Growing Bolder Community

On my blog, I have been writing columns about the Casey/Caylee Anthony story for a little over a year now. Over time, the natives have gotten restless all around the Internet. Explosive arguments and insulting comments are running wild on blogs and forums. I decided to write this with one goal in mind: shake the anger out of people. The wheels of justice turn slowly and impatience and frazzled...

I got so many comments (on twitter) from yesterday's blog that I decided to expand a little and tell you why I decided to join and how I completely disgraced myself and learned humility. It will have to be quick, though, since I really have to get some work done today. I always knew I was smart. Teachers favored me, I finished my homework while the teacher was still teaching the class...

BY Aaron Welch, LMHC, NCC, CSOTS Have you ever had those “aha” moments?...

Dolly the dolphin was a rebel by nature. She simply refused to follow orders. That's why the Navy released her from the dolphin research project in the keys, and why she was socialized to prefer human company to dolphins. Without her navy trainers to play with, she found a new family to adopt. Luckily, this family were friends of our family. They lived on the end of a canal leading to the...

Dangers of Media “Riptides” Positive steps to protect kids from negative media exposure By Dwight Bain, Nationally Certified Counselor, Certified Life Coach & Author If you live near an ocean, you know about riptides, which are highly dangerous currents that can rip your legs out from under you and sweep you out into the ocean depths in a matter of seconds. If you try to fight the current,...

I received three letters in the mail ordering evaluations of some of my medical conditions. In...

Parenting Launch Sequence Managing the change of letting go of children so they can launch into a successful life as young adults By Dwight Bain, Nationally Certified Counselor & Certified Life Coach Parents are told to give their children "roots and wings" from the time they are born until it is time to leave the nest, some twenty years later. I believe that the first...