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Teaching leadership just might be the remedy for helping teens make good choices with alcohol and drugs.
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Positive Alternatives is a podcast for parents and teens intended to inform, share real life stories, and initiate conversations in the family regarding underage drinking and drug use. The p...
Teaching leadership just might be the remedy for helping teens make good choices with alcohol and drugs.
Leadership development enhances the capacity to see beyond challenges. Joel Pelland, Pelland Performance Consulting , shares his vision on h...
Some suggestions on how to address the long term health problem of underage drinking. Hint: It Starts At Home. Also some words to express my...
In this episode, six young teens share their thoughts about underage drinking. It should come as no surprise to anyone listening; access to...
Matt Cassity - 360 Youth Services - Naperville - and Rich Wistocki - Be Sure Consulting - are two youth-focused adult leaders who are connec...
Amy Voss - Shatterproof - and Felicia Miceli - LTM Foundation - know that there is no other path than the one that moves forward. These two...
Taylor Dockter - Impact Spartanburg - and Augie Ghilarducci - 2nd Opportunity LLC - provide some Positive Messaging as well as updates to ho...
Jennifer Cifaldi, Illinois Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor, and Ben Pohl, Public Speaker, share some messages on how they keep putting on...
Danielle Brengel, of the Illinois Human Performance Project, and Gil Feliciano, Drug Free Communities Coordinator, share Positive Perspectiv...
For some, wisdom comes earlier in life...before the grey hair and stiff knees. Jordan Esser, Project Coordinator - DuPage County Health Depa...
Rita Kreslin, the Executive Director of The Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists, and Gilda Ross, Glenbard Parent Series, are guiding thei...
Dr. Aaron Weiner, Director of Addiction at Linden Oaks Behavioral Health, and Dagmar Kauffman, Founder of On Balance Parenting, share some p...
We are always faced with making choices and we will always live with those choices we make. This closing of our family circles reinforces ou...
I began to promote my Social Media Campaign about Alcohol Awareness Month (April) and I quite simply couldn't do it. I kind of felt the peop...
Not often do we go through such a global concerning event as we seem to be doing with our new corona virus infected life. We can, and will,...
What will we learn from this ever changing coronavirus ride through the planet? Will we take lessons from the coronavirus future studies and...
In the heat of a tough parent/teen discussion, cooler heads will prevail.
Canna-Business. The business of legalized weed is following the alcohol business playbook. Will we be smarter as to how we manage weed's acc...
How does addiction work? It works by hijacking the brain. Similar to diabetes impairing the pancreas or heart disease damaging your ticker;...
It hasn't taken long for some changes to come to the DUI Court I monitor as a result of legal cannabis in Illinois. An increase in arrests?...
I share a quick story about a Statutory Summary Suspension Hearing as well as some reflections regarding my interview from two weeks past an...
Taylor Dockter, who spends her days as Project Coordinator for Impact Spartanburg DFC and also a Senior Prevention Specialist for The Forres...
In this episode the nicely dressed young lady heads off to jail while the alleged DUI Counselor who allegedly defrauded insurance companies...
Larry Mishkin, Hoban Law Group, represents individuals who hope to open recreational marijuana stores in Illinois. I am sure you may find yo...
In the episode we share words from past guests as to what single thing they would do to leave the wold a better place. Worthy of hearing aga...
The first few days of legal weed sales in Illinois made for good reading in the local newspapers. Time will tell the whole story.
Yesterday I entered one of Illinois newly designated recreational marijuana stores and made a purchase. Why would I do such a thing that run...
What seemed simple turned into exasperation; until I took a seat and looked at the problem from a different angle. Happy New Year my friends...
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Focus on REAL problems, not made up ones. We all will be better off for you sage choice.
Ben Pohl suffered serious injuries when he drove distracted 17 years ago during his teen age years. In an era when we are mesmerized by our...
Nothing new under the sun. The first arrest for Marijuana in Illinois after January 1st for Driving Impaired will be big news. Those who are...
Felicia Miceli lives with Bella, who is her late son Louie's dog. She works day in and day out reminding parents and their children of the l...
Stress is insidious. When you lose a child the holiday season can be difficult. The decorations can be hard to put up. The favorite meal tha...
Not all who spend a career in helping others find the same path to success. It's our ability as humans to look at the same picture in differ...
Not all who spend a career in helping others find the same path to success. It's our ability as humans to look at the same picture in differ...
The perception that alcohol is not as problematic as other drugs is pervasive. That perception is at the root of the challenge to save young...
Our interview with Augie Ghilarducci who spent 13 years in prison and now returns to those same prisons to help inmates find a better path u...
Thanksgiving Eve, the time when the students come home from college to connect with old friends is one of the big party times of the year. H...
We don't talk AT Teens, we discuss ideas and issue WITH teens. It's called communication on a respectful level. This is a refreshing convers...
In this episode of 5 Minute Thoughts I share some observations about the art of getting started. Remember, showing up and getting started is...
Part # 2 of our 2 part interview with Dr. Kathleen Burke. We continue our discussion on how substance use disorder is an evil foe not to be...
When friends disagree it's important to remain friends. The value of friendship should not be overlooked. It is the ninth wonder of this wor...
The Kathleen Burke Interview Part 1 - The journey to help others in their battle against substance abuse comes to Dr. Burke's home where she...
In this episode of Positive Alternatives 5 Minute Thoughts, (which goes a bit over 5 minutes again, I just can't seem to keep my word) we di...
Our interview with Dagmar Kauffman - Founder of On Balance Parenting, Collaborator, Peaceful Warrior, and Educator of Educators. We discuss...
In this episode of 5 Minute Thoughts, I share how even us old guys need to work on the basics. Make that thing you wanna' do becomes that th...
There are things that catch your eye when you are surfing the 'net. You know what I am saying. The Internet. Where you read it and just know...
Instead of hiding from the conversation of death and dying, isn't a better idea to speak of it on occasion? I don't mean we need to dwell on...
In this episode we talk about how positive role models can help clear the view for teens seeking to make positive choices in their lives. It...