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Spirituality of Politics

Oftentimes spiritual people have the idea that somehow politics are beneath them.  That by the fact that they are spiritual they are “above” getting their hands dirty with things like politics. I have long been opposed to that perspective.  And now it seems as if time...

 

 

A Supreme Court Ruling Needed, Really?

The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether violent speech posted on the internet is a true threat to others. The one case that brought the discussion this car was Anthony Elonis, a Pennsylvania man who was given a forty-five month sentence for posting a series of Facebook messages...
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Bigotry is Alive & Well

It's no great surprise that bigotry is alive and well. I was recently reading how in Anderson, South Carolina, the DMV forced a gender non-conforming teen to remove his makeup before having his driver's license photograph taken. Officials there insisted that he didn't look t...

 

 

A Planet Called Ocean

I recently read a quote by science fiction author Arthur C. Clark: “How inappropriate to call this planet earth when it is quite clearly ocean.” I thought about that for a moment and realized he's right. The land is really just a structure to keep the oceans from bumping...

 

 

Bit in the Ass

How long do we stand aside and let them lie? Whether those liars are politicians, big corporations, our government, our churches—how long do we let them lie to us. Have we become so de-sensitized to the outrageous lies that we're unable to call bluffs any longer? We're gul...

 

 

Abusing Our Children Again

Let's take advantage of our kids just a little bit more. Recently, the FTC filed a lawsuit against Amazon, accusing the retailer of making it too easy for children to make purchases when using a mobile app. In the suit, the FTC claimed Amazon collected millions of dollars of authori...

 

 

ADD/HD & Seeing the Big Picture

Everyone knows ADD/HD has been named the condition of the century, and while most look at it as either a condition or a curse, it is actually a real gift. In the beginning, children and parents can be very frustrated however, with the right approach and management, you can help your chi...
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Breaking Our Children

Watch the video version of this blog here: http://youtu.be/uTRU9lp9hwY   Today, I want to talk about how we break things that aren't broken, so we can avoid fixing the things that are—especially when it comes to our children. I have worked with ADD/HD individ...

 

 

Genius, if Thwarted

“Genius, if thwarted, resolves itself in an infinite capacity for inflicting trouble.” - Muriel Spark   When I read this, all I could think of were my kids—that's right, my ADD/HD kids. Who, because of their brightness, get bored when they're not c...

 

 

Robin Williams & the Love Affair Between ADHD & Depression

In my first book, Managing the Gift: Alternative Approaches for Attention Deficit Disorder, I wrote a whole chapter on the love affair between ADD/HD and depression. It first begins when we take highly creative, energetic, outside-the-box thinkers and overall powerhouses and constantly ...

 

 

ADHD & Mindfulness

Good Therapy.org, reported on a study about mindfulness training saying, “the children enrolled in the mindfulness program exhibited significant declines in nearly all of their symptoms. The parents also experienced declines (in stress), although they were not as dramatic.”&...

 

 

Beyond ADHD

I have decided that—after 16 years of working with it, a lifetime of having it, of having a relationship with it—it has to go. Not because of what it does that gets in my way, but what many of you out there have been brainwashed into thinking about IT.   If you ...

 

 

What a Load of Crap! Parenting & Crazy Accountability

A parent is arrested for leaving an eleven year-old in the car while she went shopping. Another parent is arrested for allowing her nine year-old to in the park by herself, a park where there were other kids and kid-friendly adults around. An eight year-old kid told his father he was ta...

 

 

ADHD: Disability vs. Debilitating

            As I fight this David versus Goliath battle over whether ADD/HD is a disability, I come up against studies approved by the government—which can't be wrong or biased because that doesn't happen in this country. We're made to bel...

 

 

Your Superhero Journey: Power vs. Influence

Watch this as a video blog instead here: http://youtu.be/9da2WMvg8mA   Today I want to talk to you about the Superpower of Influence. Oftentimes, we think of power as something that is physical, almost violent, with destructive ways. It can manifest itself in construct...

 

 

On Political Correctness

Last week on my radio show, I talked about ending sexual violence, and rape being an act of power, not sex. We have to take a look at what's amiss in our world specifically in the United States, where 52% of women report experiencing violence at some point in their life.  &...

 

 

ADHD Plus Conduct Disorder

I recently read an article on Additude Magazine that I couldn't resist making one or two comments on, not to mention adding in a few different insights. Go figure!   Here is the article and the ten conditions:   ADHD Plus: 10 Conditions that May Show Up wit...

 

 

Now is the Moment!

I want to greet you today from beautiful Kittery, ME, where everything is in bloom. And now is the moment! Now is the moment, here is the challenge for you.   Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHZdMTWST00&feature=youtu.be   Now, in ...

 

 

Ending Sexual Violence

Recently, Angelina Jolie—actress, UN Ambassador, and all-around Superwoman—was the keynote speaker of the four-day Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, hosted by the UK government.   “It is a myth that rape is an inevitable part of conflic...

 

 

ADHD and Tourette Syndrome

I recently read an article on Additude Magazine that I couldn't resist making one or two comments on, not to mention adding in a few different insights. Go figure!   Here is the article and the ten conditions: ADHD Plus: 10 Conditions that May Show Up with Attention...

 

 

Behind the Curtain: Religion, Hypocrisy & Politics

Our wise founding fathers separated church and state. Fun fact, they weren't all Christian: “Franklin and Jefferson were Deist, Washington harbored a pantheistic sense of providential destiny, John Adams began a Congregationalist and ended a Unitarian and Hamilton a lukewarm A...

 

 

ADHD Plus Substance Abuse

I recently read an article on ADDitude Magazine that I couldn't resist making one or two comments on, not to mention adding in a few different insights. Go figure!   Here is the article and the ten conditions:   ADHD Plus: 10 Conditions that May Show Up wit...

 

 

July 4th: 10 Tips to Creating a Better Government

There are a few things that make July 4th special. As you can see in this video, I'm all dressed up in my red, white, and blue. It is the day our nation was born, and it's the day that I was born! So, for me, it's kind of a double-header. Those who know me have heard me say:...

 

 

ADHD Plus Autism

I recently read an article on Additude Magazine that I couldn't resist making one or two comments on, not to mention adding in a few different insights. Go figure!   Here is the article and the ten conditions:   ADHD Plus: 10 Conditions that May Show Up wit...

 

 

Your Superhero Journey: Knowing

Want to know more about your Superpowers, and how to tap into them? Come to WhatAreYourSuperpowers.com to check out the Power to Prosperity E-Course, and read below to save 50% off the price of enrollment. Prefer to watch this as a video blog? Check it out here: http://youtu.be/wVAfGDBK...

 

 

What a Load of Crap: Abusing Children is Better Than Exposure to Gay Parents, Really?

Based on cultural and religious beliefs, a couple took umbrage because their children were adopted by a gay couple, after being left alone and physically abused by their birth parents. They cited their Catholic beliefs and Slovak Roma origin as the reason to try to block the adoption. T...

 

 

ADD Plus: Sensory Processing Disorder

I recently read an article on Additude Magazine that I couldn't resist making one or two comments on, not to mention adding in a few different insights. Go figure!   Here is the article and the ten conditions:   ADHD Plus: 10 Conditions that May Show Up wit...

 

 

Your Superhero Journey: Faith

Want to know more about your Superpowers, and how to tap into them? Come to WhatAreYourSuperpowers.com to check out the Power to Prosperity E-Course, and read below to save 50% off the price of enrollment. If you prefer to watch this as a video blog, check it out here: https://www....

 

 

What a Load of Crap: Abused Mother Accused of Betrayal

Here's the scoop: a mother of adult children is physically abused by them. They are hateful towards her; they try poisoning her, violate her, and when she fights back, fighting for her own life, she is portrayed as a mother betraying her children. They battered her, bruised her, for...

 

 

ADHD Drugs & Big Business: Turning Children into Cash Cows, but at What Cost?

The Food and Drug Administration has cited every major A.D.H.D. drug — stimulants like Adderall, Concerta, Focalin and Vyvanse, and nonstimulants like Intuniv and Strattera — for false and misleading advertising since 2000, some multiple times. Companies even try t...