Counseling News from the Week of May 29, 2026

Explanation: Although I scan the Internet primarily for counseling articles, in the process I run across quotes and interesting facts that I sometimes include in these first two sections.

This week has been a scant week as far as counseling articles, so I’ve included a few more items I found interesting in Sections 1 and 2. If you’re just interested in the counseling articles, you can skip these first two sections and go directly to the section called Counseling Articles. HV

Interesting Quotes

"I have learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances."

Martha Washington

Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

Isaac Newton

“You cannot fail in any laudable object, unless you allow your mind to be improperly directed.”

Abraham Lincoln

"Living a joyful life, I've found, is not about trying to avoid the unavoidable. Joy comes from summoning a strong life force to overcome problems."

Tina Turner

“A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.”

John F. Kennedy

“They say to serve is to love. I think to serve is to heal, too.”

​ VIOLA DAVIS

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

George S. Patton

“It is the luck of rulers when men do not think.

Adolf Hitler

“Where there is no God, all is permitted.”

Dostoevsky

“Jesus promised His disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.”

G. K. Chesterton

Fascinating Facts

Photographic Memory Is a Myth — Here’s What Research Really Says About Remembering

We’ve been taught for decades that some people are born with photographic memory, but this memory researcher says it doesn’t exist. Some people do have very excellent memories, and he describes the kinds of memory skills some people have that are unusual.

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Exploring the Universe with a World of Antennas

This is from the New York Times, so you won’t be able to read it without a subscription. The U.S. is implementing a new array of antennas across several southern states, Mexico and a few northern states. They will gradually replace older arrays of antennas because they are smaller and more precise than the older antennas. They will be able to peer throughout the universe, seeing the birth of galaxies, formation of black holes, identifying the chemical makeup of various astronomical bodies, and more.

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5 Privacy terms everyone needs to know: Knowing these 5 buzzwords can help make you safer

This short article is by Kurt Knutsson, who some of you know as Kurt the CyberGuy. You probably know at least a few of these terms, but Kurt’s explanations can help you become more knowledgeable about terms you may have heard but not completely understood.

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Where is Earth’s Largest Waterfall?

The world’s largest waterfall is actually in the ocean. Water can actually fall, even underwater, when a warmer water stream collides with a colder one. This happens in the Denmark Strait between Iceland and Greenland, where water plunges nearly 2 miles (10,000 feet).

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Counseling Articles

Surgeon General Advisory Warns About Screen Time for Children

Although confidence in government guidance may be limited, I believe these recommendations are still worth considering, even if families do not follow them exactly. I suspect many parents are not coming close to the suggested limits. At the exercise room where I work out, for example, I occasionally see a parent exercising while keeping a one-year-old in a bassinet occupied with a screen. I also doubt that most parents limit children under age 6 to just one hour of screen time per day. Doing so would require encouraging young children to spend more time on other activities such as reading books and playing outside. The recommended limits are no screen time for children younger than 18 months, less than one hour per day for children under 6, and no more than two hours per day for those ages 6 to 18.

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Retatrutide Offers Muscle Sparing, Up To 30% Weight Loss

Since you will undoubtedly hear about this weight-loss drug if you haven’t already, there is a new GLP-1 formulation that allows for significant weight loss but does not have some of the reported drawbacks of earlier GLP1s. The article, and other medical practitioners, warn people not to purchase on-line products that claim to work like Retatrutide. The drug, made by Eli Lilly, is still going through testing.

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Acclaimed Filmmaker’s AI Girlfriend Experiment Reveals Digital Age Spiritual Emptiness

Paul Schrader, an acclaimed filmmaker, recently shared that he had had an AI “girlfriend” as his emotional partner, but that the relationship ended when his AI girlfriend shut down their conversations and terminated the relationship.

Christian writers have for a few years said that only a relationship with God and with other human beings can provide true emotional support, and Schrader’s experience seems to confirm that.

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One Reason Men Are Less Marriageable: Low-Cost Sex

Some are complaining about the dearth of marriageable men, but this article puts the blame on both sexes. Many women are not willing to marry in their 20s, but are willing to have sex, even with men they do not believe are marriage material. Therefore low-cost sex, in the form of sex with women and pornography are available.

There is also a failure of young men “to launch”—young men still living with their parents and not going to college or working. So the real answer may be helping both young men and women change their thinking—young marriages are okay and often fulfilling, even if the couple has not completed their education, and it is important for parents to help their sons think about further education, a career, and starting and supporting a family. Blaming the situation on only one gender is neither fair nor helpful.

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Unspoken: Lost Social Connections and How to Re-Engage

There have been many articles written about the significant growth of loneliness among people worldwide. This article identifies some of the causes, and the fact that we objectively speak fewer words than humans did a couple decades ago. But actual human relationships seem to be important for humans to be emotionally healthy. The article contains several suggestions to good books to help people increase their conversational skills, if that would help.

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Alex Cooper Built an Empire on Msleading Young Women

Reportedly Alex Cooper has gained quite a large following and become rich encouraging young women to have free sex, get married early to the first man you can get married to. What she doesn’t tell these young women are some of the results of this type of lifestyle. STIs, unplanned pregnancies, abortions, infertility, emotional damage, and the general destruction of dating and marriage, leaving people lonely and uncoupled.

See what you think of this author’s analysis.

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Soulmates: How Common are AI Companions

In this study of 2,000 young people, 1 in 7 had a secret AI companion in addition to a real-life partner. Only a minority told their partner about their AI soulmate. Some of the implications of that on the real-life relationships are discussed.

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Overwhelmed Mom Syndrome — It’s a Real Thing

Having young children is a draining experience, but what if you have multiple young children and are a mother with ADHD? Here is an article about that situation.

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When “Use Your Words” Isn’t Enough: The Power of Reflective Listening

Although this is written to the parents of children with ADHD, who often have trouble putting their thoughts and feelings into words, and encourages parents of children with ADHD to use reflective listening, I think that skill could be helpful to any parent of young children.

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The Hidden Disease Destroying Christian Families From Within

The hidden disease this article is talking about is workaholism. The article describes the various ways workaholism appears in family life. Probably all of us wrestle with how to balance the responsibility of being dedicated to our work and being dedicated to our families. Hopefully this article can help us with that balance.

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It’s a Love Story: The Happiness Formula for ADHD Relationships

There’s no question that ADHD can strain relationships, and that includes marriage. But there are characteristics that couples can nurture so that even marriages with one or both ADHD partners can thrive.

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Spencer Pratt is right — the homeless problem is mostly about drugs

Homelessness is a complicated problem, and compassionate people do want to improve it. But understanding what causes homelessness is important. Studies in many cities show that the majority who are homeless are abusing drugs and alcohol, and do not seek treatment or homeless shelter even if it is offered. Those who are homeless because of personal misfortune often go to homeless shelters, often with their families, and once they have found jobs, often leave shelters and become self-sufficient again.

So understanding these two different groups is very important.

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Pride Month & the Christian Identity

This month is designated as a time to celebrate the Pride approach. Rob Pacienza, the pastor of Coral Ridge Ministries. In this 7.5 minute podcast he gives several good Scriptural points about how God’s Word contrasts with some of the things the Pride approach endorses.

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Your Teen Needs a Job!

An excellent article by Mark Gregston on the positive things a job may teach a teen that he or she cannot learn at home. Another part of the article discusses the signs that indicate a teen seriously needs a job to replace some of the unhealthy time-consuming habits they are developing. If you work with parents or teens, I encourage you to take a moment to read this.

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How to get grandparents and grandkids to connect more often

Some grandparents and grandkids connect very infrequently even though they might wish that it would happen more often. This brief article has some good suggestions for grandparents how to encourage this happening more regularly.

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I hope you have a wonderful week!

Henry Virkler