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By Courtney L. Smith What do you really know about the characters you read about in stories? How muchcan you say about the psychological condition of different people within certain roles? Shoulda character be given nearly as much depth as someone’s profile or psychiatric evaluation in thereal world? You should give characters depth if heContinue reading “Adding Depth to Characters”

by Natasha Gabrielle If you’ve experienced a cost of living increase, you may be looking for a way to make your money go further. These tips may help. A cost of living increase can be expensive. If you’ve moved somewhere with a higher cost of living or are dealing with increased costs due to inflation, here areContinue reading “5 Tips to Cope With a Cost of Living Increase”

The New Year’s resolution statistics don’t lie… Every year, millions of people set New Year’s resolutions – and many give up on them within the first week.  So, how effective are New Year’s resolutions?  And what do the people that set goals and achieve them do differently from everyone else? With those questions in mind, I started researching.Continue reading “19 Mind-Blowing New Year’s Resolution Statistics (2023)”

Don’t allow yourself to be limited by your depression. Barton Goldsmith Ph.D. Emotional Fitness Yes, you are depressed. I know that place way too well, and I work my butt off to stay out of the D-zone. Here are 10 little things that will give you a lift. You may not think you have theContinue reading “10 Things People with Depression Need to Do Every Day”

Gun violence in the U.S. is on the rise. Experts weigh in on its prevalence and any links to mental health. Medically reviewed by Matthew Boland, PhD — By Tonya Russell and Christina Ward The United States has seen a wave of mass shootings in recent years. There have been mass shootings at grocery stores, nightclubs, schools, and even places ofContinue reading “Mental Health and Gun Violence: Is There a Link?”

Experts say that blaming the violence on the mentally ill is inaccurate. This story is from Kaiser Health News After the recent mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif., in which 11 people were killed at a country music bar, President Donald Trump struck a familiar refrain: “It’s a mental health problem,” he said of theContinue reading “Gun control vs. mental health care: debate after mass shootings obscures murky reality”

Arctic chill expected to impact much of US along with threat of heavy snow, rain and gusting winds By Stephen Sorace | Fox News Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. A winter storm warning was issued Monday in Seattle and Western Washington as the rest of the country braces for an ArcticContinue reading “US braces for Arctic Christmas weather; winter storm warning issued in Washington”

By letting oneself be carried away by the currents of time it becomes impossible to stare into the past. Blinded by the turbulence, we must accept being a leaf on the river that follows its natural course, but things were no longer like that for Francis. He learned to navigate the rapids of time andContinue reading “FATE IN THE LIGHT”

While desperately searching for a path within a road filled with traps, life gets even more complex. Our hero was hidden at the edge of a ravine. He pretended that his shadow is part of the hill. I know that following orders is the right thing to do. Despite that, Lionheart continued to hold his ground. StudyingContinue reading “STONE HEART”

t’s interesting; funerals and celebrations-of-life have much in common, yet they often appear very different. Each is a ceremony; a gathering of people who share a common loss. It’s just that one is more rooted in tradition, while the other is the result of recent changes in social values. But both serve to do three things: 1. Help theContinue reading “Funerals vs. Celebrations of Life”