Member Blogs
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BUT HE'S STILL MY BABY! A LOOK AT MOTHER/SON CONFLICT DURING ADOLESCENCE
Oh, how things can change. Maybe it’s all in my head but I am noticing a dramatic shift in parent/child conflict lately. It used to be that I would work with teenage guys and their big issue would be with a demanding and overbearing father. The...
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Why don't people change?
Why don’t people change? Understanding the connection between feeling ‘normal’ and being ‘healthy’ By Dwight Bain, Nationally Certified Counselor, Certified Life Coach and founder of the LifeWorks Group in Winter Park People...
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A memorable Christmas vacation or one to forget?
Christmas is probably the time of year everyone wants to spend with their relatives. This is what my parents must have thought too in december 1966 and so my mother and I got on board of the vessel Vlieree, a very ugly coaster my father was captain of in...
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Today's Insider!
Just wanted to make sure you all saw this week's Insider -- it's a good one, and if you'll forgive the pun ... it will definitely get your motor running!Here's the link:Growing Bolder Insider | Vol. 70: Vroom, Vroom!The story about the world's fastest '57...
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My First Car
I didn't have my own car until after I graduated from high school in 1953. It was either the bus or my dad's car, which was a nice new 1952 Mercury Monterey. We moved to 54th and University during my senior year, so I used the bus a lot in 1952 and...
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Don't Fear the Digital Transition!
Do you receive your TV channels through a roof antenna, or rabbit ears? Is the TV at least a few years old? If so, you'll need a DTV converter box to see anything after February 17, 2009. My mother has never had cable or satellite TV, so she was...
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The Wart Tree
Ming Aralia In the late seventies, early eighties, I owned a restaurant called Weiner King. I know, it's funny, but I did. The restaurant originated in Flemington, NJ. There were several franchises. One in Warminster, PA, one in Morristown, PA,...
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4 Steps to raising Successful Kids
What do Successful Kids really N.E.E.D? The 4 key strategies of highly effective parenting By Dwight Bain, Nationally Certified Counselor & Certified Life Coach Hundreds of times I’ve been asked questions after talk shows or speaking...
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Hazel Brooks
As I got up to leave, she said: “I wish we had known each other when we were younger. I think we would have been the best of friends.“ Her name is Hazel Brooks and she is 80 years old. We sat next to each other on my recent flight from Grand...
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Winning the Battle and the War: Parenting a Strong-Willed Child
He seems so cute and funny most of the time. My four-year-old son has a sense of humor that can truly make his daddy laugh. His vocabulary is advanced, his smile can light up any room and there are times that having a conversation with him melts my...
