How to Recognize if Your Son is Overwhelmed
I’ll never forget a time one of my sons lost a football game. He was in middle school, and I was the resident taxi, driving back and forth to practices and games. Usually, these drive times were...
View ArticleGuiding Your Son’s Choices of Books, Video Games and Movies
Lessons of struggle, perseverance, character, strength, and hope are found not only in Scripture, but also in culture. There are movies, books, and video games that capture the essence of heroism and...
View ArticleWhat Does the Word “Support” Look Like in Your Family?
The secret to healthy kids can be found through a whole-person approach to the needs of your child. By addressing the emotional, relational, physical, and spiritual needs of children, parents are able...
View ArticleWhen Teenagers Ask “Who Am I?”
One of the most important questions that teenagers grapple with during the time of adolescence is, “Who am I?” Then, as they are answering the question, they also have to decide, “Do I love who I am?”...
View ArticleBeing an Alert and Vigilant Parent
Teens live amid such tumultuous waters, it can be hard to detect if something is just an adolescent squall or if there’s a real storm brewing. As a parent, you’re caught between a rock and a hard...
View ArticleHow is Your Career Impacting Your Happiness?
Even with so many people engaged in academic pursuit, there is still a sizable segment of the population who foregoes postsecondary education and instead jumps headfirst into the world of work. After...
View ArticleWhat the Media Tells Us About Love and Happiness
This is one of the Media’s favorite paths to happiness. If you can only find love, true love, you’ll find happiness. Of course, Media is also filled with the abject misery that falling in love can...
View ArticleTeens: Why Do I Care What Other People Think?
I can just hear some of you insisting, “I don’t care what other people think! I do whatever I want!” There is a strong urge in adolescence to declare your independence and say you only care about...
View ArticleThe Concrete Recall of Boys
Boys are concrete recallers. Girls tend to attach much more emotional sensory detail to their memories, thus making the feelings associated with those memories come alive. Boys remember what happened...
View ArticleFinding Gratitude in Moments of Inconvenience
Susan walked in the door from work, looking forward to nothing more than putting her feet up and petting the dog. No sooner had she hung up her coat than her middle schooler entered the family room...
View ArticleFour Tips for Managing Your Anxiety
Anxieties often start in the mind and fast-forward to the body, resulting in rapid breathing, or hyperventilation. When you hyperventilate, you take in more oxygen than you need. Your ratio of oxygen...
View ArticleWhat is Your Relationship with Technology?
One of our local television stations runs a morning show in which I occasionally participate. Usually I speak about mental health issues or how people are affected by local or national events. On this...
View ArticleAre You the Definition of a Stay-Putter?
Bill was a classic stay-putter. Almost thirty, he’d never kept a job for more than a year. In between episodes of work, he found friends to take him in or crashed in his parents’ basement. By doing...
View ArticleProjecting Respect at Work
Whether you are in a supervisory or subordinate role, God expects you to maintain sexual integrity. If you are being pressured by a supervisor to have sex, do not give in. Never compromise your...
View ArticleSexual Allegations Are Daily Headlines. What Is Really Going On Here?
PRESS RELEASE December 18, 2017 Dr. Gregory Jantz Helps Businesses and Organization Stop Sexualized Relationships in the Work Place Media Contacts: Adam Taff, 913.484.1140, adamt@aplaceofhope.com, Dr....
View ArticleWhat the Media Tells Us About Love and Happiness
This is one of the Media’s favorite paths to happiness. If you can only find love, true love, you’ll find happiness. Of course, Media is also filled with the abject misery that falling in love can...
View ArticleTeens: Why Do I Care What Other People Think?
I can just hear some of you insisting, “I don’t care what other people think! I do whatever I want!” There is a strong urge in adolescence to declare your independence and say you only care about...
View ArticleThe Concrete Recall of Boys
Boys are concrete recallers. Girls tend to attach much more emotional sensory detail to their memories, thus making the feelings associated with those memories come alive. Boys remember what happened...
View ArticleFinding Gratitude in Moments of Inconvenience
Susan walked in the door from work, looking forward to nothing more than putting her feet up and petting the dog. No sooner had she hung up her coat than her middle schooler entered the family room...
View ArticleFour Tips for Managing Your Anxiety
Anxieties often start in the mind and fast-forward to the body, resulting in rapid breathing, or hyperventilation. When you hyperventilate, you take in more oxygen than you need. Your ratio of oxygen...
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