Advice from the Trenches: Medical Marijuana Debate
Dear C and Dr. B.; I smoke marijuana nightly because it helps calm my mind and makes it easier to fall and stay asleep. What I want to know is […]
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Advice from the Trenches: Intimacy Conundrum
Dear C and Dr. B; I’m 18 and this is my first year in college. I found a boyfriend and I am really into him, but I have a problem […]
Advice from the Trenches: Whose Happiness Matters More?
Dear C and Dr. B; The first time I saw Brian was at the Starbucks downtown, and I remember thinking that he had the most beautiful face I’d ever seen […]
Advice from the Trenches: Just a Girl Who Can’t Say No
Dear C and Dr. B; I had lunch with my cousin Mary today, and I mentioned a problem to her about a male friend who got unexpectedly pushy and I […]
Advice from the Trenches: My Everything
Dear C and Dr. B; Scott is the best thing that ever happened to me. He’s thoughtful, polite, he opens the door for me and helps me with my coat. […]
Advice from the Trenches: Trauma and Suicide
Dear B&C Can you explain something to me? I read about the wave of suicides that comes one year after school shootings. I thought that the initial grief was the […]
Advice from the Trenches: Not a Pretty Girl
Dear C and Dr. B; I have a friend who told me that every time someone tells her that she’d be pretty if she wore makeup or did her hair, […]
Advice from the Trenches: Aimless Kid
Dear C and Dr. B; My daughter is 23. In high school she was very rebellious and saw my strictness as “you never want me to have any fun!” She […]
The Roots Report: When I Was Young: Some advice for phone-addicted youth who want to pick their heads up and start a band
Okee dokee folks… I find myself often starting sentences with the phrase, “When I was young.” Just one of the realities of aging, I guess. Anyway, when I was young, […]
Advice from the Trenches: Extreme Activist
Dear C and Dr. B; I live with my brother, who is an environmental activist. Nothing wrong with that, but he takes it to the extreme. He doesn’t sleep, eats […]