Ken Potts
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Winning the rat race not all it's cracked up to beJul 20, 2014 1:01 am - Slowly but surely, those of us in the "T-shirt, Levis and sneakers" generation have undergone a metamorphosis. The evidence is all around us. I met an old friend - now ...
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With cooperation, everyone winsJul 13, 2014 1:01 am - Do men always have to win? "I win! I win!" I could hear my six-year-old son's jubilant cry all the way from the other end of the house. "I lose! I lose!" My two-and-a-...
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Exploring the world may mean accepting its dangersJul 06, 2014 11:00 pm - Our trip had been a year in the planning - the great westward pilgrimage that all Midwestern kids should experience at least once before they go out on their own. Eight...
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Reasons we marry often are not reasons we stay marriedJun 26, 2014 1:01 am - One question I always ask couples I work with in counseling is why they got married. Though the longer the marriage the harder it sometimes is to remember, most wives an...
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Truth-telling develops like other cognitive and emotional skillsJun 18, 2014 11:00 pm - Most teenagers will lie to their parents. If you are the parent of a teen, you're probably thinking, “Is this supposed to be big news?” Most of us who have raised or a...
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Understand your reasons before saying 'I do'Jun 11, 2014 11:00 pm - It's that time of year. As surely as lemmings march to the sea, men and women march down the aisle toward blissful matrimony. Even with the dramatic increase in couples ...
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Only way to get past grief is to go through itJun 04, 2014 11:00 pm - "I don't want to think about it anymore. I just want to stop hurting." These words - often tearful words - are spoken by many people I see as a therapist. Life seems t...
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Fear, guilt break down a couple's communicationMay 28, 2014 11:00 pm - It usually happens in the second or third counseling session. One marital partner looks at the other and, with more than a bit of frustration, blurts out: "Why didn't yo...
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Parents, teens can learn lessons from each otherMay 21, 2014 11:00 pm - Confidential memo to all parents of teenagers: It's not just them. You know, those days when our teens seem like they've redefined the meaning of "bad attitude," when t...
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A short course in understanding what mental health professionals doMay 18, 2014 11:00 pm - Sometimes you can almost have too much of a good thing. That seems to be the case when it comes to mental health professionals. There are so many different disciplines ...