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Show Me the Money; I Will Show You What Really Matters
On March 13, 2018, the Courier & Press published an article detailing the state employees in the Southwestern Indiana area that made at least $100,000 annually. In total, 111 individuals reached or […]
Community • Relationships
The Missing Link of Race Relations
As our nation and our world grapples with the recent events that have resulted in massive protests and widespread violence, a distinct, yet unrecognized reality has emerged. Stepping back to […]
Community • Relationships
The Beauty of Diversity
Recently, in working with a group of teenagers in our group sessions, the topic of sensitive conversations was broached. As we explored just what entailed sensitive topics, and how to […]
Community • Family • Relationships
It Takes a Village…
The year was 1957 in the small town of Wauchula, Florida. It was a place where the economy largely depended on the land, where farmers worked in orange groves and […]
Community • Relationships
A Community in Need of a Conversation: Further Considerations Regarding Gender Variance
Over the past month or so, few issues have been more debated or publicized locally than the announcement that North Park library will hold a “Drag Queen Story Hour” in […]
Community • Mental Health • Parenting
Reducing the Contagion of Threat Anxiety: What to Do About Safety Fears in Schools?
The past couple of weeks, lawmakers, school personnel, parents, and students have been grappling with what to do in the wake of the Florida tragedy, and a multitude of other […]
Community • Parenting
Kindergarten Redshirting
The term “redshirting” is often attributed to a Nebraska football player, Warren Alfson, who in 1937, asked to practice with the team (while wearing a numberless red shirt), but not […]
Community • Relationships
Why Littering Is Just Throwing in the Towel of Caring
I was sitting at a traffic light on Green River. Out of my passenger’s side window, I saw a woman with her window partially rolled down. Suddenly, she dropped a […]
Community • Relationships
Valor
For over 9 years, I have run social skills groups for kids and adolescents. Some have been diagnosed on the autism spectrum, but others have social challenges that come from […]
Community • Health
The Self-Control Expenditure
A 4-year-old girl stares at the marshmallow. It looks really good. But the man who is in charge told her that if she waits until he returns, she can have […]