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I live in the high mountains of Colorado 150 miles from the best therapists. For 10 years I drove that road every week over two…

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I was super impressed with the loving, respectful relationship that I saw between Anne and her awesome mom a year after they attended camp to…

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Everyone asks me, “Where do I start?” My heart says one thing, knowing exactly what the most powerful thing is but my brain says to…

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by Monica Badgley “I’m fine.” But how could she be? Sitting, waiting, with her jersey and cleats on, she had missed her last soccer game…

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I actually had a therapist call me indignantly and demand I stop saying that children must have a parent with them in the treatment room.…

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I live in the high mountains of Colorado 150 miles from the best therapists. For 10 years I drove that road every week over two…

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It all began to make sense, the blank stares, the lack of response, the way one of the kids will walk into the room while I’m on the phone and ask to be taken to the store. Inside I’m thinking, ‘Can’t you see I’m on the phone?’ Obviously not; no one can see if I’m on […]

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4 Steps to Success When your heart is pounding as you face the days  with children “stuck at home” you know it is much more challenging with a child with RAD (Reactive Attachment Disorder) ADHD, ASD, or ODD.  You may want a plan to make it through. I like to find the silver lining and […]

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Sharon, a weary mom shared that she had been told to “Choose her battles” so she had not confronted her daughter about her lying, stealing and disrespect! It had now escalated to neighbors, shops and even the church. She shared that she was told to only pick the battles she could win. Her daughter had […]

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The Death Sentence Years ago in another life I was working as a police officer assigned to criminal investigations.  During my tour of duty, I was involved in investigating a Capital Murder case which would carry the death penalty as the punishment.  In the course of the investigation, I reported to the prosecutor’s office as […]

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