Dr. Rose Bricker Can you believe it’s time for the holidays again? The holiday seasons always come with some level of stress. Sometimes we are able to manage it, but sometimes it becomes overwhelming. What are the common stressors specific to the season? There is the stress of being over-scheduled, visits from out-of-town family, traveling…
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October 2025, Features
How to Find Your Joy, Peace, and Contentment
Dr. Rose Bricker We all have challenges in our lives. Sometimes, it’s the stress of moving, the loss or difficulty in relationships, becoming a caretaker for a loved one, physical illness, or the death of a partner or friend. In fact, any transitions in our lives can bring on burdens and stress. Whatever the issues…
September 2025, Features
Ways to Interact with a Narcissist
Dr. Rose Bricker A few months ago, I wrote an article about how to identify narcissist traits and behaviors. This month, I would like to provide some tips on how to manage the interactions you may have with a narcissist. If you are in a relationship with someone who has narcissistic traits and behaviors, the…
August 2025, Features
2 Your Health – August 2025
Improve Your Relationships by Learning About Emotional Maturity and Emotional Blindness Dr. Rose Bricker Emotional maturity or emotional intelligence are terms that you may hear when chatting about challenges within relationships. Your friends, families, and co-workers may be aware of these terms, but are you? Relationships are difficult at times, and knowing the difference between…
July 2025, Features
2 Your Health: Loneliness: How It Impacts Our Life
Dr. Rose Bricker The former Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murphy published an article with the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2023. In that article, he stated that we have an epidemic of loneliness, isolation, and lack of connection in the U.S. He goes on to say, “It is so prevalent…
May 2025, Features
How You Can Identity Narcissistic Traits and Behaviors
Dr. Rose Bricker What exactly is narcissism? Often, it’s misunderstood in our society. I think it’s because it can be so confusing. Did you know there are different types of narcissism? For example, the grandiose narcissist is often egotistical, loud, arrogant, demanding, and attention seeking. The next is the vulnerable narcissist who is caring, charming,…
April 2025, Features
2 Your Health: Brain Health and Why It’s Important
Dr. Rose Bricker If you are experiencing symptoms of poor brain health, you are not alone. Are you losing or misplacing objects, having difficulty focusing, retaining little of what you’re reading, experiencing brain fog, and/or having difficulty remembering names when introduced to new people? These are some symptoms of poor brain health. In our society,…
March 2025, Features
2 Your Health: Emotional Maturity and Emotional Blindness
Dr. Rose Bricker Emotional maturity, or sometimes called emotional intelligence, are terms that we may hear today when chatting with our friends, families, and co-workers about relationships. But what do those two terms even mean? Some Characteristics of an Emotionally Mature Person • They are realistic and accept reality on its terms and make the…
February 2025, Features
2 Your Health: Are You Having Difficulty Finding Joy, Peace, and Contentment?
Dr. Rose Bricker Are you feeling sad, dissatisfied, irritable, stressed, frustrated, and just “stuck” in life? We may not even know why we’re having these feelings. One thing that may be helpful to consider is the health of your nervous system. Are you trapped in the sympathetic nervous system (survival mode) that keeps you in…
January 2025, Features
2 Your Health: January 2025
The New Year, Start Out with Your Quality of Life Heidi Overman Quality of life is valued, especially when we retire. We want to be able to retire and have a great quality of life. But what does that actually mean? Each person may have a different opinion as to what their quality of life…