I was asked to see a young man who had tried to commit suicide and failed. He lamented the fact that he couldn’t even succeed at killing himself. A young lady jumped off the roof of her house in an attempt to “end it all.” She succeeded in paralyzing her body from the waist down…
Every day, thousands of antidepressants are consumed. The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 5% of the world’s population suffers from depression. The causes and treatment of depression are varied. Antidepressants certainly are the mainstay for the majority of clinically depressed people. However, according to recent research there may be another way for people to…
Our society has been flooded with self-help programs. We have told our children that they are “a promise, a great big bundle of potentiality.” We are a culture that is filled with platitudes and weak on performance. Work with people has taught me that there are three core values that must be established if we…