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What It Is Like To Let Go

I grew up around baseball. My father was very involved with the baseball league in Clearwater Florida and that meant that we, as family, spent a lot of time at the baseball fields. I worked in the concession stand. My mom bought the candy. My brother played. My da...

Posted on September 3, 2019 on the FOX 4 website

After the recent mass shooting in Odessa, there is pushback against the automatic labeling of a mass shooting as a mental health problem.

Authorities say Seth Ator on Saturday used a rifle to kill seven people and wound 22...

In 2003, I wrote a letter to the Dallas Morning News right before Halloween. My children were little and I remember how excited they were the whole month of October to dress up for the holiday. I think each of my boys had 3 different costumes.

For me, Halloween in our...

Posted on August 13, 2019 on The Dallas Morning News website

Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday appointed 27 people to a newly created Texas Safety Commission that will create an "immediate action plan" for the state after the Aug. 3 mass shooting by a white supremacist in El P...

Posted on August 13, 2019 on the FOX 4 website

With the recent mass shootings, Plano police held a seminar tonight to teach people what to do in an active shooter situation.

Plano police have hosted these active shooter trainings for the past couple years. However, Tue...

We have been traveling and I’ve witnessed some bad parenting moments. Yesterday we were in the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington DC and a mother was in the bathroom with her daughter. The daughter was crying and telling her mother that she needed e...

From ~ Ashley Kelsch @ Dressing Room Confessions.

I've been digging in deep to trying to better understand anxiety and learn new tools + skills to use not only with my clients, but on myself. Most everything I'm reading says the first thing you should do when you begin...