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The Rebecca Lynn Cutler Legacy of Life Foundation is a non-profit organization that was established in 2005 in celebration of the life of Rebecca Lynn Cutler, a young woman who struggled with depression and bipolar disorder. She was a daughter, a friend and a journalist. She had a dream to change the face of depression [...]
A large number of people with bipolar disorder have coexisting conditions. It could be anxiety, a substance abuse disorder, an eating disorder, or in my case, ADHD. When I was diagnosed with ADHD in 2002, my parents were shocked. [...]
What is mental health? Can you see it? Can you hear it? Can you feel it? If its not working, can it be fixed? In my 39 years of teaching, I have learned to recognize typical student behavior traits; traits that can be easily managed with a positive reward system and sometimes, a little extra [...]
I am the mother of two wonderful boys. This year I can celebrate a successful resolution: I no longer put my little one, Ayden, in the “bad” category and my eldest, Christopher, in the “good” category. I am happy to have realized they can both be good with necessary encouragement. [...]
I have found the biggest challenge in therapy is helping a client embrace change. Doing so in a hospital setting is even more difficult as it is a setting of perpetual transition–arriving at the hospital, adjusting to the new climate, facing the demons that brought you there, learning new behaviors, leaving and having to face [...]
As parents, one of our many jobs is to be a constant source of education and enlightenment for our children. As we continue to grow more and more aware of the self inflicted dangers that climate change presents to us [...]
As a first time parent and an avid researcher of all things I am interested in, I have found myself to be utterly bombarded with parenting advice and opinions; some solicited, some not. You see, I set out upon this parenting journey as my perfectionist self. I read all the best books, researched all the [...]
Many people would describe me as successful and driven. I transformed a small one-person operation in my basement to a thriving national company with innovative ideas, creativity and deeply caring about my clients’ needs. So one would think, “What an empowered woman,” right? Wrong. [...]
I learned the importance of putting money aside for the future at a very young age, starting with a savings account and later moving to savvier investment tools to increase my profit margins and further grow my savings. I wasn’t always very disciplined, but I persisted. By the age of 20, when I took a [...]
What is mental health? Can you see it? Can you hear it? Can you feel it? If its not working, can it be fixed? In my 39 years of teaching, I have learned to recognize typical student behavior traits; traits that can be easily managed with a positive reward system and sometimes, a little extra [...]
“Why should we worry about our earth?” This is a question I hear from many of my students whenever I do a lesson around celebrating Mother Earth and teaching children how to be kind to her. I believe that teaching children from a young age [...]
In education our fiscal year ends in spring. This is when the blooming of knowledge and concepts are practiced and measured. Testing provides a picture of each student’s knowledge for teachers, parents, students and the government to evaluate…
I believe it’s never too early to educate children on the in’s and out’s of money. In my classroom I adopted a system in which students could experience the coming and going of money, including the calculations and the responsibility that acquiring money entails.
One of the easiest ways to save on food costs is to simply reduce the amount of food you throw out. (Incredibly, the average American family tosses out 122 pounds of food per month. In fact, if we consider our food’s entire supply chain, we waste as much as 40 percent of our food. But thanks [...]
Christine had been dealing with issues with her oldest son Max for a long time. He was the sweetest baby, but when he was two, he started to get naughty. For years, she thought he would grow out of it, but it never got better. In fact, it seemed to be getting worse. When he [...]
“There is an ancient Vedic story about a young man who went in search of the secret of abundance. For many months he traveled through the countryside until one day deep in the forest he met a spiritual master and asked him if he knew the key to having unlimited wealth and riches. The spiritual [...]
When I think of winter I always picture myself with my family huddled in front of the TV watching old black and white movies. The image brings a certain warmth and comfort enough to make me smile just thinking out it. Most of the time we’d always have a bowl of soup passed around during [...]
For most of us the phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle” involves sorting through the plastic and paper in our homes and putting bins on our curbs once a week. Who would think to turn those recyclables into works of art and statements about the state of our planet? This month, in honor of Earth Day, we [...]
As an artist and free-lance designer my ability to sustain myself solely on my art and design was actualized once I realized my self worth and resolved negative money connotations. In an effort to feel more “professional,” I bumped up my prices for my art and an amazing thing happened – I started to sell more [...]
Oh the weather outside is frightful! And let’s face it, being cooped up indoors in cold blustery weather is less than delightful. So we’ve gathered a few fun winter craft ideas to do by yourself or with the whole family to make the most of your time inside. Paper snowflakes Paper snowflakes are a winter [...]
Every holiday season, for whatever reason, the gears begin to shift and change inside me and my creative side shines through. Being creative musically takes a backseat to my crafty side as I brainstorm different, unique gift ideas for my family and the people I care about. I find handmade gifts to be the most [...]
The Rebecca Lynn Cutler Legacy of Life Foundation is a non-profit organization that was established in 2005 in celebration of the life of Rebecca Lynn Cutler, a young woman who struggled with depression and bipolar disorder. She was a daughter, a friend and a journalist. She had a dream to change the face of depression [...]
In programs that face resistance, it is necessary to provide a systematic way for participants to CREATE a path toward meaningful destinations while simultaneously providing a systematic approach for developing staff members’ ability to implement planned interventions and model appropriate boundaries and behaviors. [...]
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Once my prison term started, the harsh realities of prison and the impact it would have on my children set in. To me, the most disturbing issue, like all mothers behind bars must face, is what happens to our children that are left behind.
A large number of people with bipolar disorder have coexisting conditions. It could be anxiety, a substance abuse disorder, an eating disorder, or in my case, ADHD. When I was diagnosed with ADHD in 2002, my parents were shocked. [...]
I come across clients all the time who have self-defeating and negative thoughts. Its amazing how early it starts. I am always inspired by the courage that I have seen when people dig in and take a good hard look at those thoughts and choose to let them go. We all have these thoughts, whether [...]
We live in a world that is all at once beautiful and ugly. Peaceful and violent. Safe and scary. I look back on 2012 and I see these dualities resonating throughout the world, like an intricate web. I was on my lunch break when I heard about it – the tragic shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. [...]
Have you ever caught yourself sneaking in a knowing nod of the head when, in the hustle of the holidays, you hear a cartoon character on a Christmas special utter a “Bah Humbug?” It is all too common of an experience that the joy of the winter holidays is often dampened, or even completely overtaken, [...]
Winter is the time of year when educators find themselves indoors with very active students, as recess and lunch schedules are washed away with wintry days. Wiggly bodies filled with extra energy must be occupied and educated. When the weather outside is frightful, there is no break for those of us who have students or children. [...]
It was 2006. Winter, and I was picking up my oldest son, Sam, at preschool. My friend Laura and I were going to take our boys and our bundled up baby girls ice skating. The gear was packed, and the plans were made, and Sam was running wildly around the cloakroom, disregarding again and again [...]
When it’s cold outside and we can’t run outdoors to escape the elephants in the room and the monsters in the closet, we can slowly begin to feel overwhelmed by unspoken tensions and unnecessary fears. This is one of the reasons people complain of depression in the winter, and one of the quickest ways we [...]
Giving and receiving are part of the natural order of things. In fact, you can’t have one without the other – in order to give, there must be a recipient. Deepak Chopra describes giving and receiving as a universal law: “The universe operates through dynamic exchange . . . giving and receiving are different aspects of [...]
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