How do we stay resilient and help our children stay mentally tough against what appears to be a growing occurrence of all types of bullying in schools?  It wasn’t even until 2014 until the federal government released the first federal definition of bullying. Basically, the CDC narrowed bullying down to four areas. They were physical, verbal, relational/social, and damage to property of someone. Growing up in the 80s and 90s I heard about bullying but only witnessed it one t

One summer I worked in an internship with a parachurch organization. Their goal was engaging their neighborhood and trying to solve food security, homelessness, violence, and substance abuse.   Over the summer I worked at the mission and the staff grew more concerned about break ins going on in the neighborhood and growing risk to the mission. The director decided we needed to have some security. We didn’t have any funding for extra help, so the decision was made to get one o

As adults, many of us tend to overlook our physical symptoms. We frequently skip doctor visits due to their expense or the inconvenience...

If you spend any time on social media, there seems to be a lot of posting about physical and/or mental health and people also self-diagnosing because they think they have a particular issue. Certainly, the internet is a good place to get information, but it can also create a lot of confusion, questions, and concern for the rest us trying to navigate to the truth. I believe mental health diagnoses can be even more nebulous and difficult to understand, because we all deal with

I first realized how many adults struggle with ongoing mental illness when I was about to graduate college. My wife and I were just...

I distinctly remember not even knowing what mental health was until I was in college. It is hard to imagine now but I just did not know...