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Steven Kalas
is a behavioral health consultant and writer. Human Matters appears on Sunday in the Living section. His Tuesday column, Asking Human Matters, has become a blog, Thinking Human Matters, which appears on this page.
• E-mail: skalas@reviewjournal.com

'HUMAN MATTERS' COLUMNS - 2009

Nov 15: Text messaging and love can be a tricky combination
Nov 08: Life's journey includes pain of suffering
Nov 01: Wisdom connects the head with the heart
Oct 25: Driving test teaches son idiosyncrasies of authority figures
Oct 18: Children teach important lesson of using imagination
Oct 11: Walk in solitude sparks new understanding of companionship
Oct 04: People need help identifying treacheries of evil
Sep 27: Accepting uncertainties of love best way to experience it
Sep 20: Failure to trust own knowledge, instincts can lead to catastrophe
Sep 13: Using children as deciding factor in new relationship misguided
Sep 06: Ending marriage means cutting through many strands of life
Aug 30: Adults need to learn to soothe their anxieties
Aug 23: Realities in life can be very clear, very dangerous
Aug 16: Divorced parents need to help children view them separately
Aug 09: Regression sends ordinary adults into fearful tailspin
Aug 02: True fidelity goes beyond keeping sex within marriage
Jul 26: Lack of forgiveness can cause as much damage as betrayal
Jul 19: Imperfections guide us along our own paths through life
Jul 12: Moving forward sometimes best way to find plan for life
Jul 05: Jackson's journey through pathos a painful trip for everyone
Jun 28: Thoughtful encounter leads to musings about love
Jun 21: Redemption leads to rich life for father and son
Jun 14: Children want to protect parents' image, even when it hurts
Jun 07: Personality disorders difficult, sometimes impossible, to treat
May 31: Good customer service lifts your spirits
May 24: Intimacy with self both a joy and a holy terror
May 17: Risks of intimacy necessary for whole and authentic life
May 10: Facing up to guilt will let the healing begin
May 03: Susan Boyle lifts us out of our smallness, cynicism
Apr 26: We forget our elders at our own risk
Apr 19: We just as well have a Sex Disclosure Act to cut to the chase
Apr 12: Shameless self-importance taking over our culture
Apr 05: Face up to the bully that is within us all
Mar 29: Connecting with others as simple as 'I love you'
Mar 22: Artist surprises women with their own beauty
Mar 15: Creativity is experienced rather than consciously designed
Mar 08: Role models come in all ages and sizes
Mar 01: Home improvement project a job for eager alter ego Kevin
Feb 22: Globetrotters Evolve From Caricatures To Showmen
Feb 15: A little insecurity now and then part of every great love affair
Feb 08: Depth connections not possible in every relationship
Feb 01: Developing fully requires loosening family bonds
Jan 25: Yoga has many lessons to teach us inside and out
Jan 18: Giving up desire to control can lead to new experiences
Jan 11: It seems to take a lifetime to let everything go
Jan 04: Honor matters most when relationships are in trouble

Steven Kalas

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Posted on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 09:35 AM

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Posted on Wednesday, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:27 AM

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