Dallas County Citizens Better Do Something to Help Our Kids#
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
DISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa has recommended laying off almost half of the School systems Counselors to solve the budget crisis. What are you kids going to do?
Wednesday, October 01, 2008 3:35:05 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [0]  | 
Sarah Palin, Hilary Clinton - Like-able Candidates Need Only Apply#
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
How should we pick a candidate? Should we base it on how much we like them and they are like us? Why do we tend to do that?
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:26:16 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [0]  | 
McCain? Palin? Obama? Biden? Whose the Good Guy?#
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
Seems like the presidential race always comes down to deciding who is the "Good Guy" and who is the "Bad Guy". Who is who in this race?
Tuesday, September 02, 2008 3:21:11 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [0]  | 
Trading Sex for Services is Biology??#
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
A CNN article says women's history of trading sex for services is a biological thing. What is it we are doing? Why?
Thursday, August 28, 2008 3:02:58 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [0]  | 
Immunity for Abu Ghraib & Iraq Torturers?#
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
Torture is an inhumane practice and surely there are "criminals" we should prosecute? But wait, what it there is another perspective? What if we give them all immunity?
Monday, July 28, 2008 9:29:08 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [0]  | 
Jesse Jackson says Barack Obama is talking down to blacks#
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
African Americans deserve more respect than Jesse Jackson gives them.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 6:36:18 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [0]  | 
Obama Stands Up to Empower Black Fathers#
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
So many times we find ourselves believing we have no power. Sunday, Barrack Obama pled with black fathers to recognize they have the power to change and challenged them to take Ownership of their lives and families.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:11:44 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [2]  | 
Rape of Girls OK'd in Texas FLDS Case#
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
CPS may have gone in under the wrong precedent... but isn't having pregnant teens who say they are "married" (illegally) precedent enough? There may be no 'bad guys" but there are clearly some victims here. I have a better idea...
Tuesday, June 03, 2008 8:10:39 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [0]  | 
Government Probe into Gas Price Manipulation?#
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
What is the deal with gas prices? The government can't even explain it! Shortages never looked like this before. Is there more going on? Are we Victims of an evil plot?
Saturday, May 31, 2008 7:23:58 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [0]  | 
The Phillly Blame Game#
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
Beatings and gang shootings in Philly provoke questions of who is to blame. What if we could look the whole picture instead of looking at incident by incident blame? How would that change everything?
Thursday, May 08, 2008 11:57:14 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [0]  | 
The Evangelical Manifesto#
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
Christian leadership has a new opportunity to take ownership of the future of evangelicalism in our country. Will they take the reigns and move themselves out of the political gridlock where they have squarely placed themselves?
Saturday, May 03, 2008 10:00:19 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [3]  | 
Bloody Chicago#
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
How can we explain the kind of bloody horror occurring in the streets of Chicago? Getting caught up in the Cycle of Egocentrism is a deadly business. Are we any different?
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:48:30 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [2]  | 
The Pope Owns Up#
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
Why is it so important that the Pope met with these survivors of the priesthood's abuse? What is it about this that makes a difference to anyone other than the affected, now adult, victims of the horror of sexual abuse by a priest?
Monday, April 21, 2008 7:02:47 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [0]  | 
The Dilemma of the Mormon Sect in South Texas#
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
Cycles of abuse continue in a hundred year old culture. Are we really so different in ours? In what ways does our culture repeat the cycles?
Sunday, April 20, 2008 2:53:42 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [0]  | 
Al Qeada Doesn't Kill Innocents? #
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
In a typical self protector comment, Al Qeada's 2nd in command issues a statement that they don't kill innocent people. How can we make sense out of a statement like that?
Thursday, April 03, 2008 7:22:49 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [0]  | 
Senator Kean's Gay Tirade #
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
Senator Kean stood on a soapbox and raged about how dangerous Gay's are to America. What would motivate this kind of tirade?
Monday, March 31, 2008 5:21:25 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [1]  | 
Father Says Son's Killer is "Normal Kid"#
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
Jamiel Shaw, Sr's son was shot down and yet he turns to the community with a message of compassion. Could you do the same? Is this the right response?
Sunday, March 30, 2008 5:53:17 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [0]  | 
Scientists Confirm Runner's High#
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
Is running a positive addiction? Are their positive addictions? What is the cost of addictions in our lives and in our society?
Friday, March 28, 2008 9:18:53 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [2]  | 
The Spitzer Blame Game#
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
Playing the blame game in the Spitzer ordeal is part of the fun of the media frenzy. But what purpose does this serve and how does it help deal with the aftermath?
Thursday, March 20, 2008 2:26:24 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [0]  | 
Barack Obama's Preacher Problem#
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
Barack's friend and supporter blew it. He tried to frame Obama as the poor helpless Victim and ended up betraying the person he was trying to help.
Monday, March 17, 2008 7:51:52 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [0]  | 
The Giving Movement#
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
What is at the root of the Giving Movement taking place these days? Is it altruism or something else?
Sunday, March 16, 2008 1:10:59 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [2]  | 
The Problems of Our New Vets by Melody Brooke, Author, Conflict Coach#
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
In the US we have not always treated our veterans well. How are our new vets going to handle things as they are today? How did we set ourselves up to view them the way we do?
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:49:37 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [0]  | 
Texas Election Results Matter by Melody Brooke, Speaker, Author, Conflict Coach#
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
Do we pick someone to rescue us from our current administration? Are we to set ourselves up to be victims again? Or can we take ownership of our choices. GET OUT AND VOTE.
Monday, March 03, 2008 9:28:29 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [0]  | 
The Picking of a President by Melody Brooke, Conflict Coach, Speaker, Author#
by Melody Brooke, MA, Conflict Coach, Motivational Speaker
We select our president hoping for a hero. What happens when he turns out not to be one? What does he become? Can we pick a president based on something else, something more human?
Sunday, February 10, 2008 10:16:56 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00) #    Comments [0]  | 
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