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Peer Pressure & Influences: How to Say “NO”
What is peer pressure? Some may define it as when friends or peers attempt to influence how you think or act, however, it may also include how we perceive peer influences. While peer pressure can be helpful at times, it can definitely affect our...
How to Avoid/End Toxic Relationships
A relationship does not have to be romantic to be considered toxic. A toxic relationship may occur in friendships, parent-child relationships, between siblings and in work relationships. When toxicity in relationships can be identified early, we...
Pregnant & Staying Positive
Expecting Unexpectedly? At Jeff Packer MSW & Associates, we help young mothers and fathers cope with unexpected pregnancy. It is still the norm that young mothers are more open to getting assistance, partly due to differences in gender...
The Benefits of Friends
Social Connections Reduce Stress Stress is an inevitable occurrence in our lives. Sometimes we can manage easily. We may remain focused with our daily tasks, take a couple extra work breaks, exercise, joke around or eat a few more snacks to help us...
ALCOHOL – Pros & Cons
Can You Relate? As one person struggles with recovery from severe childhood abuse (multiple kinds), she writes here about her view of alcohol throughout her journey. In the absence of effective coping strategies or when the stress becomes...
Relationship Violence and Gender?
Change Starts With Our Attitude http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3PgH86OyEM As this video depicts, domestic violence does happen to anyone –men and women, children and seniors. The "automatic" or "socialized" response we have, given the gender of...