The value of an author’s message does not only come from his/her written work. It can also come from the presentation of ideas to various audiences. For several years, I have been presenting Violence Prevention seminars to college students involved in teacher education programs in several institutions. This workshop, as many others provided for different

A post from Queen Esther Eberechi found on Facebook, April 4, 2025-Something well worth reading and heeding, and inspirational. 𝟓 𝙐𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙒𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝘽𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝘽𝙖𝙘𝙠.. 𝐘𝐞𝐬!! 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭??? 𝐈 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫

From Christine Colyer-Writer’s Post (Facebook-03/30/25) There comes a moment In grief’s journey when sorrow finally relinquishes her stronghold to the gentle forces of flow, and her jagged edges beginning the lifelong process of being smoothed over by the waters of time. For those experiencing grief, hopefully this description can provide you with another source of

If you are writing an article or book requiring responses to questions you are posing as research for your work, the following experience I had may be useful. The Process: In previous posts I indicated a need for responses to surveys for teens on the subjects of gun violence, social media and the pandemic. There

We previously described body language, tone of voice and words as ways to determine what a person says needs to be substantiated by how it is said and what their body language tells us. Let’s look at ways we can hear how accurately what people say to us and what we say to them is

As a writer, as a partner in a relationship, as a parent, grandparent….and in so many other relationships communicating effectively and accurately is the means not only for understanding and being understood, it also prevents any harm to those you care about. We communicate in a variety of ways effecting how others may or may

If you are someone who wants to write and are not sure how to go about it, here are sources I’ve used in my own writing career. . Observations of people you know, feel inspired to describe. For me, at a very early age, it was a mailman or others who have survived many of

Many people have very different and often conflicting beliefs about so many things. Sports Teams: New York Yankee fan–Boston Red Sox fan Religion: The Jewish Religion-The Catholic Religion Politics: Republican—Democrat However, even with these sources of disagreement there are areas of commonality. Sports: Fans of both teams enjoy the game of baseball. Religion: Different religions

The trick is how do we maintain control when someone has really hurt us or someone we love or when unfairness rears its head. 1. Control involves thinking, about consequences, about an event’s effect on us and how much our actions may help or hurt us, physically or with our relationships or with our reputation

Oftentimes, things happen — tragedies or results of actions taken or not taken, causing many people to blame someone or something. This method of dealing with these events is certainly understandable. It is a way people channel their anger or disagreement in some direction. However, what does it really accomplish? It fuels a different type