sc
Continue Reading →DV
Domestic violence (DV) is a serious issue that affects many adults and children and it has a tremendous societal impact as well. While there is so much to be said and done about DV, which I won’t attempt to cover all here, I want to share the following with you to spread some aw
Continue Reading →Two Teens Answer “What Are Healthy or Unhealthy Relationships?”
January 25, 2012
Today I did a survey of local teen girls (at lunch today with my daughty and her bestie, both 15-years-old—a super small survey!) asking them, “How do you know when a relationship is healthy or unhealthy?” See their answers below and please answer the following questions:
Continue Reading →MLK Day “I Have a Dream” Activity
January 18, 2012
This is a simple activity you can do with your family, students or youth group. Most people have seen clips from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream Speech” but most haven’t actually seen/heard/read the full 17-minute speech. Activity Inform participants
Continue Reading →Thoughts on Nonviolence and MLK, Jr.’s Legacy
January 16, 2012
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a more than a holiday to me, it is a Holy Day where I honor not only this great man, my hero, but even more importantly the principles he took a stand for. When I think of the people who have influenced not only my thinking, but who have shaped the natur
Continue Reading →MARRIAGE MASTERY Tip 6: See the Other’s Point of View
October 03, 2009
Consider these words from Martin Luther King, Jr. (1967) the next time you engage in conflict with your partner and you perceive them as the enemy: Here is the true meaning and value of compassion and nonviolence when it helps us to see the enemy’s point of view, to hear his que
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