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Have you seen this commercial? I think I’ve been in this store twice, but I love this commercial because it shows that getting exercise is [...]
June 10, 2015
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June 1, 2015
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May 28, 2015
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May 19, 2015
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Someone sent me some great videos of young people from the Atlantic. Here’s the link to one that shows them saying what they want to be [...]
May 10, 2015
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Have you seen this beautiful video of love and caring? What’s amazing is that it’s a Thai commercial. Whatever, it’s just [...]
May 1, 2015
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Well, now it’s just ridiculous-middle school and high school e-cigarette use tripled in from 2013-2014. More students use e-cigarettes than [...]
April 21, 2015
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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston Churchill
April 12, 2015
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April 5, 2015
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Here’s the link to a talk on helping teens with decision-making that I’m giving today. I tried a new presentation format-fingers [...]
March 30, 2015
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March 23, 2015
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Facebook has added some suicide prevention features such as resources, advice, and support to anyone who may be struggling with suicidal [...]
March 18, 2015
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A recent study showed that since the school lunch nutritional guidelines changed in 2012 in order to encourage students to eat more fruit, [...]
March 10, 2015
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“But meet them halfway with love, peace and persuasion And expect them to rise for the occasion” From Glad Tidings by the singer Van [...]
February 23, 2015
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February 19, 2015
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February 12, 2015
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February 8, 2015
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This year’s Super Bowl was great. It was suspenseful and featured a great play by a young person, Malcolm Butler, who has had a difficult [...]
February 2, 2015
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January 31, 2015
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What is FFVP? The Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) Nutrition Services explains: “The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) is a federal [...]
January 26, 2015
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January 23, 2015
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Here’s a list from Planned Parenthood of emergency contraception. Which one is right for you?
January 19, 2015
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Those e-cigarette manufacturers say they aren’t trying to get young people to use their products, but this doesn’t seem to be true. [...]
January 16, 2015
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January 12, 2015
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This year I hope that you resolve to make the small changes that have a big impact. An example of a small change that has a big impact is when [...]
January 9, 2015
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January 6, 2015
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January 4, 2015
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December 28, 2014
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December 22, 2014
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I saw this quote at the gym while I was exercising today, “7 days without exercise equals 1 weak.” I prefer to be strong, how about you?
December 21, 2014
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December 16, 2014
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Ecotherapy relates to the health benefits of being outdoors. Here’s a funny video from the Atlantic on-line about this.
December 12, 2014
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“There is no more neutrality in the world. You either have to be part of the solution, or you’re going to be part of the problem.” Eldridge [...]
December 10, 2014
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“Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.” Hubert Humphrey, b.1911, d.1978, 38th Vice President of [...]
December 9, 2014
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Flu season has begun and some of the cases of the flu are types of flu not covered by this year’s flu vaccine. However, the flu vaccine [...]
December 6, 2014
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December 3, 2014
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December 1, 2014
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I heard someone say the other day that the opposite of poverty is not wealth, it’s justice. Today, on Thanksgiving, I’m thankful [...]
November 27, 2014
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What a bummer! Cigarette smoking by teens in my state of Minnesota has declined, but almost 13% of high schoolers have tried e-cigarettes. Now, [...]
November 24, 2014
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November 21, 2014
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I recently found out that people don’t move as much when it’s really warm or cold. It would be great if the temperature was always [...]
November 19, 2014
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November 17, 2014
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From Choose My Plate, information about whole grains and how to eat more of them.
November 14, 2014
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I’ve written about the Circle of 6 app before, but more young people need to use this anti-violence app, so here’s more about it.
November 11, 2014
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Almost 100 percent of people agree that texting while driving is dangerous, but 75 percent of drivers say that they read or compose a text, or [...]
November 9, 2014
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November 7, 2014
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November 5, 2014
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I’ve written about the importance of sleep for athletes and today I read another article about this. Here it is and I hope it will convince [...]
November 4, 2014
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October 26, 2014
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There has been a lot written about Ebola, but just in case here is an article about [...]
October 23, 2014
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It takes only 5 steps to reach and maintain a healthy weight. Curious? Find out more [...]
October 22, 2014
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October 20, 2014
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“All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk.” Lemony Snicket
October 19, 2014
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October 16, 2014
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I was reading a newspaper article and saw a picture of something wearing a Girls Inc. t-shirt. Here’s a video about this wonderful organization.
October 14, 2014
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The Ebola epidemic in Africa is concerning, as are the isolated other cases around the world. Wow, the amount of media coverage of the two Ebola [...]
October 13, 2014
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I literally saw someone drive up onto the curb and almost hit a pole today while going 40 mph because they were doing something with their [...]
October 12, 2014
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October 10, 2014
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“. . . gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.” Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
October 7, 2014
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October 6, 2014
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A couple of days ago I wrote that I got my flu vaccine, but I didn’t write about the experience. It was a pretty easy experience. I’m [...]
October 4, 2014
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October 2, 2014
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It is so sad to hear of young people injured or killed by gun violence. There is so much we need to do to fix this problem, but one thing that [...]
October 1, 2014
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September 29, 2014
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September 25, 2014
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September 24, 2014
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I don’t want to keep talking over and over again about the effects of drugs of abuse, like marijuana, on the brain-but it’s a [...]
September 23, 2014
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Our brains develop until our mid to late 20’s. This means that young people should engage in new experiences, experiment but remember to [...]
September 22, 2014
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Another day, another person almost causing an accident because of texting while driving. While I was driving yesterday I saw someone texting [...]
September 18, 2014
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I can’t emphasize enough how important it is that someone with asthma not be exposed to tobacco smoke of any kind. This means that they [...]
September 16, 2014
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