Your Therapists Corner

In America today, one of the biggest problems our youth today face is the lack of self esteem. During my time as an online advice counselor and as a friend to talk to for my peers, I've noticed that self esteem seems to be 1, misunderstood, and two, the root of most of the problems people come to me with. The following are some insights into the mystery of self esteem.

Self esteem can come from many different areas. Often times people think that self esteem comes from the peopl...

     In our world today, the word beauty has been so twisted and shaped into so many different forms and definitions that people find it hard to feel beautiful in any of the ways people have said you can feel beautiful in. The most popular definition of beauty comes from the media, and there lies the problem. The media is a business, an entity out to make money in any way possible. In a truly capitalist world, a business is there to make money, no matter the...

Five Traits in a Mate That Are Not Deal Breakers

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Have you decided that you will only marry a man of a certain height, profession or hairstyle? The author of a provocative new book reveals why yo...

Dear Anonymous,

     One of the mostimportant parts of marriage is trust. Trust allows both parties to live throughtheir marriage in peace and love. It allows things to happen that otherwise wouldn’t.It allows a bonding like no other. And it allows you to move forward in thebest of ways. Without trust, marriages become vulnerable to so many negativeaspects that it seems the marriage will just crumble.

     Wheth...

Due to a recent tiff over a comment I made on a wall post, I’ve decided to write a little something. This has been floating around in my brain ever since I've encountered it. Over the past few years of my life, I've noticed one quite troubling circumstance. I'm pretty sure that if we examine most of the major religions, we find that they teach us to love one unto another, to treat others as we wish to be treated, to judge not or be judged yourself in a likewise manner, and to comfort th...

HAPPY MATERIALISM DAY!

-Polar Pride (too much or too little)

Well let’s see where to start. Well, first with an example of the lower end of "Polar Pride". Let’s take a look at the students in high school. Many of them get low grades, and don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that all the people who get low grades suffer or give into ...

-Laziness and the Need for Speed
Laziness feed into many of the problems that our society currently faces. The lack of want to go get a job. The lack of will to work out problems. Etc. As we continue to increase i...

-Invisible Racism & Derogatory Statements
(no statements are intended to be offensive)
People today seem to asociate some kind of statement in everything. from "Hey did you see the fat black guy over there?" to the use of foul slang racist comments. Many people do this without even realizing it. And many also think of...