 Straight Talk about Sex
Sex therapist Dr. Judie maintains that it’s not about sex. It’s about the 3 Cs – context, culture and communication.
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 What's Eating You?
Quitting smoking requires a thorough analysis of the function of each cigarette. You won’t give up something if there’s no replacement. First, explore the needs that each cigarette meets. Then brainstorm ways that a non-smoker gets those same needs met. This prep work will help the changes stick.
|  Class Notes: Special Needs
Educator Jacque Digieso makes the case for not sending your child on to college. What do you think about that? |
 Patient Safety
What difference does a few days make? Actually, a lot-- if you are deciding to schedule giving birth at 37 weeks instead of going full term. Read why. |
 Trusting Your Gut
Jena Reger embarks on a gluten-free diet. Ambushed by wheat at every turn, she charts the course to “try again and fail better” next time.
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 Cancer is Not Me and I Am Not My Cancer
Social Security’s Compassionate Allowances has been a godsend for Jan and her medical bills. Find out more about it here.
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 Mentally Me
Some medications controlled her bipolar issues or her depression but they made her fat. Others didn’t help as much but they made her too skinny. Can Marcy ever be on an even keel and just be thin?
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 The Grass Is Greener Right Here
How do you know who you are? Is it based on
preferences that can change over time or something else more permanent?
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 The Sex Whisperer
The average American couple isn’t getting enough affectionate, nonsexual touch-- the kind that keeps us bonded, satisfied, sexually active, and healthier in the long run. Tinamarie asks why, and shows us how to get back to the basics.
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 Back On Top
If smartphones had been invented when I was a new mother, I would have missed the best moments of my son’s childhood. Before 2005, there were no Blackberrys or iPhones, no YouTube or texting or Twitter or Facebook. You could not be bombarded with messages from your 200 best friends and followers every moment of every day. And for that I am eternally grateful. |
 The Power of Grief
Children and adults with intellectual disabilities share all the feelings, wishes, and desires as people without disabilities-- including grief and loss. No two people experience a disability the same way, just as no two people experience loss the same way. Diane Snyder Cowan writes about normalizing the grief of persons with Intellectual Disabilities. |
 Living On Purpose
The first step to successfully quit smoking is to determine WHY you want to quit. Then use this Behavior Modification approach to achieve your goal.
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 Spirit Behind the News
Rabbi Ben Kamin writes a letter to his stepchildren--a letter of love and thanks. |
 I Kid You Not
Did you ever get an end-of-the-year holiday letter in which parents were boasting about the kids qualifying for the Olympics while maintaining a 4.5 GPA...and you're just happy if you can get your kid on the right school bus? Kristine suggests asking 20 reality questions instead in the holiday letter.
|  Teacher Feature
What in the hell is happening to our children? There is a crisis with our youth that the responsible adults in their lives are ignoring. This crisis is the failing mental health of our own flesh and blood as they are forced into dealing with the crisis in a parent’s life.
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 rWorld
Why does singing with state prisoners help heal Dale’s broken heart?
|  My Views From the Edge
I am learning to take a compliment. Please keep them coming! Move over fear, you really aren’t that great! |
 Second Life
Susanne gave the relationship a chance-- after he dumped his cigarettes in the trash.
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 The TurnAround Mom
As she eats her dark chocolate, Carey ponders the relationship between being addicted to substances, like alcohol or food, and having addictive behaviors. Are addictive behaviors more harmful?
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