by Carol Baker | *The Opinionated Bitch ~ Carol Baker, Columnist, Government & Politics, Health, Op-Ed
Doctor, I Think I Have Tennis Ebola Okay, I’ve resorted to dark humor to get your attention. It’s time for me to sit you down and have the ‘Ebola Talk’. Now that a man lied on travel papers to get into the United States after having been exposed to the virus, the...
by Nancy Meryl | Emotional & Mental Health, Justice & Help, Life Lessons, Mind & Body
Please Stop Texting while Driving Our teenage society has adapted toward keeping in touch with their friends by texting. While technology has advanced in a positive direction its side effects has taken many young lives away. One second of texting has led to accidents...
by Bonnie Sludikoff | Emotional & Mental Health, Mind & Body, Surviving Abuse
Waiting for Life to Begin. Again. Once I was 14, and I thought the world was over right when it was supposed to begin. I had held out for three years, waiting for help that never came. And then I gave up. I started sleeping with the light on. I stopped sleeping. I...
by Holistically Hattie | *Hot and Healthy with Hattie, Green Living & Saving Earth, Health, Home & Food, Mind & Body
Genetically Modified Foods – Don’t Poison Yourself! I suspect the information in this column might come as a surprise to you, as most Americans have no idea what GMOs are, and why they are so dangerous to our well-being. What are GMOs anyway? Genetically...
by Lisa Thomas | Emotional & Mental Health, Life Lessons, Overcoming Addiction
Seven Keys to Overcoming Adversity Adversity is like a hurricane. It destroys everything in its path except that which is indestructible, leaving us with the ability to see the truth about ourselves. Adversity defines what we are really made of. It can make you...
by Kate Reid | Emotional & Mental Health, Surviving Abuse
The Power of Forgiveness – It’s Better for You than Them It is much easier to hold a grudge, get angry, seek revenge, self-medicate or self-harm, than it is to forgive. Whatever hand abuse has tainted our life with, (we don’t get to choose how it is...