Emotional Recovery after Trauma | Batman:The Dark Knight Rises | Colorado Shooting | James Holmes | It should have been a normal evening of candy, popcorn and a movie. No one would have suspected to walk into a movie theatre [...]
Marriage vs. Hooking up | Is Miley Cyrus too young to get married? | How young is too young to tie the knot? Miley Cyrus is getting married! Disney Channel superstar, Miley Cyrus announced she is engaged to “Hunger [...]
Recently announced: The engagement of Miley Cyrus, age 19, to Liam Helmsworth, age 22. There is much speculation in the media about the significance of their ages and the general question of "How young is too young to get married?" [...]
Women Humiliated by Naked Photos | IsAnyoneup.com website | Tips to Protect your Online Identity According to an Anderson Cooper article, “Melissa and Daveeda discovered naked photos of themselves posted online. These photos were sent anonymously to a website, [...]
Why is your child angry? What is your child feeling? When you were a child did you wish your parents allowed you to express your emotions? How many times did you hear, “Boys don’t cry” or “If you keep crying [...]
Toddlers & Tiaras | Moms living vicariously through their daughters | Healthy or Harmful? TLC’s hit show Toddlers & Tiaras showcases the real life drama of beauty pageants and the behind the scenes chaos. Temper tantrums, explosive arguments and [...]
The Bully Movie Documentary was rated R because of cursing, aggression and themes of suicide! So should your middle schooler or high school student see it. From the reviews and information about the movie it is following students that [...]
News of synthetic marijuana, also known as K2 or Spice, has cropped up again in the news as it returns to many local businesses after a ban placed by The Drug Enforcement Administration on five chemicals last year. Florida Governor [...]
With daylight savings time, people across the U.S. are adjusting to a new sleep schedule. While the need for the time change is debatable, what is not disputed is the importance of having a good night's sleep. One of [...]
Military Sergeant Gary Stein comments about Obama | Should you “befriend” your boss and coworkers on FACEBOOK? | 3 Social Networking Tips for Personal & Professional Success Marine Sgt. Gary Stein's anti-Obama Facebook posts captured the attention of the [...]
The box-office hit movie, The Hunger Games, raked in millions of dollars opening weekend. However, the star of the film, Jennifer Lawrence, has been criticized by some viewers as being too heavy for the role. Lawrence, a beautiful, fit [...]
Trayvon Martin was shot in a gated community by neighborhood watchman, George Zimmerman. George called 911 and the police advised him to stop following Trayvon. Minutes later neighbors reports vary, meanwhile Trayvon was killed. George Zimmerman claims he stopped [...]
Celebrities such as Demi Lovato, Nicole Richie, Ashlee Simpson, Oprah Winfrey, Mary-Kate Olsen, and Wynonna Judd have each shared, publicly, their issues with eating. Their openness contributes to increased attention and understanding of eating related issues. Increased diagnoses of [...]
5 Tips for Balancing Work and Family Gwen Stafani, Denise Richards, Katherine Heigl, Angelina Jolie, and Madonna are all mothers who are working to create balance between their careers and their children. While parenthood is not always so glamourous, here [...]
33 year old Rosamond McNeil died this week of a gunshot to her back. Her killer? Her abusive ex-boyfriend she tried many times to leave. The day before she died, she was granted a restraining order against her former [...]
According to a Pew Research, “Barely half of all adults in the United States—a record low—are currently married, and the median age at first marriage has never been higher for brides (26.5 years) and grooms (28.7), according to a [...]
March 2011 - Broward County officials reported a Florida mother confronted her son's bully by going on the school bus. Twenty-seven-year-old Toccara Daniels was arrested and charged with burglary, assault and battery and child abuse. Police reported that after hearing [...]
Reality TV: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly | Girl Scout Research Institute Bad Girls Club, The Kardashians, Real Housewives, and Teens Moms are only a few of reality television’s hit shows. With all of the fighting, back stabbing, [...]
What happened? They had the Wild Card wrapped up with only one month to go and somehow they lost steam! Today September 29, 2011 the sports world is shocked by the colossal collapse of the Boston Red Sox. When the [...]
Tips for Coping with Job Loss and Economic Crisis | Atypical Depression The reality of the financial crisis concerns us all. The fact is that we are struggling with the most intense debt catastrophes in modern history. Many believe that [...]
Coping with Grief and Tragedy: Pastor Zachary Tims Dies at 42. The nation is grieving the tragic loss of Pastor Zachary. According to several news sources, Tims, Senior Pastor of New Destiny Christian Center of Apopka, was found dead [...]
Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony | Tips for Coping with Divorce Divorce is never an easy topic to discuss. We marriages end; there is usually a significant amount of emotional pain, stress, and grief to accompany it. This emotional and [...]
Obese or Abuse? | Tips for Eating Healthy Childhood obesity has become a national epidemic and approximately two million children are affected. Dr. David Ludwig, an obesity expert at Boston’s Children’s Hospital and associate professor at Harvard, believes that [...]
Can we get over it? Can we forgive? The controversy of the Casey Anthony trial has caused a plethora of reactions over the course of three years. The trial is over, however, emotions are still raging. As we process [...]
Can America Find Closure for Caylee? | 3 Tips to Cope with Grief and Tragedy Mourning the loss of a child is a burden that no parent should have to bare. Although Casey Anthony was found not guilty of [...]
No one could hold back tears as our hearts were in our throats watching Diane Sawyer’s interview with Jaycee Dugard recently. What an incredible story of survival…an innocent 11 year old girl walking to her school bus one morning being [...]
Toddlers and Tiaras: Sexualizing Children | 5 Tips to protect your child The TLC Toddlers and Tiaras reality series comes back for a fourth season and creatively highlights the behind the scenes lifestyle of beautiful little girls clawing for [...]
People who think rationally are asking many questions about the recent behavior of Former Congressman Anthony Weiner like: Why would he Tweet risqué pictures of himself to people he never met? Has he not learned from the example of [...]
"Pills mills" are all over the news. What are pill mills? According to CBS News, pill mills are places where doctors provide prescription pain medication without medical exams or testing. The most often obtained prescriptions are Oxycodone and Hydrocodone, (both are Opiods). Persons [...]
Getting off the Mother-Daughter Roller coaster | 8 Tips to improve Communication Did a Dysfunctional Mother-Daughter Relationship cause Caylee’s death? The mother-daughter relationship is a complex dynamic. Often times, the ups and downs of this multifaceted bond may seem [...]
Does Rihanna’s new video ‘empower’ women or promote murder? Rape is a terrible experience for anyone to endure, but is murder the answer? R&B superstar Rihanna released her latest single, ‘Man Down,’ by suggesting that premeditated murder is the [...]
Carole Markin is suing Match.com because of an alleged rape that happened as a result of someone she met on Match.com. Craigslist has also been under fire for similar complaints. A recent study states that 19% of married couples [...]
"You and this show have been the greatest love of my life.”…Oprah’s words to her millions of viewers in 150 different countries during her finale show yesterday. So it is no wonder that for the past 25 years many, [...]
Marital Longevity Does Not Equal Marital Bliss We all secretly worship famous couples like Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger because they seem to be that perfect couple…the one that has been married forever … both are smart, funny, extremely [...]
"Mom, I just want to ride my bike around the block to visit Anna," says 9 year old Sarah. Thirty years ago Sarah could ride the bus or ride around the block and parents would not worry. Unfortunately, parents [...]
Tuesday evening, in New York, Lashandra Armstrong, a mother of four young children drove her minivan into the Hudson river. Her 10 year old child managed to escape the sinking van while everyone else drowned. This news is an incredibly heart wrenching and tragic [...]
Chris Brown | Provoked To Anger on Good Morning America? It has been two years since R&B star Chris Brown and pop diva Rihanna exploded onto the scene with allegations of domestic violence. When questioned about the incident on Good [...]
Are you completely overwhelmed with shock and stress as you watched the horrific destruction from the earthquake in Japan that unleashed a 23 foot Tsunami? The Tsunami moved faster than a jetliner at 500 miles an hour (10 miles per [...]
Do you crave a more balanced life? Do you think life would be more enjoyable if your schedule matched up with your priorities? Does it feel like as soon as your schedule is working for you that something in your life [...]
Local news reports the following stories in one day in Central Florida Murder-Suicide: A husband, 36, shot and killed his 37 your old wife, and then killed himself. Employee Murders Boss: A 27 employee, fatally shot his boss Nasser Alkattan, [...]
Famous actor Charlie Sheen has been in the news much in the last several years. Unfortunately, not for his acting. We see in the media a tumultuous personal life which appears to contain alcohol and drug addiction. Mr. Sheen just [...]
Key Highlights Manorexia refers to anorexia nervosa in men, driven by distorted body image and societal pressures to attain a muscular physique. Common symptoms include emotional distress, excessive exercise, preoccupation with body image, and significant weight loss. The disorder [...]
Why would she do such a thing? How could we have helped her? Why would she leave her young boys? Will she go to Heaven? How will we live without her? What should we tell her children? What was she thinking? [...]
3 reasons young girls risk their lives! Beauty or Brains? That is the question! Our fantasy driven culture answers this question with a resounding, “BEAUTY!” Women and men worldwide attempt to nip, tuck, and pull their way into humanity’s “10” [...]
3 tips to Pregnancy Proof your Teen. They’re young; they’re hot; and they’re PREGNANT! MTV’s 16 and Pregnant Reality TV superstars are under the legal age limit for drinking, but not for having a baby! When Bristol Palin announced [...]
Do you spend hours of your day looking over the status updates of your Facebook friends? How do you feel after reading these updates? A recent study done by Jordan (2011) from the Stanford University in California shows that Facebook [...]
Six friends, all current or former Boone High School students swerved off the road yesterday resulting in the deaths of Laura Grant, 17 and her boyfriend Eddie Culbehouse, 19. Elizabeth Harrison, 18, was critically injured. Also surviving the crash is [...]
"You let me stay up past my bedtime last night so why can’t I do it tonight?!" "It's not fair! I just want 10 more minutes on the computer and you let Susie have more time so why can't I [...]
“Philosophers ponder it and pornographers proffer it. Asked why people desire physical beauty, Aristotle said, "No one that is not blind could ask that question." Beauty ensnares hearts, captures minds, and stirs up emotional wildfires. From Plato to pinups, images [...]
Elizabeth Smart was an innocent 14 year old girl who was kidnapped, raped, threatened, and abused for a period of 9 months before being returned home to her loving family. Recently, we all watched in admiration as Elizabeth, now a [...]
