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Can This Barbie Doll Save Millions of Girls From Hating Their Own Bodies?
18March

Can This Barbie Doll Save Millions of Girls From Hating...

The Better Barbie Body Barbie dolls have been around for over 50 years and billions have sold. While even at the beginning there was controversy about the unrealistic shape of Barbie’s body (consumers worried that it was “too...

Sometimes In Order To Solve Life's Difficult Problems You Just Need To Have the Right Approach
18March

Sometimes In Order To Solve Life's Difficult...

Try thinking about things a little differently.  Is your life difficult because you’re getting in the way of yourself or is someone else causing you some anguish? What is the most important thing to you personally? How do you...

Helping Young People Understand The Dangers Of Alcohol
18March

Helping Young People Understand The Dangers Of Alcohol

Who among us knows someone who drinks? Probably about 100%. How many of us know someone who has drank underage? Again, if you’ve gone to high school chances are you know someone who decided to start drinking underage. NPR has...

The Bechdel Test: Why Teen Girls Never See Themselves in the Movies
07March

The Bechdel Test: Why Teen Girls Never See Themselves in...

Why Do Films Minimalize Women? Alison Bechdel, an American Cartoonist, authored a long-running comic strip entitled "Dykes to Watch Out For." In this comic, Alison utilized a character meant to give voice thoughts and opinions on...

Is Driving High As Dangerous As Driving Drunk?
07March

Is Driving High As Dangerous As Driving Drunk?

Will Legalization Make Driving High Common? Everybody already understands that driving drunk is dangerous, and over the past 30 years we taken huge strides towards keeping intoxicated individuals from getting behind the wheel. We've...

Why Do We Treat Mental Health Differently Than Physical Health?
07March

Why Do We Treat Mental Health Differently Than Physical...

It's Not Always Easy To See When Someone Is Suffering. It’s easy to see when someone is physically sick. Take a look at someone who is in the late stages of cancer and you can for sure tell something bad is going on. Even with...

10 Events that Propelled the Civil Rights Movement
06March

10 Events that Propelled the Civil Rights Movement

Achieving Equality In America The transition of a segregated country to a more integrated society was a hard fought battle. Many people were stubborn and resistant to this great change, stuck in the same traditions of their...

Suburban Nightmare or Healing Haven: The Rehab Next Door
05March

Suburban Nightmare or Healing Haven: The Rehab Next Door

Fighting Addiction In Small Communities In St. George, Utah, we live in one of the most beautiful places Imaginable. Over three million visitors a year come from around the country to see our city and it's surrounding areas. We have...

Nobody Likes That Person Who Looks At Their Phone While You're Talking -- So Why Are We All That Person Now?
05March

Nobody Likes That Person Who Looks At Their Phone While...

How Often Are You Ignoring Your Friends And Looking At Your Phone? Think about the last time you had a conversation with one of your friends. How much of the time did you have your phone out, browsing the web or looking at Facebook? If...