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By: Michelle D. Chan, founder and director of California Families Rise Contentious co-parenting relationships and custody disputes can often be emotionally charged and challenging, particularly when one parent is accused of acting in a harmful or detrimental manner towards the other. Ensuring that the best interests and needs of the children are at the forefront […]

My Grandfather Realized The Power Of Forgiveness During His Last Hour. This Doesn’t Have To Be You. By Mark Winkler Reprinted From Blavity News In the fall of 1992, I sat in a hospital with my father, my older brother and my grandfather. My grandfather was lying quietly, in the hospital bed as has he […]

By Mark Winkler One day soon my 13-year-old daughter will come to me and asked the big question, “Can I go out with my friend‘?” Let’s be clear, she will be asking if she can start dating. For many parents, including myself, that is a moment that we wish we could somehow stall until we […]

I’ve come to more deeply understand healthy human connection, something many considered expendable, is a primary ingredient for peace and joy.

Over the past few years, we’ve heard the term millennials frequently thrown about. Often when we hear it, it’s used by prior generations—Baby Boomers and Generation X— almost as a pejorative. From casual conversation to mainstream news media, Millennials are characterized as the source of many ills in this nation. They have been labeled disruptive, too unconventional, […]

Fatherhood and Masculinity “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” –Frederick Douglass I love this quote. Every time I read it, I am reminded of all the broken or incomplete men I’ve encountered during my life, including myself at one time, because of something I call Radicalized Masculinity – the distorted […]