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Overcoming the Tyranny of the Orgasm

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on February 12, 2020
Overthrowing the Tyranny of the Orgasm When it comes to the experience of sexual climax, many people feel some performance pressure.  This mental and emotional strain has been called the tyranny of the orgasm.  How would you know if this tension is harming your love life?  You could ask yourself these questions: Do I feel […]
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Get Your Mood Shot     

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on October 29, 2019
  Fight off Depression from Winter Cold, Long Nights, and Holiday Stress The winter crud that climbed into me last year sat into my sinuses and didn't leave for two months.  So this Friday I'm getting my flu shot.  And to prevent Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and  the holiday burn-out blues,  I'm going to give […]
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How I Live

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on September 9, 2019
  DOWN-SIZING AND SIMPLIFYING MY LIFE: FINDING THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE   At midlife, I had been building and launching both my family and my career for over 20 years.  Yet I reached a point where I couldn’t pay my bills or bond with my family.  I was stressed out from trying […]
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Where do Wellness and Wisdom come from?

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on September 1, 2019
MY FIVE COMMUNITIES AND WISDOM STREAMS Wisdom is knowing what matters, what is good, what lasts, what is real, and especially, what is best for all concerned in the long run.  I have five sources of truth from which I draw regularly, to guide my life and my work.  They all confirm each other, so […]
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Communities and Wisdom Streams

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on June 18, 2019
MY FIVE COMMUNITIES AND WISDOM STREAMS 1.  Christian faith and biblical wisdom -- I have enjoyed 35 years in two local congregations, the Disciples of Christ into which I maried, and the Presbyterian church in which I was raised as a fifth generation member.   I served both as a teacher, elder, pulpit search committee member, […]
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What Might Healthy Drinking Look Like?

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on June 6, 2019
  ARE THERE HEALTHY WAYS TO DRINK ALCOHOL?   Researchers keep finding that those whose alcohol consumption is one glass of red wine most days, and only that, have a longer lifespan due to fewer heart problems.  I find that interesting. I wonder if it’s the little bit of wine that helps the heart, or […]
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Selfish Grandparent, or Healthy?

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on March 4, 2019
ARE YOU SELFISH AS A GRANDPARENT? by Dr. Paul Schmidt             A client recently shared with me a very helpful sermon he had heard from his pastor, Brian Tome at Crossroads Church in Lexington.  It helped me as a grandparent, and it made me think about the various styles of grandparenting I have heard described […]
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Genuine Intimacy in Marriage and Faith

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on February 16, 2019
Genuine Intimacy in Marriage and Faith The simultaneous experience of vulnerability and safety is not found exclusively in marriage.  The apostle Paul felt that people could be closer to God and to those they loved if they were not burdened with a spouse and children at home (see his extremely personal confession in the entire […]
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Is this sexual activity dirty for us?

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on February 16, 2019
  Applying Romans 14 to Marital Lovemaking   Spiritually, most Christians consider romantic touch a matter of individual conscience.  The Bible doesn’t give one set of behavioral guidelines here for everybody, so the principles of Romans 14 should certainly apply.  Let’s each read this chapter devotionally, letting it and God read us as we do.  […]
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