by Jeff Packer | Feb 19, 2024 | Change, Health & Fitness, Love & Relationships, Marriage, Mental Health, Stress
Sometimes we wander day-to-day wondering what is next or perhaps not even wondering at all… just living. After a while, this can lead to indirection, misdirection and a sense of aimlessly plodding through life. To avoid apathy and the awful potential to...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 18, 2024 | Anxiety, Change, Crisis, Mental Health, Stress, Work & Employment
The virus (our stinkin’ thinkin’), has us creating a standard; a stamp of approval, if you will. Some sort of measurable of what it means to be successful and happy. Sometimes to achieve this stamp of approval, we may add to our workload, increase our debt, and/or...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 17, 2024 | Children & Adolescence, Diabetes, Family, Health & Fitness, Stress
Fighting off Type 1 Diabetes, day in and day out, is the job of a super hero! Short of wearing the cape, (and some do as above…lol), people who have type 1 diabetes are doing what any good super hero would do. Those with insulin-dependent diabetes expend...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 11, 2024 | Change, Conflict, Grief, Stress
What is it about smooth stones, weathered over centuries by the constant tumbling and jostling of the waves and currents, that we seem to find so attractive? As stormy and turbulent waters persistently knock randomly shaped rocks into one another, their sharp edges...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 8, 2024 | Change, Conflict, Crisis, Family, Love & Relationships, Mental Health, Parenting, Stress, Teens
Family: composed of many unique individuals, with varying thoughts, beliefs, opinions and pursuits for life. We don’t choose our family; they are pretty much assigned to us. We may assume that we were destined to be in the family we are in; that the individuals...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 5, 2024 | Anger Management, Conflict, Depression, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Stress
Learning To Express Anger Well Growing up, I used to think some feelings are bad and some are good. We are supposed to have a whole wide range of emotions. While it may be common to believe some are better than others, all emotions are essential to our human...
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