Why Tennis
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Tennis Is A Life Game, By Pondo Vleisides We all want to do something in the sports field yet find ourselves not the superstar to play team sports and golf, “the little white ball” forget about it. As coach and player…
Read MoreFinding Peace Amid Your Grief
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Tanya Brown, sister to the late Nicole Brown Simpson is no stranger to adversity or trauma. Faced with near overwhelming life challenges, including an attempted suicide, Tanya used obstacles in her path to ultimately improve the quality of her…
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How to Feel More at Peace
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Difficult experiences, challenges and negative emotions are a part of our human experience. And when we don’t know how to process what has happened, we remain stuck in the emotions and pain of our circumstances. However, for many of us,…
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Sports Injuries can lead to Opioid Addiction ~ Doctors over-prescribing pain medications can lay foundation for addiction
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We parents know the joy that sports and athletic activities can bring to the lives of our kids. Starting in childhood, most kids begin dabbling in this sport or that and along the way may discover a special talent that…
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Playing Guitar to Promote Healthy Living
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Three summers ago, Ian lost his brother Damon Allen Stanley to a heroin overdose on August 20th. In memory of him, Ian played the next day with the Los Rios Rock School at The House of Blues and dedicated a song to…
Read MoreSex Trafficking
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Sex trafficking is the #2 crime in America behind drug trafficking. It is the fastest growing criminal industry in our country. The average age of a trafficking victim is 13 years old. Hear the story of Pure Hope Foundation Learn…
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Parents Drinking Near Children
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Many parents are in full blown party mode over Memorial Day Weekend and guess who’s watching? Take a good look at your surroundings and keep track of your children. Studies have shown that the average age an American girl has…
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Current Trends on Drugs and Paraphernalia – COA Clinic
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Many of the current trends on drugs may lead to tragedies such as seizures, emergency-room visits and even death. You as a parent has probably warned your kids, as millions of parents across the country, about the dangers of binge…
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Why Gaming? By Ryan Moore
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While I was studying at the University of Colorado, Boulder, I noticed that during the spring, summer, and fall, people were always active, finding things to do such as going to a concert, lively party, rock climbing or bicycling through…
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Eating Disorder Identification, Prevention, and Treatment
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Let’s face it, our lives are so busy sometimes that we occasionally push meals to the side. We are often so busy that we don’t notice how we may be depriving ourselves of balanced, nutritional meals. Or perhaps, as parents,…
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