Scott started our meeting. “I think I’ve found a solution to Karen’s feeling unequal,” he said with excitement. “What do you have in mind?” I inquired. “It’s a surprise,” Scott answered. “I wanted to share it with you right here,” he said as he turned toward Karen....
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Is Equality Important in Your Marriage? Part 2:
At our next appointment Scott and Karen said they were doing better in their marriage. They were spending more time together. They had begun to take walks early in the morning and were watching movies like they used to do. Karen said, “In spite of our improvement...
Is Equality Important in Your Marriage? Part 1
Scott and Karen came for counseling. They’ve been married twenty-two years. Scott is a successful businessman who owns his own company. Karen counsels the disabled. She has returned to work full time now that their two children are away in school. Scott said, “We’re...
E. Hendricks, WTWG: Are We Confronting Today’s Problems or Are We in Denial?
Being caught up in our selves and our materialism we are in a state of apathy over our spritual poverty. We are ignoring the deterioration of our democracy and heading toward a dictatorship as Athens did when the people created financial bankrupty by voting themselves...
Sharing My Gratitude with Ram Dass
I had last seen my friend fifty-six years ago. I was a student in his psychology class at Stanford University. At that time he was known as Richard Alpert, Ph.D. He is now known as Ram Dass. Between these two names lies an inspiring story, one in which he got...
Just When You Thought It Wouldn’t Happen
Is the Law of Attraction Paradoxical? Have you ever given up hoping for something you wanted to happen only to have it happen? Were you delighted and surprised? I have been when this happened to me. What bothered me, however, was that I couldn’t figure out why it did...
The Law of Attraction Doesn’t Work, or Does It?
There are times when I have been skeptical about the Law of Attraction and whether it really works. First, I learned that the Law did not work on my timetable but that did not mean it didn’t work. I had to recognize that my focus on myself was getting in my way....
My Father Neglected Me!
Kristen came to therapy for help with bouts of depression, especially when she had gained a few pounds. During counseling she said that her father left her mother when Kristen was one and a half. He left his wife to marry another woman with whom he started a second...
The Truth on Changing Your Life Now, WTWG 1050 AM, with Dr. Doug & Ernestine Hendricks
You can change your life no matter how old you are by recognizing the mistaken beliefs (dysfunctional mindsets) that limit you and your relationships. You have to replace those mistaken beliefs with truths (functional mindsets). It is not enough to have these new...
Who do You Follow: Karl Marx or Jesus Christ?
Ben Franklin taught us that “the early bird gets the worm” to motivate us to rise early in the day to be productive. Some people have misunderstood Franklin’s maxim as threatening scarcity. They misinterpret “the worm” to mean there is only one worm, and that only the...
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