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Sports Stars – Fame & Addiction
I was never inclined to play sports. It wasn’t until I met my husband – a former collegiate athletic director – who taught me how the game of football is played. However, it wasn’t knowing where the...
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Top 10 Parenting Tips
Folks often ask us what tips and strategies can you give us to be a better parent. The truth is being a parent is hard – there are no high school, college or graduate school courses devoted to...
View ArticleThe Price Of Gold: Doping And Professional Athletes
The win may be the biggest pressure for players in professional sports. It is not enough to train for hours, days and weeks, a marriage of the mental and physical, pushing athletes to the brink. To...
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Box Your Way to Health
“If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you…” Everyone knows that exercise in all forms opens the doorway to your heart and mind. Boxing, in particular, has always been fascinating to me. When...
View ArticleCake – Chronic Pain – Courage
In the hit independent movie Cake, Jennifer Aniston plays a woman who knows pain. Barely surviving a horrific car accident which kills her 3-year-old son, she is left with a scarred face and wounds...
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Trauma, PTSD and Children
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3 Ways Addiction Tricks You With Big Lies
This article originally appeared on the Huffington Post. A trickster is defined as a “deceiver, cheater, or fraud.” However, in mythology, the trickster is studied up close in folklore and religion....
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On The Road With Dr. Louise Stanger
A roundup of recent speaking, training, & presentation events. It’s been a busy Spring! The post On The Road With Dr. Louise Stanger appeared first on All About Interventions | Dr. Louise Stanger.
View ArticleJournalist of Year Award
A HUGE thank you to Deirdre Boyd and DB Recovery Resources for awarding me the Recovery Journalist of the Year for the US! Wow — truly an honor and a pleasure to be in such great company! Congrats to...
View ArticleWhat’s Brotopia?
Anyone familiar with Greek mythology knows it doesn’t turn out so well for Narcissus. So transfixed with his own beauty, Narcissus died staring at his reflection in a pond. Of course this is where we...
View ArticleSuper Bowl Sunday – MVP or B.A.D.?
Sharing my tips for a safe Super Bowl Sunday! Posted by All About Interventions on Friday, February 2, 2018 The annual Super Bowl is here again – America’s most watched televised event – and that...
View ArticleThe Power of Music: Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
The Grammys took a somber turn Sunday night when DJ Logic, sporting a hoodie with the digits 1-800-273-8255 emblazoned across the front, spoke out about equality and shed light on mental health and...
View ArticleChoosing Kindness: Have you tried the 4 minute Random Act of Kindness...
“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities” – Albus Dumbledore from Harry Potter Much like many awareness days, World Kindness Day (November 13th) and National...
View ArticleThis Valentines Day, Don’t be in the SNARK TANK
With Valentine’s Day fast upon us, advertisers undulate before our eyes hearts and flowers, gifts and chocolates, teddy bears and fancy restaurants. As such, it’s a great time to take a look at the...
View ArticleIn Pain? Talk to Your Doctor & Dentist Before Opioids Are Prescribed
As a licensed clinical social worker, family interventionist and an addiction expert, I’m always on the hunt for research, advice and news from other healthcare experts. As such, I recently read an...
View ArticleOpioid Deaths and Family Grief
There were more drug-related deaths in 2016 than from the entire Vietnam war or the HIV/Aids epidemic at its height – and for every person who died suddenly and tragically there are at least four or...
View ArticleFeeling Down? Try Some Puppy Love
With National Puppy Day in March, I think it’s a good time to reflect on the many ways a puppy and dogs can provide emotional support and unconditional positive regard. According to the National Puppy...
View ArticleIs Chronic Pain the Brain Game?
In Andrew Sullivan’s sprawling New York Magazine take on the voracious nature of the opioid crisis – “The Poison We Pick” – he posits that the “drugs now conquering America are downers: They are not...
View ArticleFeeling Frazzled: 6 Sure-Fire Ways to Beat Stress
When I realized April was National Stress Awareness Month and that my taxes are due soon and I’m traveling, I started feeling stressed, frazzled and hassled. Then I thought what a wonderful opportunity...
View ArticleHow to be a widow and other fun tips
The following is an excerpt from my book, Falling Up: A Memoir of Renewal. I owe a great debt of gratitude to Alan David Stanger, a raucous gentlemen. Neither of us was strong enough, savy enough or...
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