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Dr. John H. Braccio and Dave discuss, on the “Morning Wake-Up With Dave Akerly” Radio Show, on 7/26/16 on WILS, 1320 a.m.in Lansing, Michigan, about IN THIS AGE OF MASSIVE AND INSTANTANEOUS silifke eskort numaraları SOCIAL MEDIA-HOW CAN ANGRY AMERICANS ON BOTH SIDES OF HOT BUTTON ISSUES REDUCE THEIR ANGER? Dr. Braccio says he personally does not remember such divisive rancor between basically moral human beings. Of course, a problem is that disputing persons do not feel the other persons are basically moral beings. Because most people socialize with persons similar politically to themselves and often seek out views similar to their own on social media or their reading materials we should not be surprised by the sharp bifurcation of political views in America.  Dr. Braccio feels an advantage of his is that in his office he meets with people from all walks of life and he clearly sees daily how basically good persons have great anger with others in this election cycle. The mission of all of us is not to demand change in the political views of others but look for strategies we can use to reduce what is often clearly our own mentally unhealthy anger. One obvious thing is to greatly reduce social media time on the computer. Dr. Braccio also said all of us need to be more tolerant and not take everything others say or think so personally.

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Dr. John H. Braccio and Dave discuss, on the “Morning Wake-Up With Dave Akerly” Radio Show, on 7/19/16 on WILS, 1320 a.m.in Lansing, Michigan, about RISING FEARS konya merkez escort IN AMERICA ABOUT TERRORISM, PERSONAL SAFETY, AND RACE RELATIONS. These are troubling times and psychologically Americans need spirituality and other ways to cope with such areas of uncertainty for themselves and their families. Dr. Braccio believes Americans can overcome what is happening now with our traditional indefatigable desire to work hard and succeed.

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Dr. John H. Braccio and Dave discuss, on the “Morning Wake-Up With Dave Akerly” Radio Show, on 6/21/16 on WILS, 1320 a.m.in Lansing, Michigan, karatay escort kızlar CHARCTERISTICS OF FUNCTIONAL FAMILES. They include unconditional love/effective communication, spirituality-moral code, appreciation, enjoying each other, time together (no friends), emotionally safe, respect privacy, accountability, live by the Golden Rule, discussion time, quiet time, understanding, lack of sarcasm, and co-parenting.

Family members from functional families have such an advantage in life will all the difficulties that even the most fortunate persons encounter in their lives.

Family Quotations:

Albert Einstein: “Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life.”

Michael J. Fox:   “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.”

Lee Iacocca: “The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.”

George Santayana: “The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.”

George Bernard Shaw: “A happy family is but an earlier heaven

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Dr. John H.Braccio and Dave konya merkez kadın escort discuss, on the “Morning Wake-Up With Dave Akerly” Radio Show, on 6.14/16 on WILS, 1320 a.m. in Lansing, Michigan, THE BRUTAL SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS IN ORLANDO.   We just experienced the deadliest mass shooting in the history of our nation. What goes on in the mind of the homicidal maniac who does such a brutal act? Clearly, words like evil, depravity, psychopathic, narcissistic, and wicked come quickly to mind. When you potentially add the justification of a religious ideology that promotes such slaughters, the end result can sadly be a San Bernardino or Orlando. Hopefully, people of good will can come together and destroy such a repugnant ideology of hatred and resulting human carnage.

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Dr. John H. Braccio and Dave discuss, on the “Morning Wake-Up With Dave Akerly” Radio Show, on 6/7/16 on WILS, 1320 a.m.in Lansing, Michigan, THE mersin anamur eskort bayanları TRAGEDY OF DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES. We see every day the psychologically damaging effects of dysfunctional families in our office. Anger, conflicts, emotional/physical/sexual abuse, isolation, and destructive interpersonal interactions are often the result of dysfunctional families. Worst of all, believing such behavior is normal can lead to the person repeating it over a lifetime with ongoing victims. The famous quotation by Leo Tolstoy has a powerful observation in a sentence:  ALL HAPPY FAMILIES ARE ALIKE; EACH UNHAPPY FAMILY IS UNHAPPY IN ITS OWN WAY.

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Dr. John H. Braccio and Dave discuss on the “Morning Wake-Up With Dave Akerly” Radio Show on 5/31/16 on WILS, 1320 a.m. in Lansing, Michigan, WHAT MEMORIAL DAY MEANS TO ALL OF US. Regardless of political disagreements over the generations, this is a day we celebrate and mourn the deaths of those who gave their all so we could be free.With a father from Italy and a wife who came from Castro’s Cuba when silifke eskort ilanları 17, Dr. Braccio says he feels a close connection with the freedoms and possible successes available in a free society. At a time when many of our brightest seem to want to magnify the flaws of our country and historical leaders, let us remember we can enjoy the glories of our Michigan beaches because of the soldiers who stormed the beaches and died at Normandy. Imagine a world run by Hitler and Tojo! We also cannot forget the nearly 600,000 casualties the Union Army suffered in the Civil War to keep the union together and end an American tragedy–slavery. Today is the one day to remember those lives silenced very prematurely for each of us. It is a soul searching experience we can all gain useful introspection. These persons gave their lives so we can try to always be THE SHINING CITY ON THE HILL AND THE LAST BEST HOPE FOR HUMANITY!

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Dr. John H.Braccio talks with Graham Couch of the Lansing State Journal and Jack Ebling on “The Drive With Jack Ebling” whether Draymond Green’s behavior is a psychologically damaging example for young persons and his karatay olgun bayan reputation. Dr. Braccio believes Draymond needs to be a tough player but also to behave as a good sport to be an example for young persons. They also agree that coach Mark Dantonio has to be psychologically in heaven when his Spartans are picked for third in the powerful Eastern Football Division of the Big Ten. He can put his big green chip back on his shoulder.

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Dr. John H. Braccio and Dave discuss, on the “Morning Wake-Up With Dave Akerly” Radio Show, on 5/24/16 on WILS, 1320 a.m. in Lansing, Michigan, HOW LACK OF RESPECT PSYCHOLOGICALLY IMPACTS ON THE INDIVIDUAL.We all need escort mersin and thrive on legitimate respect. We need it as grandparents, parents, children, friends, managers, co-workers, teachers, students, broadcasters, coaches, athletes, etc. to all human beings. Without it, happiness, self-esteem, goodwill, team spirit and effort are all damaged and can help lead to an unhappy life with unhealthy relationships with others. It actually helps destroy the very essence of the person’s soul.

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Dr. John H. Braccio and Dave discuss, on the “Morning Wake-Up With Dave Akerly” Radio Show, on 5/10/16 on WILS, 1320 a.m. in Lansing, Michigan, HOW CRITICAL COMMITMENT IS TO EACH OF US.? While commitment in marriage is what the word brings to mind for many persons, it is a far broader word in relation to each and every human being.Success in life mersin anamur escort bayanları requires commitment to what one decides to do. For example, we expect a child to complete a sports activity if he or she “commits” to join the team. This would be true in other activities for young and adult persons. Committed persons present with the following traits: 1. Willingness to make commitments. 2. Making Reasonable Commitments. 3. Effort with Ongoing Desire to keep the commitment regardless of how difficult. 4. The commitment becomes Part of The Person’s Psyche. It is part of who he or she is. 5. The total commitment to commitments in our lives has much to say about our success in life as human beings in all aspects of our lives.

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Dr. John H. Braccio and Dave discuss, on the “Morning Wake-Up With Dave Akerly” Radio Show, on 5/10/16 on WILS, 1320 a.m. in Lansing, Michigan, Why Good Persons Love Insensitive, Mean, and Irresponsible Partners? It still amazes me, even though I understand the reasons, why good men and women unconditionally love insensitive, mean, and irresponsible partners.Typically the persons come anamur bayan escort from dysfunctional homes and they have resulting low self-esteem. Combined, they are the toxic potion that destroys so many dreams of badly treated loving partners.

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Dr. John H. Braccio and Dave discuss, on the “Morning Wake-Up With Dave Akerly” Radio Show, on 5/3/16 on WILS, 1320 a.m.in Lansing, Michigan, The IMPORTANCE silifke eskort numaraları OF WINNING. Even in a world where we appropriately encourage civility and teamwork, winning is still a critical aspect of life. It is about developing the skill set every successful person has learned to one degree or another. Some quotes from legendary Coach Vince Lombardi sum up what winning is all about:

1. Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all-the-time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit and unfortunately, so is losing
2. Winning is like a drug. It’s a hard thing to kick.
3. The zeal to be first in everything has always been American, to win, to win, and to win.
4. If you don’t think you are a winner, you don’t belong here.
5. You defeat defeatism with confidence.
6. If you could have won, you should have.
7. The harder you work the harder it is to surrender.
8. A team that thinks it’s going to lose is going to lose.
9. The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.
10. There is no substitute for work.
11. No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles.
12. Not everyone can be a winner all the time, but everyone can make that effort, that commitment to excellence.
13. No one is perfect, but boys, making the effort to be perfect, is what life is all about. If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can do with your lives.

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Dr. John H. Braccio talks with Graham Couch of the Lansing State Journal and Jack Ebling on “The Drive With Jack Ebling” about the wonderful event that Spring Football was at MSU on 4/26/16. He applauds Coach Dantonio on how he brought back great players from the past few years to be part of the game/spring practice experience.Graham Couch mentions the 2016 kocasinan escort football schedule is very favorable for MSU having a change to again win the Big Ten East Conference.

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On 4/12/16, Dr. John H.Braccio talks with Graham Couch of the Lansing silifke escort ilanları State Journal and Jack Ebling on the “The Drive With Jack” about Deyonta Davis going to the NBA early and foregoing up to 3 more years in college. To have an opportunity to make millions of dollars and not risk an injury playing college basketball is a good reason to consider leaving early. A second major factor is the need the family. Jack Ebling feels Deyonta has done it right by working with Tom Izzo and others to make a good decision. Jack asks Dr. Braccio about the psychology of fans reaction to Josh Jackson choosing Kansas over MSU. Dr. Braccio feels the fans have been quite mature and are aware of the magic Izzo has created in green and white over the past twenty years. They all agree next year will be a fun year in basketball as Izzo again guns for another Big Ten and National Championship. They also discuss how Michigan State University fans are psychologically adjusting to a shocking loss in the first round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament on “The Drive With Jack Ebling” Radio Show with Jack Ebling and Graham Couch of the Lansing State Journal.

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Dr. John H. Braccio and Dave discuss on the “Morning Wake-Up With Dave Akerly” Radio Show on 4/26/16 on WILS, 1320 a.m.in Lansing, Michigan, a konya merkez eskort common problem for sensitive and non-assertive persons: HOW TO ANSWER PERSONAL AND ANNOYING QUESTIONS. People often are fearful, frustrated, and angry over intrusive, manipulative, and annoying questions. Typical questions would be: What are you doing Saturday morning? (The intent is to get you to do some work at their house!) Did the boss raise heck with you? Can you afford your new car? Did your brother really hit his wife? Is it true you hate your mother-in-law? Are you looking for a new job? These are the kinds of questions that drive people mad. Techniques to overcome such questions are as follows:

1.  Reply back with a question.
2. Humorous response.
3. Ignore and change the topic.
4. Respond with an “equally” uncomfortable question.
5. Say, “Is this twenty questions time?”

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Dr. John H. Braccio and Dave discuss on the “Morning Wake-Up With Dave Akerly” Radio Show on 4/19/16 on WILS, 1320 a.m.in Lansing, Michigan, konya merkez kadın numaraları Generalized Anxiety. Dr. Braccio and Dave discuss how it is very common condition. It is or called the “what if” or the “thinking person’s disease”. This can make any decision a torturous path that leads to great anxiety and worry in someone’s life. They also discuss what can be done to overcome it.

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Dr. John H. Braccio and Dave discuss on the “Morning Wake-Up With Dave Akerly” Radio Show on 4/12/16 on WILS, 1320 a.m.in Lansing, Michigan, The Destructiveness of anamur bayan escort Hate and How to Overcome it. Dr. Braccio and Dave discuss “Hate” and how it is far more destructive and venomous to the person who hates than the person who is hated. They discuss how to not hate and enjoy life.

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Dr. John H. Braccio and Dave discuss, on the “Morning Wake-Up With Dave Akerly” Radio Show on 4/5/16 on WILS, 1320 a.m. in Lansing, Michigan, How To Stop Your Test Anxiety From Defeating You on Tests.This topic is always very timely in any community let alone in a community of sophisticated parents and students konya merkez olgun bayan resulting from excellent public and private schools, Michigan State University, WMU-Cooley Law School, and Lansing Community College. The general public might be surprised how test anxiety debilitates so many students from achieving to their potential. We see it in our offices more than you might imagine. It is often underestimated and the gravity not understood because the general public believes everyone has test anxiety. It is when it debilitates and overwhelms you emotionally that it becomes a huge personal problem. Strategies to overcome Test Anxiety include the following:

1. Prepare for the test.
2. Visualize yourself successful.
3. Positive self-talk.
4. Be well rested and nourished.
5. Stay relaxed and breathe in and out.
6. Put the test in perspective.
7. Replace negative thoughts with positive thoughts.
8. Arrive at test at a time comfortable for you.
9. Determine how much time you can spend on each test item.
10. Tune out other persons and distractions, and focus on the test.
11. Answer the easiest test items first and then go back to the more difficult items.
12. Do not panic and keep to your testing plan.
13. Develop self-hypnosis and deep relaxation techniques to help you prepare for testing.
14. Thirty second deep breathing periods when anxious during tests can be helpful when needed.

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On 3/29/16, Dr. John H.Braccio talks about how Michigan State University fans are psychologically adjusting to a shockling loss in the first round of NCAA Basketball Tournament on “The Drive With silifke escort ilanları Jack Ebling” Radio Show with Jack Ebling and Graham Couch of the Lansing State Journal. John said he was particularly upset because of how this could impact Denzel Valentine in his legitimate quest to be acknowledged as the best college basketball player in the country. They also discuss the impact of experienced players leaving a team even if incoming players are perceived as better players. Chemistry is a huge factor on how well a team plays together.  Graham Couch playfully says he is going to try to come up with something that would put John in a bad mood.

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Dr. John H. Braccio and Dave discuss, on the “Morning Wake-Up With Dave Akerly” Radio Show on 3/29/16 on WILS, 1320 a.m.in Lansing, Michigan Common Conflicts silifke eskort ilanları in Marriage. Even though every marriage is unique, the common problems of marriage are remarkably similar in most cases. That so many couples are not prepared shows the need for them to go through some type of marriage preparation to help eliminate the roughly 50% divorce rate. How to resolve conflicts is a timely topic for all couples and perspective couples to think about as conflicts develop or could develop. Common conflicts include:

1. Communication
2. Expectations
3. Money
4. Raising Children
5. Sex/Intimacy
6. Relatives
7. Time together as a couple and family
8. Chore sharing
9. Work versus couple /family

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