Opinion & Entertainment

A VIP Relationship in Your Lifetime
A VIP Relationship in Your Lifetime

A VIP Relationship in Your Lifetime

Thu, 04/23/2026 - 12:00am

The most important relationship we have is neglected every day in America. I’m talking about the relationship you have with yourself. The quality of your inner life shapes the quality of your outer life. The philosopher Aristotle is believed to have said that knowing oneself is central to living well. Today, social researchers echo this wisdom. A healthy relationship with oneself is essential to having a healthy life. But you might ask “what does this involve?” Let’s look at six elements of the relationship you have with you.

Emotions and Money
BY DR. ROBERT FEROW EdD, LPC-Supervisor Director of Behavioral Health - Hamilton Hospital Heritage Senior Adult Program, Olney, Texas

Emotions and Money

Thu, 04/16/2026 - 12:00am

Many Americans are feeling the weight of financial strain. Mounting bills to shrinking savings is causing money-related stress and has become a daily reality for households across the country. Discussing budgets and bills is a part of our life. The psychological impact is just as significant to address.

Intergenerational Communication: Why Children and Seniors Need Each Other
Intergenerational Communication: Why Children and Seniors Need Each Other

Intergenerational Communication: Why Children and Seniors Need Each Other

Wed, 04/08/2026 - 11:00pm

Americans too often separate age groups into rigid categories like schoolaged kids, working-age adults, “elderly, or elder-aged” for seniors. We are missing an essential human connection. Children and senior adults share deep psychological needs that are uniquely fulfilled through intergenerational relationships because they are at opposite ends of the lifespan spectrum. The bond between the youngest and oldest members of society is rooted in history as well as known psychological principles. When children and seniors are meaningfully connected, both groups experience emotional, cognitive, and social benefits that cannot be replicated any other way.

Smiling

Smiling

Wed, 04/08/2026 - 11:00pm

We never really know what is going on in someone’s life on any given day. With so much negativity in the world these days, it seems problems and feelings just seem to pile up higher with each day. A philosophy I adopted, maybe 9 or 10 years ago if I recollect, is fake-it-til-you make it.

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