Tuesday, January 13

Tag: becoming

Have A Life Before Becoming A Wife
RELATIONSHIPS

Have A Life Before Becoming A Wife

Women, ever wonder why you are having so many issues in your relationship? Ever wondered why you can't find a good husband? Yes, we know that some of the best men are either married or gay. However, contrary to popular opinion, there are good men out there and yes, they are single AND available. So how do you go about attracting those men short of going to a "Seeking Men for Jesus" gathering? How do you go about getting a man to work on himself to become the kind of husband you desire? You do that by beginning to work on becoming complete within Yourself INSTEAD of seeking someone to complete You. Are you ready to be a wife? Do you have your own life with your own thing going on or are you seeking a man to fill your life and give you purpose? If a man is the only thing you have going on in...
Among College Students Alcohol Is Becoming More Common In Sexual Assault
FOR THE W, SELF-CARE

Among College Students Alcohol Is Becoming More Common In Sexual Assault

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea One out of every three. That is the number of women in college who say they have been a victim of sexual assault either when they were in high school or college. That’s according to my new peer-reviewed research in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, which is based on survey data from 2015. That figure is significantly higher than it was in the mid-1980s when I conducted the first such national survey of college students at 32 institutions. Back then, the number was one out of every four. Of these incidents, 75% involved victims who admitted they were incapacitated by alcohol at the time of the assault. In the mid-1980s, that number stood at 50%. For the study, sexual assault was defined consistently wit...
Have A Life Before Becoming A Wife
RELATIONSHIPS

Have A Life Before Becoming A Wife

Women, ever wonder why you are having so many issues in your relationship? Ever wondered why you can't find a good husband? Yes, we know that some of the best men are either married or gay. However, contrary to popular opinion, there are good men out there and yes, they are single AND available. So how do you go about attracting those men short of going to a "Seeking Men for Jesus" gathering? How do you go about getting a man to work on himself to become the kind of husband you desire? You do that by beginning to work on becoming complete within Yourself INSTEAD of seeking someone to complete You. Are you ready to be a wife? Do you have your own life with your own thing going on or are you seeking a man to fill your life and give you purpose? If a man is the only thing you have going on i...
Why bipolar disorder is becoming more ‘desirable’ than other mental illnesses
MENTAL HEALTH

Why bipolar disorder is becoming more ‘desirable’ than other mental illnesses

Bipolar disorder is a severe mental health condition. But in recent years it has become the one mental health diagnosis that patients are willing to accept. Research shows that to some people it has actually become “desirable” when compared with other mood disorders. This could be because of bipolar disorder’s association with creativity. For example, Charles Dickens and Beethoven are thought to have had bipolar disorder. The de-stigmatising effect of considerable media coverage could also be factor. As could its association with successful celebrities such as Stephen Fry, Kanye West and Carrie Fisher. Figures like Fry – who made the revealing BBC television documentary, The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive – have used their positions to bring home the disturbing realities of the cond...
Becoming Your Own Celebrity
TECH

Becoming Your Own Celebrity

Since we have become such a celebrity driven culture, I thought it might be amusing to imagine what it might be like to be a celebrity. Consider this like taking a vacation from your everyday life. This is not to advocate that you become a celebrity or pursue a lifestyle of glamour and fame, when simplifying your life may lead to more satisfying long term benefits in difficult economic times. Rather it is to enjoy thinking about being a celebrity, much as you might add an occasional celebration or fantasy experience into your life. It is like putting on a costume or mask so you become someone else on Halloween. Well, this is an experience of imagining yourself as any celebrity you want to be. To do so, you create or imagine events and activities to experience the celebrity lifestyle by yo...
A talkative Kareem Abdul-Jabbar reflects on becoming himself
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A talkative Kareem Abdul-Jabbar reflects on becoming himself

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been a best-selling author, civil-rights activist, actor, historian and one of the greatest basketball players who ever lived. One thing Abdul-Jabbar has never been — at least not in public — is chatty. “I’m not known for being a blabbermouth, you know?” the soft-spoken Abdul-Jabbar concedes with a smile, something else he was never particularly known for during his playing days. But, he adds, still smiling, his public can expect to see that change — and soon. This fall Abdul-Jabbar will embark on a cross-country tour as part of “Becoming Kareem,” a stage show in which he’ll discuss his life, answer audience questions and talk about the key mentors he says helped him achieve his goals. Among them: civil rights heroes Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, his legendar...