Shared Venusian Solutions®
Personal Problem
My son is playing on a high school soccer team. As
he goes to the ball to score, one of his team mates, Bill, pushes
him out of the way to try for the goal himself. Other team
mates who are moving toward scoring a goal get pushed out
of the way by Bill as well. What is a mother to do?
My Venusian Solution®
Sometimes in life we have to language what we need,
starting with what we hope to accomplish by playing on a
soccer team. Through conversations with my son, we
were able to recognize two things.
First that he needed to say something to express what he
was feeling and secondly to make a positive request so that he
could feel he had an opportunity to be a valued team member. The
suggested language we came up with was: Bill, when
I am going for a goal and you push me aside I feel really
discouraged because I think I might have an opportunity to
score for our team.
My request is that, when you see me going for a goal, you
cheer me on and, if possible, even help me make the goal. And
I promise to do the same for you. Are you willing?
Resource Books: What's
Making You Angry - Ten Steps to Transforming Anger So Everyone
Wins by Shari Klein and Neill Gibson
Speak Peace in a World of Conflict
- What You Say Next Will Change Your World by Marshall
B. Rosenberg Ph.D.
Planetary Problem
All the environmental issues we hear about every day seem
so formidable and overwhelming. Individually we feel
frustrated and incapable of making a difference.
Solution
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with really simple and worthwhile things to do that CAN make
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Sample Bite: What
drug habit do we all need to break?
The Bite
The habit of chucking unused medication. When we flush
meds down drains or send them to landfills, they make their
way into rivers and even drinking water. Proper disposal
is just what the doctor ordered.
The Benefits
Healthier aquatic life. More
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Safer drinking water. Trace
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Helping people who can't afford meds. Many
states have programs that'll take your drugs and redistribute
them.
Personally Speaking We take
in unused meds to our local pharmacies whenever we have to
pick up a prescription (sadly, it doesn't mean we get a discount).
Wanna Try?
The Starfish
Project - takes donations of certain meds by mail and
distributes them to people in Africa.
Earth911 -
enter your zip to find nearby drop sites for unused pills.
Drug Repository Programs - check
with your local Department of Health or Board of Pharmacy.
Pharmacies - many pharmacies, such as Rite Aid, have safe
drug disposal programs; check with yoursheart of sex and
made it a fully integrated part of individual and social
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