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Holding on to Hurt?

Have you ever been hurt by someone?  Have you ever hurt someone? Forgiveness is a difficult topic to write about.  Whether we are the person who has been wronged or we are the person that has committed a wrong, it hurts because we have invested so much of ourselves into the relationship that has been harmed. […]

WRITTEN BY: Jami Dellifield, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator

REVIEWED BY: Shannon Carter, Extension Educator, Fairfield County, Ohio State University Extension

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • https://pixabay.com/en/hands-holding-embracing-loving-718562/

SOURCES:

  • http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/forgiveness/art-20047692
  • http://relationshiprx.utk.edu/2013/06/10/betrayal-and-the-3-rs-of-forgiveness/
  • www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forgive
  • http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/reinholdni121403.html

REFERENCES:

  • Edmondson, Kimberly A., "Forgiveness and Rumination: Their Relationship and Effects on Psychological and Physical Health. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2004. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/2152
  • http://www.extension.umn.edu/family/parents-forever/resources-for-families/yourself/emotional-and-social/importance-of-forgiveness/
  • http://scholar.dominican.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1047&context=senior-theses

Parenting Today = Tomorrow’s Leaders

All of us have been parented in a manner that guides us along the path to becoming contributing members of society. Parenting is the major task of the work of the family. Generally, we parent the way we were parented. Family traditions are occurrences from the past that families want to carry forward to help […]

WRITTEN BY: Margaret Jenkins, Extension Educator, OSU Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences

REVIEWED BY: Jim Bates, Field Specialist, Family Wellness, OSU Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences & Shawna Hite, Healthy People Program Specialist, OSU Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • OSU Extension LOOK to Clermont Program

Slowing Down When Life Speeds Up

Do you remember Aesop’s fable about the Tortoise and the Hare? In this story, the Hare makes fun of the Tortoise for being slow, so the Tortoise challenges Hare to a race. Tortoise keeps on moving, one foot in front of the other, while Hare lies down to take a nap. In the end, Tortoise […]

WRITTEN BY: Jami Dellifield, Extension Educator, Family And Consumer Sciences

REVIEWED BY: Jamari White, Healthy Relationships Specialist

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • https://pixabay.com/en/road-sign-asphalt-road-sign-90390/

SOURCES:

  • Hsee, C. K., Yang, A. X., & Wang, L. (2010). Idleness Aversion and the Need for Justifiable Busyness. Psychological Science, 21(7), 926-930. Retrieved from http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2010/06/14/0956797610374738.abstract#cited-by
  • https://bewell.stanford.edu/crazy-busy

REFERENCES:

  • http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/s/socrates133712.html

Coloring Books for Adults? Mandalas? Stress Relievers?

Coloring books for adults and mandalas are seen everywhere, at the checkout lines, bookstores, websites, newsstands…everywhere. In fact in 2015, sixteen coloring books for adults and mandalas were among Amazon’s top-selling books.  These books surpassed the works of authors like Harper Lee and Steven Covey (Amazon.com, 2016). The interest in coloring for adults has exploded […]

WRITTEN BY: Yvette Graham, LISW-S, Program Specialist, Ohio Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), graham.697@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Korrin Vanderhoof, LISW, Reseach Associate, Ohio Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program, vanderhoof.11@osu.edu

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Yvette Graham, LISW-S

SOURCES:

  • Amazon.com. (2016). Amazon's Best Sellers of 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2016, from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2015/books
  • Curry, N. K. (2005). Can Coloring Mandalas Reduce Anxiety? Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 81-84.
  • Katz, B. (2015, November 15). Women in the World. Retrieved January 25, 2016, from New York Times: http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2015/11/05/meet-the-woman-behind-a-surprising-new-way-to-relax/
  • Perruzza, K. (2010). Creative arts occupations in therapeutic practice: A review of the literature. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 261-268.
  • Riley, C. M. (2013). The benefits of knitting for personal and social wellbeing in adulthood. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 50-58.
  • Sandy, L. (2016, January 25). Psychiatric Department Manager. (Y. Graham, Interviewer)

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