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02/07/2013
How Can I Stop Pushing People Away? ...I have a habit of judging people before really getting to know them... I always seem to find something about them to justify not getting involved or ending the relationship and pushing them away. More >>

Tags: Health, Humor, Laughter, Medicine
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02/07/2013
Caregiving for Two Parents at the Same Time Sadly, last year we had the caregiving dilemma for both my father and my father-in-law at the same time. I'm not saying it was easy, but here's how we handled the situation. More >>

Tags: Adult Child-Parent, Attitude, Behavior, Cherish, Family, Family/Relationships - Adult Child/Parent, Health care, Helping, Relaltives, Relatives, Siblings, Taking care of parents, Values
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02/07/2013
Working with My Brothers to Aid our Mother My mother developed dementia and memory problems, and since I'm the only one in the same town, it was up to me to care for her. However, I included my brothers in all decisions and we worked together to get the best health care and living conditions she could afford. More >>

Tags: Adult Child-Parent, Behavior, Family, Family/Relationships - Adult Child/Parent, Family/Relationships - Family, Health care, Helping, Relaltives, Relationships, Relatives, Siblings, Taking care of parents
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02/07/2013
Video: How Can I Stop Pushing People Away? Some people have a tendency to push others away before even trying to get to know them. I know the reason why and have some advice on how to change the behavior in this week's video: More >>

Tags: Health, Humor, Laughter, Medicine
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02/06/2013
My Baby Daughter Has You to Thank for her Stay-at-Home Mom Today was supposed to be my first day back to work after four months of maternity leave, but I didn't go. More >>

Tags: Career, Children, Family, Finances, Job, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships, Relatives, SAHM, SAHM stay-at-home mom, Working
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02/06/2013
Laughter Is the Best Medicine In my opinion, laughter really is the best medicine. Like a steam bath, it opens up all your pores and lets the bad stuff roll out. That's why I use humor on the air - it's a diagnostic which makes your body, psyche, and soul all feel better. More >>

Tags: Health, Humor, Laughter, Medicine
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02/06/2013
The Growing Narcissism of Our Culture We work at combating child narcissism in many ways. My 16-year-old daughter did not have a cell phone for years, and only received one with no access to the Internet this past year for Christmas, after she turned 16. More >>

Tags: Bible study, Children, Faith, Family, God, Homeschool, Homeschooling, Mental Health, Narcissism, Parenting, Relatives, Religion, Values
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02/06/2013
Why Can't Parents Just Say No? My 10-year-old had friends overnight for her birthday last month. Four out of the six girls who came brought a cell phone with texting capabilities. At one point the kids with the phones were texting someone (I don't know who). How dare these parents make me responsible for their children texting on their phones? I finally took all the cell phones away. More >>

Tags: Children, Health, Mental Health, Narcissism, Parenting
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02/05/2013
The Importance of Moms Taking Time for Themselves It is critical you take the time to eat healthy. For one, if you don't, your children won't either. Then when they are in their teens, Taco Bell will be their best friend and your worst enemy. So it's a lose-lose situation for everyone. More >>

Tags: Eat Less-Move More, Eating healthy, Exercise, Family, Health, Homeschool, Homeschooling, Husbands and Wives, Intimacy, Mothers, Parenting, Relatives, Sex
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02/05/2013
From Working Mom to At-Home Mom Who Works There I am very ashamed to say that I was the ultimate feminista. How bad was it? REALLY BAD!! Seventeen years ago my oldest daughter was born on a Thursday. My career was SOOOO important that I was back to work on Monday. More >>

Tags: Career, Children, Divorce, Family, Feminista, Job, Parenting, Read On-Air, Relatives, SAHM stay-at-home mom, Social Issues, Values, Work from Home, Working from home
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