PTSD and Suicide Prevention Debriefing Marines after Operation Iraqi Freedom II was an intense therapeutic process. Marines were expected...

Life is motion. Motion is energy. Life changes people. Circumstances change. In the early stages of my life, I experienced significant,...

The Walk of Life Illness humbles us all, but it can also draw families closer in care, compassion, and connection. When my sisters and I...

Fate, Destiny, and Karma “You meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it.” - Carl Jung Do you believe in Fate? Karma? Destiny?...

Relationship Challenges Are you still with the same romantic partner from high school? Well, that depends on your age. The road of...

The World You See A few years ago, I was in Rockford, Illinois, an idyllic leafy, tree-filled city, north of Chicago, close to Kenosha,...

Personal Growth During Vietnam my role as a bugler was to play taps while Marines were being buried. Grim duty. I played over 100...

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY Women today make up almost half of all workers in the United States. An increasing number of women are either the sole...

To be an effective writer, every scribe knows they have to risk being transparent and honest. In this article you might figure out how...

Guys like to take things apart and blow things up. During life, all guys need to tune themselves up, readjust their outlook, and...

Children of Suicide One of my saddest memories as a trauma specialist was conducting a group therapy session for children. A Christmas...

“What’s right today is wrong tomorrow. It all depends on where you are; It all depends on when you are; It all depends on what you feel;...

Self-Management & Stress As we know, defensive behavior leads to resisting change. Stress management involves recognizing, accepting, and...

Conflict Resolution Lessons Decades ago, when I was a Federal Investigator with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., I attended...

Self-limits are imposed by habit. Some bad habits are connected to a negative self-image. It is difficult achieve personal growth past...

Finding the Courage to Be Yourself The choices we make in connection with everyday thoughts, feelings, and behavior result in either...

When I was single, the bumper sticker on my car read: “Happiness is Being Single.” After a few years, that bumper sticker was replaced...

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by...

”The aim of psychoanalysis is to relieve people of their neurotic unhappiness so that they can be normally unhappy.” -Sigmund Freud As a...

Here we are. Another year. Another chance at self-renewal. Now is the time to mend relationships and friendships. Making the effort to be...