by Jeff Packer | Mar 10, 2024 | Change, Family, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Stress
What I wouldn’t give to feel normal again! Sometimes we lay in bed and as we awake to our alarm clock, before moving an inch, we think we are going to feel normal again, pain-free. We roll over and as we attempt to get up, BAM! We are reminded by the strike of...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 8, 2024 | Addictions, Affairs and Adultery, Change, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Sexuality
Some may read the title of this blog appalled by the assumption that everyone is an addict. So let’s consider this statement from Christopher Kennedy Lawford, author of “What Addicts Know.” “As a culture we’ve become addicted not only to gambling, drugs,...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 7, 2024 | Change, Discipline, Health & Fitness, Holidays / Vacation, Mental Health
STOP! And Think About It Pop culture social media has shown to have a great impact on our lives. With the holidays approaching and a new year to celebrate, much of the media flooding may be on fitness: looking your best this holiday season and setting weight loss...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 6, 2024 | Anxiety, Change, Conflict, Crisis, Depression, Family, Grief, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Stress, Trauma - PTS Reaction, Work & Employment
or… Post-Traumatic Stress “Reaction” (PTSR) “The anger, the rage, the hurt, and the cold loneliness that separates you from your family, friends, and society’s normal daily routine are so powerful that the option of destroying yourself is both real...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 5, 2024 | Conflict, Crisis, Love & Relationships, Mental Health
Relationships can be pretty scary! Sometimes the thoughts, feelings, and recurring arguments for change in our relationships can feel very unsettling, like a never-ending roller coaster. The experience is sometimes thrilling and exciting and other times daunting and...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 3, 2024 | Change, Crisis, Family, Friendship, Mental Health
Obsessive Thoughts Can Float Away For more than ten years, all I’ve known or been accustomed to is my routine of counting everything in sight. It has impacted my life greatly. I’m usually late for appointments or dates with friends because my routine had become so...
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