Can America Find Closure for Caylee? | 3 Tips to Cope with Grief | Caylee’s Law
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 the murder of her two-year-old daughter. Americans across the country are angry at the loss of such innocence. With no [...]
Jaycee Dugard |Sexual Abuse Counselor 4 Survivor Tips | Never Carry Shame
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 attacked with a stun gun and kidnapped by a man and his wife. Before she knew it, she was naked [...]
5 Essential Tips to Shield Your Child from Media Sexualization Influences
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 the crown…with the assistance of their parents. Some suggest that this is a threat to a child’s development process and [...]
Is Anthony Weiner suffering from Mental Illness? | 5 Things to know about Exhibitionism
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 others who got caught sexting? Reporters have asked "How could he be so stupid?" Why would he risk losing his [...]
5 Signs of Prescription Drug Addiction | Father’s bond after losing their sons
"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 addicted will go through just about any hoops to obtain it either by doctor shopping (which means going to multiple doctors [...]
8 Tips to Improve Mother-Daughter Communication | Casey & Cindy Anthony
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 like a roller coaster with its extreme highs and intense lows. During the trial of the season, some analysts have [...]
Does Rihanna’s Man Down Video Encourage Murder | Tips for Rape Victims
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 answer to rape. The edgy video features Rihanna’s character shooting the perpetrator to death in the middle of a crowded [...]
Match.com & Craigslist Online Dating Dangers | Carole Markin
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 met through an online dating website. With these increasing numbers of singles participating in this method of dating, it can [...]
Adjusting to Life Without Oprah – 3 To Do’s | Adjustment Disorder
"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, many people have grown to believe she is their friend, that she loves them, they trust her opinions, look to [...]
5 Musts to Maintain Marital Bliss | Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger
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 successful, and seem to be so in love. We secretly wish our husband was like him or our wife was [...]
Protective or Overprotective: 3 Tips to Decrease Parental Fears | Fox 35 USA Today
"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 have always had many reasons to worry about the safety of their children. Today, there is a perception that the [...]
4 Possible Reasons Why Lashandra Armstrong Drowned Her Children
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 story. Questions on everyone's mind is a mother go from loving and caring for her children one minute and then [...]
Chris Brown, Provoked To Anger on GMA? |Anger Counselor | 5 Steps to Anger Management
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 Morning America by co-host Robin Roberts, Brown insisted on directing the interview toward his new album release. Roberts pressed for [...]
Japan Tsunami |Trauma Counselor 6 Tips for Coping with Stress & Trauma
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 minute) causing more destruction in Hawaii, and effected the West Coast of California. Additionally, radiation warnings from 2 Nuclear Reactors [...]
Sex, Students, & Teachers! 10 Tips to Protect Your Child | Michelle Preston | Family Counselor
10 Tips To Protect Your Child A high school teacher having sex with a teenaged student is the hot topic this week. Once again, a female teacher is accused of seducing a young male student into a sexual relationship. Michelle Preston, a Shawnee Mission High School teacher allegedly established an inappropriate relationship with the student and is currently on [...]
5 Tips to Find Balance | Is it really possible? |Life Counselor Alicia Barilla
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 changes? Life is full of constant changes and adjustments. Maintaining a balanced lifestyle is something many of us desire to [...]
Orlando 5th Angriest City | 3 Tips for Anger Control |Anger Management Counseling Classes
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, 39, after an argument. 8 year old arrested for Aggravated-Assault: An 8 year old boy hit, kicked, and bit his [...]
3 Life Lessons We Can Learn from Addictions & Substance Abuse | Charlie Sheen
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 completed three weeks of substance abuse treatment, and yet still states "I find sobriety boring." Life Lessons: Whether a celebrity [...]
Manorexia: 7 Warning Signs |Eating Disorder Counseling
7 Warning Signs of Manorexia! The “PERFECT” male body is all the rage, and millions of men are paying the price! Abercrombie & Fitch, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, and advertisers worldwide have used male “hard bodies” to sell product by the millions. Over the years, advertisers in our pop culture have spent billions, marketing to young women using exceptionally perfect [...]
WHY would a young mother commit suicide? | Michelle Dubois |Depression Counseling
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? Didn’t she know how much we loved her? These are just a few of the unanswered questions Michelle’s husband, family, [...]
Plastic Surgery, Depression, Death | 3 Reasons Women Risk Their Lives |Self Image Counseling
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” club led by entertainers, superstars, and famous personalities. What was once only exclusive to theprivileged of Hollywood has become common [...]
MTV’s Young, 16 and Pregnant | Confused Teens! |Teen Counselor
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 her pregnancy at 17, America was shocked at the possibility of having an unwed, pregnant teen in the White House. [...]
Is Facecrack Making You Depressed? | 3 Tips For Coping with Facebook Depression |Depression Counselor
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 can make us feel sadder and lonelier. Using college students in his research, Jordan could see that the students would [...]
5 Tips for Coping with Sudden Loss: Boone High School Fatal Accident |Grief Counseling
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 Elizabeth’s boyfriend Hershall “Billy” Keeton, age 19, and Connor Geis and Alisa Pelot, both 17 years old. This sudden tragedy [...]
“Do as I Say Not As I Do” | 4 Tips to Raising Healthy Kids |Family Counselor
"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 have more time!" Do you have children that drain the energy out of you? Do you feel like a lot [...]