Parenting Mistakes
STOP THE CYCLE! DON'T: 1. Constantly compare your child with other children-- especially siblings, cousins, neighbors or schoolmates. 2....
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Thinking it through with Latoya!
Feb 17, 20221 min read
Name Calling and How to Deal with It.
Name-calling is the use of abusive language and/or insults directed at other people or groups. It can also include relating a group or...
Feb 11, 20222 min read
ART THERAPY and MENTAL HEALTH
By Mindy Lawrence Arts and crafts, in almost any form, are therapeutic. Whether you draw, paint, play music, make pottery, or make books,...
Feb 10, 20221 min read
EMOTIONAL ABUSE: Dealing with a Manipulative Person
Manipulative people harm others. We’ve all known one or more of these individuals. They take advantage of their victims to get what they...
Jan 28, 20222 min read
MENTAL HEALTH: FINANCIAL STRESS--WHAT IS IT AND HOW TO DEAL WITH IT.
by Mindy Lawrence Financial Stress is: “A condition that is the result of financial and/or economic events that create anxiety, worry, or...
Jan 24, 20221 min read
The Arts and Mental Health: Art Therapy
In 1942, British artist Adrian Hill first developed the term “art therapy” when he was recovering from tuberculosis in a sanitarium. He...
Jan 22, 20223 min read
Sounds good but how do you do it?
I've always loved this song. It is inspiring. It reaches deep into our souls and validates how most of us see ourselves -- wise,...
Jan 21, 20221 min read
FRUSTRATION
Frustration is the feeling of anger we get when we have the inability to achieve something we try to do. Everyone has times when they...
Jan 19, 20222 min read
Why do People Shut Down Emotionally?
by Mindy Lawrence Several situations can cause a person to shut down emotionally. Here are some of them. Depression If you live with a...
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EMOTIONAL SHUTDOWN
By: Mindy Lawrence An emotional shutdown is the inability to connect with others on an emotional level. The detachment can be by choice...
Jan 15, 20222 min read
DATE RAPE and Protecting Yourself
Legal Information Institute at Cornell University refers to date rape as the phenomenon where the woman was forced to have sexual...
Jan 14, 20222 min read
Till It Happens to You...
By Joyce Faulkner For a few years, back in the day, I volunteered for a Rape Crisis Center in a big city. After training, I served as a...
Jan 14, 20221 min read
SEXUAL ABUSE: 5 Types of Sexual Abuse
by Mindy Lawrence First Orlando Counseling in Orlando, Florida, defines five types of sexual abuse that exist -- verbal, covert, visual,...
Jan 12, 20222 min read
HEALING FROM TRAUMA
Trauma affects a person by making them not feel safe. Anxiety, turmoil, and emotional pain surface and make life difficult. A person may...
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