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    Dr. Ray Guarendi is a Catholic father of ten adopted children, a clinical psychologist, author, professional speaker, and national radio and television host. His radio show, “The Dr. Is In” can be heard on over 440 stations and Sirius XM channel 130. His TV show, “Living Right With Dr. Ray” can be seen on EWTN Global Catholic Network and is aired in 140 countries.

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    The Teenager Stereotype

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    The Payoff of Complaining

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    The Law of Lecturing

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    Pick Your Battles!

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    The When of Better Communications

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    Feeling Rule — NOT!

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    Sports Fan vs. Mass Man Enthusiasm

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    The Discipline Therapeutic Window

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    Why do parents get so frustrated?

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    People don’t act as you wish.

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    Who would your spouse say you treat best?

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    Does God Will Suffering?

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    The System Works!

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    The Law of Social Entropy (in Marriage)

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    Don’t Debate Doing What’s Good: You’ll lose!

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    Discipline Therapeutic Window

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    Parenting teens doesn’t have to be a nightmare!

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    What does an apology say?

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    When Too Much TV News Makes You Negative

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    Abbott & Costello Authority

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    Gratitude is a Muscle

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    Don’t be a Teenage Catholic…

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    My Personal Trick or Treating Tips

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    Pro-choice boggles my mind

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    Don’t Let Others Rob Your Peace with Words

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    Grandparents Are Tricky People!

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    How Parents Benefit from From Good Discipline

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    Trophies for everyone! Really?!

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    Curse or a Blessing?

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    You are in a sliver of a minority

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    The Power of a Child’s Perception of Authority

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    The Great Writing Cliché

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    What exactly is a panic attack?

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    Distress is not danger!

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    Why are people so afraid of Christians?

    Read MoreAugust 26, 2024

    Parenting Revolution!

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    Using Las Vegas Principles to Better Raise Kids

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    Let siblings solve their own conflicts – not!

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    Uh Oh! A logic problem with the Bible…

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    Panic Attack is Most Often Anxiety

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    CS Lewis Makes a Rational Case for Purgatory

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    Do you welcome insults?

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    The Mind-Shaping Power of the Culture

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    The New Value Neutral Language

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    You’re not the boss of me, Catholic Church

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    Is that host really Jesus Christ?

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    Rescue Syndrome

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    Letter Overload

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    Do sitcoms shape your parenting?

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    They care that you care that they don’t care!

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    Why can’t someone accept your deepest held beliefs?

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    Assigning motives to the actions of others can backfire.

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    Can you predict how your child will behave in the future?

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    We’re not always good at predicting how we’ll react.

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    Is faith in Jesus dead?

    Read MoreApril 07, 2024

    The Greatest Story Ever Told

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    Be careful who you complain to!

    Read MoreMarch 26, 2024

    The experts are uneasy with strict discipline

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    Holding Parents Accountable for Children’s Horrific Behavior

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    What Is Your Personal Apology Percentage?

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    Did the Holy Spirit make a mistake?

    Read MoreFebruary 27, 2024

    For Lent, give up something a lot harder than chocolate covered peanuts

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    Who are you leaving your money to?

    Read MoreFebruary 12, 2024

    Does discipline break the spirit?

    Read MoreFebruary 06, 2024

    Are you a slave to your cellphone?

    Read MoreJanuary 30, 2024

    You’re Not Really Sorry

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    That’s Not Me!

    Read MoreJanuary 16, 2024

    The Power of the Cell Phone’s Ding

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    Don’t write people off because they’re non-believers!

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    Smart Phones vs. Conversations

    Read MoreDecember 26, 2023

    Reacting Better to Difficult People

    Read MoreDecember 19, 2023

    Reinforcing Consequences for Kids

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    Men and Women ARE Different!

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    The Predatory Nature of Smart Phone Technology

    Read MoreNovember 27, 2023

    Time-Limited Holiday Frustrations

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    When is criticism acceptable?

    Read MoreNovember 13, 2023

    Leaving Common Sense Behind

    Read MoreNovember 07, 2023

    Don’t judge truth by those who don’t follow it.

    Read MoreOctober 31, 2023

    He doesn’t listen!

    Read MoreOctober 23, 2023

    Are You Prickly?

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    Battered Parent Syndrome

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    Kids and Social Influencing

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    Do You Want To Be Content?

    Read MoreSeptember 18, 2023

    God, how do you do that?

    Read MoreSeptember 12, 2023

    Save Catastrophic Language for the Really Big Stuff!

    Save catastrophic language for the really big stuff.

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    What’s it going to hurt?

    Read MoreAugust 21, 2023

    Self Identity With Broad Effects

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    Comfort Zone

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    The Futile Lecture

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    Anger Management Issues

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    Will perfect parenting standards backfire?

    Read MoreJuly 17, 2023

    Give your kids a work ethic

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    What the media wants us to think…

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    Personal Apology Percentage

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    Hate Speech

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    God & St. Francis Discuss Mowing the Lawn

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    The Cascade Effect

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    Don’t Shove Your Morals on Me!

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    The Durability of Personality

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    Are You A Liar?

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    Are you easy-going?

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    Parenting Kids Under Peer Pressure

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    The Great Parental Fear

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    Hard-Hitting LGBT Statistics

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    What the heck are dreams?

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    The Tyranny of the Theory

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    Facebook makes you doubt your parenting.

    Read MoreMarch 27, 2023

    Which kid do you love most?

    Read MoreMarch 06, 2023

    Why is this child so frustrating?

    Read MoreFebruary 27, 2023

    Social Media & Misery: Protect Your Child!

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    Why don’t so many not think about the afterlife?

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    Your mom took care of you when you didn’t remember…

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    Balancing Family & Elder Parents

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    When adult children shun their parents

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    Can you be your child’s best friend?

    Read MoreJanuary 16, 2023

    Danger is Not Distress

    Read MoreJanuary 10, 2023

    Strength training is not just for younger folks!

    Read MoreJanuary 02, 2023

    Kids want you to think you’re psychologically damaging them

    Read MoreDecember 26, 2022

    Have you walked in my shoes?

    Read MoreDecember 20, 2022

    The Toys R Us Truck

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    Kids Are Psychologically Slick

    Read MoreDecember 05, 2022

    Gratitude is a Muscle to be Exercised

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    Good Manners Today

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    Apathy: Kids work hard at it!

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    Fragility of Self-Image

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    Why am I so anxious?

    Read MoreOctober 24, 2022

    Who said your parents are toxic?

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    Are you the upper limit of what your children can become?

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    Expressing or Disrespect?

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    Overstuffed With Stuff!

    Read MoreSeptember 26, 2022

    Knowing why doesn’t really help.

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    A way to forgive more easily…

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    A heart-wrenching call about abortion…

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    Am I critical or what?

    Read MoreAugust 29, 2022

    Phraseology of Achieving

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    Just Ignore It!

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    Don’t go extreme on me!

    Read MoreAugust 08, 2022

    The Law of Social Entropy

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    What do you expect?

    Read MoreJuly 26, 2022

    Are Old People Invisible?

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    Little Kids Jokes: The Bane of Parenthood

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    The Right to Privacy

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    He Doesn’t Listen!

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    Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde

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    Can a person be your near occasion of sin?

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    Is your kid’s room a trash pit?

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    Do your kids help with the housework?

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    Are You Spoiled?

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    True Self Image

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    Is that really Jesus in the Eucharist?

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    Resolve to Conquer Anxiety

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    The Marriage Test

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    You can’t hurt me; I won’t let you.

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    It Won’t Hurt Him!

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    I’m a Good Person!

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    You can’t protect them forever!

    Read MoreMarch 28, 2022

    Kids and the Right to Privacy

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    Life’s Not Fair!

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    What did you give up for Lent?

    Read MoreMarch 06, 2022

    Because I Said So!

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    Quiet Authority

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    Red Corvette Discipline

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    How much money would it take for you to not saying anything?

    Read MoreFebruary 08, 2022

    A Dirty Communication Trick

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    A Child’s Behavior Can Make Him Unhappy

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    It’s all in the perception

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    Columbo Parenting

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    Taking the sting out of others’ words

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    Getting Fit: Just Show Up!

    Read MoreDecember 30, 2021

    Guarendi Family Christmas Letter

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    Too many toys under the Christmas tree?

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    Is self esteem a good thing?

    Read MoreDecember 07, 2021

    How Covid Altered the American Psyche

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    Happy Thanksgiving!

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    Is your skill a curse?

    Is your skill a curse?

    Read MoreNovember 22, 2021

    From Victim to Predator

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    Can we predict violence?

    Read MoreNovember 02, 2021

    Don’t just act, “I’m sorry.”

    Read MoreOctober 25, 2021

    You expect me to be perfect!

    You expect me to be perfect!

    Read MoreOctober 18, 2021

    Is rolling eyes disrespectful?

    Read MoreOctober 12, 2021

    As long as it takes…

    Read MoreOctober 05, 2021

    Experts don’t like discipline.

    Mental health types don't like discipline.

    Read MoreSeptember 27, 2021

    Am I normal?

    Do you want to be normal?

    Read MoreSeptember 21, 2021

    A Frightening Experiment

    Read MoreSeptember 13, 2021

    Peers ignoring the peers rule

    Homeschoolers do not follow the peers rules.

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    Are you psychologically damaging your child by the way you talk?

    Are you psychologically damaging your child by the way you talk?

    Read MoreAugust 31, 2021

    Perception of Authority

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    Am I normal?

    Am I normal?

    Read MoreAugust 16, 2021

    Are you smarter than an ant?

    Are you smarter than an ant?

    Read MoreAugust 09, 2021

    Are you a narcissist?

    Read MoreAugust 02, 2021

    Me Too Tattoo!

    The popularity of tattoos

    Read MoreJuly 27, 2021

    How much risk can you live with?

    How much risk can you live with?

    Read MoreJuly 12, 2021

    How dare you imply I could be a holier spouse?

    Read MoreJuly 06, 2021

    Which kid do you like best?

    Read MoreJune 28, 2021

    Social Media: A sticker system on steroids!

    Social Media: A sticker system on steroids!

    Read MoreJune 21, 2021

    Formula Parenting

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    Could this be an early sign of dementia?

    Read MoreJune 08, 2021

    Am I wonderful or what?

    Am I wonderful or what?

    Read MoreMay 31, 2021

    Can you predict how you will handle a situation?

    Read MoreMay 24, 2021

    Are you smart?

    Read MoreMay 18, 2021

    Why Work?

    Read MoreMay 10, 2021

    You Don’t Trust Me!

    What do you say when your teenager says "You don't trust me!"

    Read MoreMay 04, 2021

    Discipline: A Marathon – Not a Sprint

    Read MoreApril 20, 2021

    Why does Mom go ballistic?

    Read MoreApril 13, 2021

    Are the Gospels real?

    Are the Gospels real?

    Read MoreApril 06, 2021

    What’s so good about Good Friday?

    What's so good about Good Friday?

    Read MoreApril 01, 2021

    One Issue Voter

    Examining single issue voters...

    Read MoreMarch 30, 2021

    Bed Time Bad Times

    Bed Time Bad Times

    Read MoreMarch 22, 2021

    Helping loved ones’ change their self-destructive behavior

    Read MoreMarch 15, 2021

    Covid-19: Unintended Effects & Invisible Victims

    Read MoreMarch 08, 2021

    Little Children Don’t Follow Any Rules

    Don't expect the littlest ones to follow any rules.

    Read MoreMarch 01, 2021

    You’d better give something up

    You’d better give something up!

    Read MoreFebruary 22, 2021

    Watch out for the ‘WHY?’

    Watch out for the "WHY?"

    Read MoreFebruary 16, 2021

    Who declares your self-image?

    Read MoreFebruary 08, 2021

    I don’t understand God.

    I don't understand God.

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    The Unintended Consequences of Divorce

    Read MoreJanuary 25, 2021

    The Best Expression of Compassion

    Read MoreJanuary 19, 2021

    Be at Peace

    Read MoreJanuary 11, 2021

    Fight, Flight or Fright?

    Read MoreJanuary 04, 2021

    Why wait until January 1st to make resolutions?

    New Years Resolutions

    Read MoreDecember 30, 2020

    New Years Resolutions

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    The Meaning of Christmas

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    An Old Guarendi Christmas Letter

    Read MoreDecember 21, 2020

    Shell Shocked 2nd Child Syndrome

    Shell shocked 2nd child syndrome

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    How is your child wired?

    Read MoreDecember 07, 2020

    Panic Attacks

    Read MoreNovember 30, 2020

    Mandatory Mass?

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    Double Man-o-log! Do you believe a liar? And Incomprehensible to me.

    Read MoreNovember 10, 2020

    Law of Diminishing Return

    Read MoreOctober 27, 2020

    Parenting by Consensus

    Read MoreOctober 06, 2020

    Are you afraid of seeing Jesus?

    Read MoreSeptember 15, 2020

    Did you cause your child to be that way?

    Read MoreAugust 31, 2020
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