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How Pet Therapy Can Improve Your Mental Health

Mental health has never been easier to discuss, and for good reason! Life today can be full of pressures, stresses, and emotional obstacles, which can wear anyone down. One unexpected yet effective remedy that has proven its efficacy? Pet therapy. Anyone who's felt soothed just from being around an animal knows firsthand its therapeutic effect!…

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Are You Guilty Of Competitive Parenting?

In the wake of the Varsity Blues Scandal everyone is asking the question - how did modern day parenting get here? Obsessive-compulsive behavior in parenting is nothing new. However the terms used to describe it have evolved. First there was the “Tiger Mom”, which morphed into “Helicopter Parenting” and now this has turned into “Intensive…

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7 Ways to Make Your Kids Feel Safer

The threats we face as a nation are real, but they shouldn’t be paralyzing. For too long, those like me in the security world have done much to get you worried -- ISIS, Zika, random gun violence, hurricanes, oh my . . . – but not much to get you ready. We’ve managed to talk…