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Ask the Therapist-Is My Teen Suicidal?
Teen suicides are on the rise in America, with a 24% increase between 1999 and 2014; the highest rate recorded in 28 years. Why? Perhaps they are keeping better records, but regardless, you have to ask what makes a young person with an entire life ahead of them decide that life isn’t worth living at…
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Is Blood Thicker Than Water?
Blood is thicker than water. I’ve often hear that idiom used to describe the required commitment to family regardless of competing influences. The problem with this idea is that not all families have healthy ways of doing things. Sometimes conflict arises when an individual tries to move beyond family expectations and try something new or…
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Bilingual
I often joke with people that I’m bilingual. My definition goes like this- “I translate husband to wife and teenager to parent.” I usually get a chuckle, but the truth is, good communication is very difficult to achieve. One of the main barriers to good communication is a lack of understanding. The person you are…
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Overwhelmed
If you turn on the news tonight you might find yourself overwhelmed. How will we solve the problems in India? France? Indonesia? What about the suffering family in another state? A steady dose of tragedy binging would make any sane person call in for a prescription of anti-depressants. We know that God’s word encourages us…
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The Other Side of Trials
We’ve all heard the success stories- Bill Gates aka one of the richest people in the world, goes from failed company “Traf-O-Data) to Microsoft a couple of years later. Steven Spielberg was rejected from film school twice, and went on to produce the most iconic movies in history. Walt Disney dropped out of school, bankrupted…
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It’s In the Waiting
Timing is everything the saying goes, and I’ve found this to be true with God’s plans too. The Bible is full of many who jumped ahead of God’s desired timeline. There’s Sarah who decided that God was too slow on his promise to make Abraham the father of a new…