This creative video illustrates the idea of sexual consent excellently. Respect your partner and yourself! SOURCE: Blue Seat Studios.
This creative video illustrates the idea of sexual consent excellently. Respect your partner and yourself! SOURCE: Blue Seat Studios.
Clinical psychologist Meg Jay has a bold message for twentysomethings: Contrary to popular belief, your 20s are not a throwaway decade. In this provocative talk, Jay says that just because marriage, work and kids are happening later in life, doesn’t mean you can’t start planning now. She gives 3 pieces of advice for how twentysomethings… Read more »
“Temple Grandin, diagnosed with autism as a child, talks about how her mind works — sharing her ability to “think in pictures,” which helps her solve problems that neurotypical brains might miss. She makes the case that the world needs people on the autism spectrum: visual thinkers, pattern thinkers, verbal thinkers, and all kinds of… Read more »
” ‘Is it okay if I totally trash your office?’ It’s a question Elyn Saks once asked her doctor, and it wasn’t a joke. A legal scholar, in 2007 Saks came forward with her own story of schizophrenia, controlled by drugs and therapy but ever-present. In this powerful talk, she asks us to see people… Read more »
30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself – (BLOG Here) An excellent post, by Mark Chernoff for his blog Mark & Angel Hack Life. I encourage you to read it and reflect on it. It may help you assess what you may need to stop doing to yourself to be on a greater path of… Read more »
Vulnerability is vital in living a fulfilling life. But in a society where this is synonymous with weakness, how does one go about it? I JUST WATCHED Brene Brown’s latest TED talk, called Listening to shame. It’s a follow up to her hugely popular talk on vulnerability, which inspired me to write this post. Dr…. Read more »
Published on Mar 31, 2012. Eight families with transgender and gender non-conforming children ranging in ages from 5 to 25 share their stories. With the healthy development of their children at stake, parents must confront binary perceptions of gender, widespread transphobia and controversial parenting decisions. SOURCE:www.itlmedia.org
Published on Jun 30, 2012. Homophobic slurs and anti-gay hate speech are commonplace among many of the professional athletes who are role models for young people. IN THE LIFE examines pervasive homophobia in the world of sports and speaks with professional athletes who are standing up to put an end to it. Then, transgender advocates… Read more »
IN THE LIFE travels from New York to Illinois and California for a stark look at LGBT youth who are kicked out of their homes. Nominated for a GLAAD Media Award. Produced by Chuy Sánchez & Kathryn Morrison. SOURCE:www.itlmedia.org
Dr. Peter V. Rabin, MD, MPH, Medical Professor & Director of Geriatric Psychiatry and Nureopsychiatry at the John Hopkins School of Medicine, discusses how to deal with caregiver guilt when caring for an Alzheimer’s patient. From the 1889 opening of The Johns Hopkins Hospital, to the opening of the School of Medicine four years later,… Read more »
Polo Jean-Louis, LCSW is taking an extended sabbatical with future plans of relaunching his practice in Nova Scotia, Canada. We thank you for your support in advance. Stay safe and healthy.