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Bob Rich’s Self-Therapy Guide: Population Pressure

Bob Rich’s book From Depression to Contentment: A self-therapy guide is therapy in your pocket. Depression, anxiety, and other forms of suffering are all …

Whippoorwill

Matthew Mumber, M.D Whippoorwill, why do you cry before the sun bestows the sky? Do you search for a mate? Perhaps that’s why you’re up so late? Do you tip …

4 Tips for Exploring the Hawaiian Island of Kauai

Kauai is the oldest of the visitable Hawaiian Islands and is well-known for its relaxed vibe and Aloha spirit. It’s an ideal place for a peaceful, healing …

Emotional Intelligence: 5 Ways Developing Your EQ Can Help You Succeed in Your Career

Successful people usually have a knack for tweaking reality to suit their evolving needs. If they want to find more work/life balance, they might switch to …

Alan E. Smith on 101 Tips for Better And More Healthy Sleep

Alan E. Smith’s latest book 101 Tips for Better And More Healthy Sleep (Loving Healing Press, January 2023) is a short yet immensely informative work …

Restful Sleep for Healthy Legs

by Alan E. Smith In my late 20s I began to have pain in my legs as if I’d run a marathon every day. It got so bad that I couldn’t walk across our local …

Ethical Eating: 7 Tips for Creating Cruelty-Free & Eco-Friendly Meals

Being an ethical eater is an excellent idea for the planet, the animals, and your health. If you’re looking for inspiration and tips on how to make delicious …

The Town Hall Steps

by Beth Parker It has been thirteen years. Yet. Each time I return to the town in which we grew up. The town in which I would walk past him. I would break my …

Bob Rich’s Self-Therapy Guide: What Depression IS NOT

Bob Rich’s book From Depression to Contentment: A self-therapy guide is therapy in your pocket. Depression, anxiety, and other forms of suffering are all …

Bob Rich’s Self-Therapy Guide: Meaning

Bob Rich’s book From Depression to Contentment: A self-therapy guide is therapy in your pocket. Depression, anxiety, and other forms of suffering are all …

Bob Rich’s Self-Therapy Guide: Social Connectedness

Bob Rich’s book From Depression to Contentment: A self-therapy guide is therapy in your pocket. Depression, anxiety, and other forms of suffering are all …

Eight-Year-Old Reading Adult Books

by Jackie Kendall During the holidays while on FaceTime with Abigail (Ben’s firstborn) she mentioned wanting to show me something. She walks down into their …

Starting the New Year with Gratitude

by Diana Raab And here we are at the start of a new year! The adage that time goes faster as we age is so very true, and for me, it’s more real with each …

Bob Rich’s Self-Therapy Guide: Creativity

Bob Rich’s book From Depression to Contentment: A self-therapy guide is therapy in your pocket. Depression, anxiety, and other forms of suffering are all …

Jessica Biles and Jillian Kelly-Wavering on Grief, Suicide, and Childhood

My Grief is Like the Ocean (Loving Healing Press, 2022) by Jessica Biles and Jillian Kelly-Wavering is a story for children who lost a parent to suicide; but …

6 Tried Ways To Take Care of Your Mental Health and Well-Being

by Jenny Fries According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, 1 in 4 Americans have a mental illness that adversely affects many aspects of their life. While that is …

4 Tips on Managing Diabetes at Home

by Natalia Watts According to statistics by the American Diabetes Association, over 37.3 million Americans have diabetes. While most diabetics are seniors, …

Bob Rich’s Self-Therapy Guide: Regular Fun

Bob Rich’s book From Depression to Contentment: A self-therapy guide is therapy in your pocket. Depression, anxiety, and other forms of suffering are all …

My First Job – Detasseling Corn in Kansas

by Kiesa Kay We got into the wagons before dawn, and one man always started chanting, “All I want to say is Weinie My Suck. All I want to say is Weinie My …

Bob Rich’s Self-Therapy Guide: Regular Physical Exercise

Bob Rich’s book From Depression to Contentment: A self-therapy guide is therapy in your pocket. Depression, anxiety, and other forms of suffering are all …

Myths About Teaching

by Milli Beamer You are thinking about throwing your resume into the mix to be a part of school staffing. It’d be great to be a teacher, wouldn’t it? There …

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