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I recently watched the movie Jerry Maguire with my wife, who had never seen it, and it led to me thinking about our profession of social worker. It is not that I have not spoken out in the past about …
I keep a bumper sticker on the shelf in my office that reads: “It’s NEVER OK to HIT A CHILD.” A few weeks ago, a colleague – a wonderful, kind woman with an Ivy League education who is the mother …
It’s almost Mother’s Day again. It comes every year without fail. I try not to play the “society says we celebrate this today” game, but it is hard when I grew up in an environment where conforming was a life …
The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security have issued a joint warning to U.S. law enforcement agencies that a growing output of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria recruiting efforts are trending with American youth. Sacramento FBI officials say …
I teach. I teach in the way I learn, through humor and context. I put together history with current events and make them draw a direct line of comparison. I put forward new, innovated science and technology releases, and we …
An Open Letter from a Therapist: I am really struggling with where to begin. As a general rule, I don’t post things on my professional page that are opinionated in nature. I believe my personal opinions about politics, religion/spirituality, or …
Happiness Is Not a Choice There are more clichés about being happy than the hairs on my head. Most of them frustrate me. Some of them even trigger me. They may be well-intentioned, but the result of these “happiness” memes …
“I trust you to curl my hair,” I said to my twelve-year old as she came at my sizable forehead with a hot electrical appliance. “And that’s saying something,” I added, “Because those things can hurt and I can count …
Certainly longevity is not is not the measure of a good life. Some people have been around many years and have little to show. I could have done more. Others generate incredible amounts of productivity in a few years—think Martin …
by Lyndsey Ellis Social Inclusion Campaign Assistant for Peers Envisioning and Engaging Recovery Services (PEERS) I arrive in St. Louis a month after the Darren Wilson verdict tore the lid off the facade of peaceful race relations in America. The last …
