Dr. Ray's Audio Files
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What does an apology say?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Dec 16, 2024
When Too Much TV News Makes You Negati
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture Dec 11, 2024
Abbott & Costello Authority
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Discipline, Parenting Nov 29, 2024
Gratitude is a Muscle
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Family Dynamics, Psychology Nov 28, 2024
Don’t be a Teenage Catholic…
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Culture Nov 24, 2024
My Personal Trick or Treating Tips
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Parenting Nov 19, 2024
Pro-choice boggles my mind
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Culture, Parenting, Psychology Nov 10, 2024
Don’t Let Others Rob Your Peace with Words
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology Nov 08, 2024
Grandparents Are Tricky People!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Family Dynamics Oct 27, 2024
Trophies for everyone! Really?!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Homeschooling, Psychology Oct 14, 2024
Curse or a Blessing?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Christianity, Psychology Oct 05, 2024
You are in a sliver of a minority
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Psychology Sep 30, 2024
The Power of a Child’s Perception of Authority
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Discipline, Psychology Sep 19, 2024
The Great Writing Cliché
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Discipline, Psychology Sep 15, 2024
What exactly is a panic attack?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Sep 10, 2024
Distress is not danger!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology Sep 02, 2024
Parenting Revolution!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Family Dynamics, Parenting Aug 20, 2024
Using Las Vegas Principles to Better Raise Kids
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Discipline, Parenting Aug 12, 2024
Let siblings solve their own conflicts – not!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Parenting, Psychology Aug 05, 2024
Uh Oh! A logic problem with the Bible…
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Christianity Jul 27, 2024
Panic Attack is Most Often Anxiety
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Jul 23, 2024
CS Lewis Makes a Rational Case for Purgatory
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Christianity Jul 15, 2024
Do you welcome insults?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Jul 08, 2024
The Mind-Shaping Power of the Culture
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture Jul 02, 2024
The New Value Neutral Language
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture Jun 24, 2024
Is that host really Jesus Christ?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism Jun 10, 2024
Rescue Syndrome
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Parenting, Psychology Jun 03, 2024
Letter Overload
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Discipline, Parenting, Psychology May 27, 2024
Do sitcoms shape your parenting?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Parenting May 20, 2024
Why can’t someone accept your deepest held beliefs?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Culture May 06, 2024
Assigning motives to the actions of others can backfire.
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology Apr 30, 2024
Can you predict how your child will behave in the future?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Parenting, Psychology Apr 23, 2024
We’re not always good at predicting how we’ll react.
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Apr 15, 2024
Is faith in Jesus dead?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Christianity, Culture Apr 07, 2024
The Greatest Story Ever Told
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Christianity, Culture Apr 02, 2024
Be careful who you complain to!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Mar 26, 2024
Holding Parents Accountable for Children’s Horrific Behavior
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, In the News Mar 12, 2024
What Is Your Personal Apology Percentage?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Psychology Mar 05, 2024
For Lent, give up something a lot harder than chocolate covered peanuts
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism Feb 19, 2024
Does discipline break the spirit?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Discipline, Psychology Feb 06, 2024
Are you a slave to your cellphone?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology Jan 30, 2024
You’re Not Really Sorry
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Christianity, Family Dynamics, Psychology Jan 24, 2024
That’s Not Me!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Christianity, Culture, Psychology Jan 16, 2024
The Power of the Cell Phone’s Ding
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology Jan 09, 2024
Don’t write people off because they’re non-believers!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Christianity, Culture, Psychology Jan 02, 2024
Smart Phones vs. Conversations
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Tech Dec 26, 2023
Reacting Better to Difficult People
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Family Dynamics, Psychology Dec 19, 2023
Reinforcing Consequences for Kids
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Discipline Dec 12, 2023
Men and Women ARE Different!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology Dec 05, 2023
The Predatory Nature of Smart Phone Technology
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Discipline, Psychology Nov 27, 2023
Time-Limited Holiday Frustrations
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology Nov 21, 2023
When is criticism acceptable?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Nov 13, 2023
Leaving Common Sense Behind
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology Nov 07, 2023
He doesn’t listen!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Oct 23, 2023
Are You Prickly?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology Oct 17, 2023
Battered Parent Syndrome
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Family Dynamics, Parenting, Psychology Oct 10, 2023
Kids and Social Influencing
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Parenting, Psychology Oct 03, 2023
Do You Want To Be Content?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Psychology Sep 18, 2023
God, how do you do that?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Psychology Sep 12, 2023
Save Catastrophic Language for the Really Big Stuff!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology Sep 04, 2023
Save catastrophic language for the really big stuff.
What’s it going to hurt?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Parenting, Psychology Aug 21, 2023
Self Identity With Broad Effects
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology Aug 14, 2023
Comfort Zone
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Christianity, Culture, Psychology Aug 08, 2023
The Futile Lecture
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Discipline, Parenting, Psychology Aug 01, 2023
Anger Management Issues
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Parenting, Psychology Jul 24, 2023
Give your kids a work ethic
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Parenting Jul 10, 2023
What the media wants us to think…
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology Jul 03, 2023
Personal Apology Percentage
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Marriage, Psychology Jun 26, 2023
Hate Speech
By Web Admin Culture, Psychology Jun 20, 2023
The Cascade Effect
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Marriage, Psychology Jun 05, 2023
Don’t Shove Your Morals on Me!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology May 29, 2023
The Durability of Personality
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology May 22, 2023
Are You A Liar?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology May 15, 2023
Are you easy-going?
Audio By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology May 08, 2023
Parenting Kids Under Peer Pressure
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Parenting May 01, 2023
The Great Parental Fear
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Family Dynamics, Parenting Apr 24, 2023
Hard-Hitting LGBT Statistics
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture Apr 18, 2023
What the heck are dreams?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Apr 10, 2023
The Tyranny of the Theory
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Apr 03, 2023
Which kid do you love most?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Parenting Mar 06, 2023
Why is this child so frustrating?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Parenting Feb 27, 2023
Social Media & Misery: Protect Your Child!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Parenting, Psychology Feb 20, 2023
Why don’t so many not think about the afterlife?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Culture Feb 13, 2023
Your mom took care of you when you didn’t remember…
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Elder Care, Family Dynamics, Parenting Feb 07, 2023
Balancing Family & Elder Parents
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Family Dynamics Jan 30, 2023
When adult children shun their parents
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Family Dynamics, Psychology Jan 23, 2023
Can you be your child’s best friend?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Parenting Jan 16, 2023
Danger is Not Distress
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Jan 10, 2023
Kids want you to think you’re psychologically damaging them
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Parenting, Psychology Dec 26, 2022
Have you walked in my shoes?
Image By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Dec 20, 2022
The Toys R Us Truck
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture Dec 12, 2022
Kids Are Psychologically Slick
By Web Admin Parenting, Psychology Dec 05, 2022
Gratitude is a Muscle to be Exercised
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture Nov 29, 2022
Good Manners Today
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture Nov 22, 2022
Apathy: Kids work hard at it!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Discipline, Parenting Nov 07, 2022
Fragility of Self-Image
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Nov 01, 2022
Why am I so anxious?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology, Video Blog Oct 24, 2022
Who said your parents are toxic?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture Oct 17, 2022
Are you the upper limit of what your children can become?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Discipline Oct 11, 2022
Expressing or Disrespect?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Parenting, Psychology Oct 04, 2022
Overstuffed With Stuff!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Parenting, Psychology Sep 26, 2022
Knowing why doesn’t really help.
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Discipline, Psychology Sep 19, 2022
A way to forgive more easily…
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Christianity, Psychology Sep 12, 2022
A heart-wrenching call about abortion…
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Christianity, Culture Sep 05, 2022
Am I critical or what?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture Aug 29, 2022
Phraseology of Achieving
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture Aug 22, 2022
Just Ignore It!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology Aug 15, 2022
Don’t go extreme on me!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology Aug 08, 2022
The Law of Social Entropy
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology Aug 02, 2022
What do you expect?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Jul 26, 2022
Are Old People Invisible?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture Jul 18, 2022
The Right to Privacy
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Parenting Jul 04, 2022
He Doesn’t Listen!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Discipline, Parenting Jun 28, 2022
Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Jun 20, 2022
Can a person be your near occasion of sin?
By Web Admin Catholicism, Christianity, Psychology Jun 14, 2022
Is your kid’s room a trash pit?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Parenting Jun 06, 2022
Do your kids help with the housework?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture May 30, 2022
Are You Spoiled?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology May 24, 2022
True Self Image
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Christianity, Psychology May 16, 2022
Resolve to Conquer Anxiety
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology May 02, 2022
The Marriage Test
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Marriage Apr 25, 2022
You can’t hurt me; I won’t let you.
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology Apr 18, 2022
It Won’t Hurt Him!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Family Dynamics, Parenting Apr 11, 2022
I’m a Good Person!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology Apr 04, 2022
You can’t protect them forever!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Parenting Mar 28, 2022
Kids and the Right to Privacy
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Parenting Mar 20, 2022
Life’s Not Fair!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Parenting Mar 14, 2022
What did you give up for Lent?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism Mar 06, 2022
Because I Said So!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Discipline, Parenting Feb 27, 2022
Quiet Authority
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Parenting Feb 21, 2022
Red Corvette Discipline
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Discipline Feb 13, 2022
How much money would it take for you to not saying anything?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Feb 08, 2022
A Dirty Communication Trick
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Feb 03, 2022
It’s all in the perception
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Jan 16, 2022
Columbo Parenting
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Parenting, Psychology, Uncategorized Jan 10, 2022
Getting Fit: Just Show Up!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Dec 30, 2021
Guarendi Family Christmas Letter
By Web Admin Audio Blog Dec 27, 2021
Too many toys under the Christmas tree?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Christianity, Parenting Dec 20, 2021
Is self esteem a good thing?
By Web Admin Psychology Dec 07, 2021
Happy Thanksgiving!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture Nov 25, 2021
Is your skill a curse?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Christianity, Psychology Nov 22, 2021
Is your skill a curse?
From Victim to Predator
Audio By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Nov 09, 2021
Can we predict violence?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology, Uncategorized Nov 02, 2021
Don’t just act, “I’m sorry.”
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Marriage, Psychology Oct 25, 2021
You expect me to be perfect!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture Oct 18, 2021
You expect me to be perfect!
Is rolling eyes disrespectful?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Discipline, Parenting Oct 12, 2021
As long as it takes…
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Discipline Oct 05, 2021
Experts don’t like discipline.
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Discipline Sep 27, 2021
Mental health types don’t like discipline.
Am I normal?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Parenting, Psychology Sep 21, 2021
Do you want to be normal?
A Frightening Experiment
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Sep 13, 2021
Peers ignoring the peers rule
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Homeschooling Sep 06, 2021
Homeschoolers do not follow the peers rules.
Are you psychologically damaging your child by the way you talk?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Parenting, Psychology Aug 31, 2021
Are you psychologically damaging your child by the way you talk?
Perception of Authority
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Parenting Aug 24, 2021
Am I normal?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Aug 16, 2021
Am I normal?
Are you smarter than an ant?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Psychology Aug 09, 2021
Are you smarter than an ant?
Are you a narcissist?
By Web Admin Psychology Aug 02, 2021
Me Too Tattoo!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture Jul 27, 2021
The popularity of tattoos
How much risk can you live with?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Covid-19, Psychology Jul 12, 2021
How much risk can you live with?
How dare you imply I could be a holier spouse?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Christianity, Culture, Marriage Jul 06, 2021
Which kid do you like best?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Family Dynamics, Parenting Jun 28, 2021
Social Media: A sticker system on steroids!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology Jun 21, 2021
Social Media: A sticker system on steroids!
Formula Parenting
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Parenting, Psychology Jun 14, 2021
Could this be an early sign of dementia?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Elder Care, Psychology Jun 08, 2021
Am I wonderful or what?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Christianity, Psychology May 31, 2021
Am I wonderful or what?
Are you smart?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology May 18, 2021
Why Work?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture May 10, 2021
You Don’t Trust Me!
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Parenting May 04, 2021
What do you say when your teenager says “You don’t trust me!”
Why does Mom go ballistic?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Family Dynamics, Parenting Apr 13, 2021
Are the Gospels real?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Christianity, Uncategorized Apr 06, 2021
Are the Gospels real?
What’s so good about Good Friday?
By Web Admin Audio Blog Apr 01, 2021
What’s so good about Good Friday?
One Issue Voter
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology Mar 30, 2021
Examining single issue voters…
Bed Time Bad Times
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Parenting, Uncategorized Mar 22, 2021
Bed Time Bad Times
Helping loved ones’ change their self-destructive behavior
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Mar 15, 2021
Covid-19: Unintended Effects & Invisible Victims
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Covid-19, Culture Mar 08, 2021
Little Children Don’t Follow Any Rules
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Discipline, Parenting, Psychology Mar 01, 2021
Don’t expect the littlest ones to follow any rules.
You’d better give something up
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Discipline Feb 22, 2021
You’d better give something up!
Watch out for the ‘WHY?’
By Web Admin Discipline, Psychology, Uncategorized Feb 16, 2021
Watch out for the “WHY?”
Who declares your self-image?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Christianity, Psychology Feb 08, 2021
I don’t understand God.
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Christianity, Psychology Feb 02, 2021
I don’t understand God.
Be at Peace
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Christianity, Culture, Psychology Jan 11, 2021
Fight, Flight or Fright?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology Jan 04, 2021
New Years Resolutions
New Years Resolutions
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture Dec 28, 2020
The Meaning of Christmas
By Web Admin Catholicism, Culture Dec 24, 2020
An Old Guarendi Christmas Letter
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Lifestyle Dec 21, 2020
Shell Shocked 2nd Child Syndrome
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Parenting Dec 15, 2020
Shell shocked 2nd child syndrome
How is your child wired?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Parenting, Psychology Dec 07, 2020
Panic Attacks
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Psychology Nov 30, 2020
Mandatory Mass?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Culture Nov 24, 2020
Double Man-o-log! Do you believe a liar? And Incomprehensible to me.
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Culture, Psychology Nov 10, 2020
Law of Diminishing Return
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Parenting Oct 27, 2020
Parenting by Consensus
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Parenting Oct 06, 2020
Are you afraid of seeing Jesus?
By Web Admin Audio Blog, Catholicism, Christianity, Culture Sep 15, 2020
