Empathy for the Used and Abused

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Stormy Daniels has been in the news for testifying against former president Donald Trump, and I am hearing a lot of news commentators, politicians and general people weigh in about the veracity of Ms. Daniels’ story, particularly since she is in the adult film industry. People are saying she must be lying. Since she has […]

Foster Care: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

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In honor of National Foster Care Month, I wanted to write an article about the truth of foster care: There is a beautiful side of foster care and there is a diabolical side. I will write about both, as well as my opinion of what a great foster parent looks like and what foster children […]

Violence Against Women

Today, November 25, was designated the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women by the United Nations General Assembly. I wanted to know how prevalent this issue is, so I asked Google and found worldwide statistics from the World Bank: Thirty-five percent of women have experienced either physical and/or sexual partner violence or non-partner sexual violence. Seven percent […]

Children: What can you do to make a difference?

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You know the clichés about children being the future; they will be running the world one day. The children of today will be making decisions for us that will affect us in our retirement. They will be deciding if we should go to war, how taxes should be spent, what the country’s priorities will be. […]

When to Leave a Relationship

In my job, people have asked me when the right time is to leave a relationship. Of course, I never advise someone to stay in a relationship or leave it, but situations arise that may lead you to consider leaving and talking to a professional can help you reason it out for yourself. First, if […]