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10 Tips for Improving Your Relationships
by Linda Abbott Trapp, Ph.D.

Evaluate From a Long Term Perspective The other person may be tired or preoccupied right now (it’s not all about you, after all) and not up for a whole lot of straight talk. Your communication problems may improve on their own over time, or may just not be important enough in the long run for you to demand that today’s problem be fixed right now.

If it’s not earth-shakingly important, and if the other wants to pass on fixing things right now, consider doing so. You can always call in the IOU later on (more...)

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Parental Control: 6 Steps to Managing Your Computer-Obsessed Child or Teen
by Larry Rosen, Ph.D.

They Are Always Connected Yes, that's right. They can't go 30 seconds without texting their "bestest" five friends, IMing three others, checking their MySpace friends' pages, and talking on their cell phones. Some of them even sleep with their cell phones so that they can answer late-night texts.

Do you have a daughter? Are you on an unlimited texting plan? If not, then you better get one because sooner or later she is going to hit that magic 5,000... yes, 5,000 texts messages in a month is nothing for a Net Gener. I watched a 17-year-old sit in her high school class and send and receive 150 text messages in her one-hour class... with her cell phone in her purse the whole time!

She would text and then quickly peek at the answer and then stow the phone and text blindly again. These kids would rather text a friend in the next room then actually get up and talk or even call on the phone. Why? That is what I have been studying for the last 30 years and I know what these kids are like, why they like to communicate so much and what drives them.

They Cannot Uni-Task If you have watched a teenager sit in class you most certainly have seen the "uni-task squirm." That's when the teacher refuses to let the students do anything but listen. Does it work? Never! Why? Because this generation is made up of tweens, teens, and young adults who (more....)

Change the Way You Feel: Treatment for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
by Robin August, Ph.D., LCSW

Cognitive Behavioral therapy (CBT) asserts that you feel the way you think. If you want to feel better, you have to change the way you think. For example, you may think to yourself “I cannot tolerate this pain.” This thought may make you feel depressed and anxious as well.

Using CBT would help you change the way you think about the pain to something like “I am in pain today but it doesn’t mean that I will always be in pain. I have strategies to minimize the pain. What can I do right now to help myself?”

CBT in now a part of many treatment programs for patients who experience chronic illness and it is also utilized in the treatment of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS).

Your list of actions might include:
  • getting a massage
  • taking pain medicine
  • distracting yourself by watching a good movie or
  • taking a warm bath.

Your list of comforting thoughts might include:
  • there are good things in my life
  • I have a significant other who cares about me
  • I have resources with which I can help myself.

Don’t forget, this list of helpful actions and thoughts is created by you (more....)