Truth-O-Meter

by | Jan 22, 2023 | Healthy Society

Long before we heard of SARS COV-2, it was a good thing to have a reliable Truth-O-Meter. That unerring inner sense of the rightness of things and the validity of them. An internal measure of the degree of the falseness of a situation, a word, an article, or a person....

Distractor

by | Jan 14, 2023 | Healthy Mind and Heart

Class Clown Sometimes when I am teaching a fitness class, I have a participant who distracts the people around them. Class clowns come and go, making side comments and funny faces, telling jokes, and in other ways calling attention to themself and away from me...

Skating Along

by | Jan 9, 2023 | Healthy Mind and Heart, Healthy Spirit

One of the biggest things that drew me to becoming a counselor, was an interest in hearing truth. Sure, I had a strong interest in helping people, in making a difference, and in making the world a better place. Psychology has always fascinated me, and I was curious to...

Taking Stock

by | Jun 9, 2021 | Healthy Mind and Heart, Healthy Spirit

I don’t know about you, but I really feel for those hard-working people at our local grocery store on a Saturday. Trying to stock shelves with endless lines of customers in their way, veering their trolleys full of product away from inattentive shoppers who back up...

Runaway

by | Jul 10, 2018 | Healthy Mind and Heart, Healthy Relations

Left Behind You may recall the song, “My Little Runaway,” by Del Shannon. Even though it’s a peppy song with a strong beat, it’s a bit sad. A guy whose girlfriend ran away without explaining is upset and wondering why. You can check out the song on YouTube....