Presenter:Richard L. Hester, Ph.D. Pastoral Counselor and Consultant Raleigh, North Carolina He told a family narrative in which his parents and an older brother viewed him as deficient, dumb, and destined not to amount to much. Childhood words of his high-achievement brother hung over him like a curse, “You were destined to fail all along […]

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Week I: Loneliness in a Digital Age Introduction: Digital media allow us to be connected with people all of the time and all over the world. Has the possibility of constant connection led to an increased sense of personal belonging or loneliness? One current measure of loneliness in the United States suggests that 44 million […]

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