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Dear Dr Nekia, I know that this may be a bit off topic for this column but what would you say is the biggest failure of our education system? I have a son who is doing better in school now that he is on a low dose ADHD medication but I notice that h...

CAREER COACH by Joyce Russell Have you ever worked some place where one day you just didn’t want to go into the office? You just didn’t feel the “fun” in it anymore? Some folks will tell you this is much more commonplace than you might think. Others ...

Dear Dr Nekia, I’m 19 years old and am in love with my high school girlfriend. I work as a carpenter’s assistant and like what I do. I asked my girlfriend to marry me but both our parents do not think it’s a good idea. I love her. What’s the big ...

I’m writing this cross-legged on the sofa, clutching a hot herbal tea and wondering what to chat to you about this week. I’m surrounded by a sea of pistachio shells, carefully constructed toys the kids begged me not to dismantle, and two snoring cats...

Snow White, The Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk ... They each have their heroes, but a good story also needs a villain. The same seems true for the stories in our heads — the ones we create to explain the circumstances or conflict we’re in...

Dear Dr Nekia, My girlfriend just got a new promotion and I am happy for her, except that she seems more unhappy now then ever before. She is making more money, but is more stressed and has little energy to put into other things when she comes home....

Keith Kitson had serious learning challenges at age 14. He was bounced from school to school here and abroad and then he met Melvina Chapman Pearman. “He was like an empty shell,” said Mrs Pearman, who was then a paraeducator with the Department of E...

Last weekend I had the pleasure of joining the Renew Retreat team on a one-day well-being event in the stunning setting of the Coral Beach and Tennis Club. The purpose of the day: to allow participants time to pause, and set themselves up for a healt...

Dear Heather, My husband and I live in the three-bedroom home that we brought our family up in, and we love it but, there is so much maintenance required. We have to take care of the yard, paint the roof and walls; the pit really needs replacing so d...