Ken Potts
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How to deal with the post-holiday letdownDec 29, 2015 12:00 am - A number of years ago we bought our first artificial Christmas tree. You know, the kind that comes in pieces and get put together a bit like Tinker Toys or Legos. My t...
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Best gifts can't be bought, but they can be givenDec 16, 2015 10:00 pm - A close friend of mine wants world peace for Christmas. When asked by friends or family what gift she most desires, she responds simply, "world peace." All humor aside...
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How to deal with changes that come with divorceDec 09, 2015 10:00 pm - "I didn't just lose my wife; I feel like I lost all my friends, too." It's not an uncommon feeling. Most of us who have gone through the trauma of divorce have seen the...
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Can people can change for the better?Dec 02, 2015 10:00 pm - Can people really change? Not just change the way they look, or how they talk, or how they act, but who they are? Certainly we have all had times in our lives where we...
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Dealing with guilt - both the good and the badNov 29, 2015 12:00 am - Can guilt be good? Certainly no one likes to feel guilty. Nor are we all that fond of people who try to make us feel guilty (the proverbial guilt "trip"). And research ...
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Families are the best part of ThanksgivingNov 18, 2015 10:00 pm - I always feel like I ought to write something different during the holidays, especially ones like Thanksgiving and Christmas, which are so much a part of family life. I...
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Quality of marriage depends on spouses' choicesNov 11, 2015 10:00 pm - A few years ago, one of our country's major auto companies used the slogan "Quality is job 1." I want to talk about another arena in life in which quality is also a conc...
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Old German prince's story offers lesson in embracing riskNov 08, 2015 12:00 am - Are you a risk taker? One of my favorite stories has to do with a German castle overlooking the Rhine River valley in Europe. We had noticed a good many of the castles ...
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Boys need help with body image, tooOct 28, 2015 11:00 pm - We've all read about how girls in our culture are affected by the current obsession with the tall, slender, well-endowed female body type as the ideal to which they shou...
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Parents can help kids overcome boredom mindsetOct 21, 2015 11:00 pm - "I'm bored." I mean, I'm not saying I'm bored, but that's something I heard from a teenager the other day. What I wouldn't give for the time to be bored. Most everybod...