Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
1. Accepting the Moodiness of the Teenage Years. 9
3. Finding a Partner in Life to Share Your Story With. 14
4. Ten Minutes Can Change Your Whole Day!. 16
5. Understanding Your Sexuality. 17
6. Learning to Love Challenge. 21
7. Reserving Time for Yourself. 22
8. Creating a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. 23
9. Your Secret Weapon for Success. 25
11. Being A Leader of Yourself. 29
12. How Do You Show Up in Life?. 31
14. Repotting Yourself – Life’s Transitions. 36
15. The Cycle of Friendship. 38
17. Keeping the Romantic Zing Alive. 42
18. Managing Conflict in a Healthy Way. 43
19. Learning to Hear Your Inner Dialog. 46
20. Your Physical Appearance. 48
22. What Does It Mean to Be a Considerate Person?. 52
24. What is it like to be “In Love”?. 57
27. The Person in the Mirror. 64
35. How to Make Chocolate Chip Cookies. 80
36. How to Reach Your Goals. 82
37. Gossip, Texting, and Forever….. 85
42. War and the Unfairness of Life. 96
43. How to Choose a Career. 99
44. Understanding Money and Where It Comes From.. 101
46. Visiting with Good Friends. 105
47. Your Brain is a Master Pattern Recognizer. 107
50. The Next Grade, The Next School, The Next Step, and Life. 113
51. Understanding Where Guilt Comes From.. 116
52. Do More Than is Expected. 118
53. Driving as a Metaphor for Life. 121
54. Understanding Your Context. 124
55. Managing Anger and Frustration. 126
56. Standing Up for Yourself. 129
58. Apathy, Empathy, Humanness, and Responsibility. 133
63. How Good is Your Hearing?. 141
64. To Quit or Not to Quit. 144
67. What Happens to Everything When You Die?. 151
68. “Get to the Back of the Line, Bitches!”. 153
75. When Leaving is Off the Table. 169
76. A Very Sincere Question. 171
77. Choosing Your Language. 174
78. How to View the News Media. 176
80. Never Turn Your Back on the Ocean. 180
81. Sex and Relationships. 182
82. Perspective and Aging. 186
83. What It’s Like to Be a Parent. 189
92. How to Make a Marriage Work. 212
95. A Time to End the Game. 223
97. The Path You Didn’t Take. 227
98. Thirty-Two Shooting Stars. 229
105. The Coronavirus Response of 2020. 249
106. Kerplunk, the Mirror, and a Bird’s Brain. 253
107. Baseball Cards, Investing Money, and Real Value. 255
109. How to Write a Report. 260
110. An Adversarial System.. 263
111. Ready or Not, Here I Come!. 266
112. Take Care of Your Back!. 268
114. To Tattoo or Not Tattoo…is That the Question?. 272
115. “There is Nothing I Can Do”. 273
121. The Story of the Sponge. 288
122. “I Wanted You to Know That Dad Passed Away This Afternoon”. 290
123. Humor and Acceptance. 293
125. The Well-Trodden Path. 297
128. The Red and Black Game. 305
129. Uncomfortable Friends. 312
132. Moments of Discovery. 320
135. My Eighty-Year-Old Self. 326
136. How to Recognize a Shitty Relationship. 328
137. How to Recognize a Coward. 331
138. The Illusion of Safety. 334
141. The Voice in our Head. 341
142. Dominating the Conversation. 343
143. In Person Verses Distance Learning. 345
145. Internet Safety and the Expectation of Privacy. 355
147. A Wise Man Once Said. 357
149. Dealing with Boredom and Monotony. 361
150. Changing Behavior and Thinking. 365
151. Physical and Mental Health. 367
152. Managing Feelings When You Can’t. 369
153. The Polls, Popular Opinion, and Your Vote. 371
154. Baseball, Fairness, and the Game of Life. 373
155. An honest observation. 374