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"Grief, Gray Hairs, and Glory: What Loss Taught Me About Living Loud": Why pain, purpose, and aging’s messy lessons might be the keys to your unapologetic life.
"Man, grief hit me hard (and yeah, these grays showed up too), but it showed me how to live loud and proud. Curious how the shift happened?
Danny Ross
Feb 34 min read
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The Power of Words: Overcoming Adversity and Thriving
In a recent conversation with my family, I shared a childhood memory that I often refrain from recollecting. It revolves around my former...
Danny Ross
Jul 31, 20233 min read
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How Adults And Educators Can Encourage Safe And Healthy Friendships For Students
By Danny L. Ross, M.Ed., CSC, LPC-S, NCC Kids will spend more time with other people than their own family and therefore be influenced...
Danny Ross
Oct 12, 20222 min read
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How Educators Can Engage Parents
By Danny L. Ross, M.Ed., CSC, LPC-S, NCC Every day, I meet teachers who are stressed and overwhelmed. They desperately want more engaged...
Danny Ross
Sep 6, 20222 min read
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Helping Children Work Through Their Many Emotions
By Danny L. Ross, M.Ed., CSC, LPC-S, NCC Imagine juggling bowling pins in a hail storm while walking on hot coals with an annoying voice...
Danny Ross
Aug 22, 20223 min read
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Helping Teens Become Their Own Person
By Danny L. Ross, M.Ed., CSC, LPC-S, NCC Who am I? That's a difficult question for adults, children, and teenagers to wrestle with as...
Danny Ross
Aug 9, 20222 min read
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Holiday Grief
Whenever I pass those grand arches that decorate the outside edifice of the Friendship Baptist Church where my dad was funeralized, I...
Danny Ross
Dec 6, 20213 min read
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Allowing Your Child to Fail While the Cost is Low
Parents, if you follow my blog or have heard me speak, then you know I always do my best to keep things real with you. I may be a...
Danny Ross
Jun 29, 20212 min read
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The Messages I Received Going to an HBCU
I talked to a friend of mine the other day, and somehow or other, the topic turned to our college experiences. Both my friend and I...
Danny Ross
Jun 29, 20213 min read
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Helping Your Child Transition to High School: What You Need to Know
I know kids. I’ve been working with children in elementary, middle, and high schools for years. And one thing I’ve seen time and again,...
Danny Ross
Jun 29, 20212 min read
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Toxic Positivity – What Is It And How Does It Harm You?
Around the new year, a friend of mine called to chat. We started reminiscing about the year, and I mentioned some difficulties I was...
Danny Ross
Jun 29, 20212 min read
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We Are Just Not Going to Talk About It: Family Secrets
When I was growing up, there were some topics we just never spoke about. While I was a child, my father’s illness and death is one...
Danny Ross
Jun 29, 20212 min read
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Suicide: It’s Becoming an Epidemic
There’s an epidemic happening in the United States right now – and no, I’m not talking about COVID-19. According to the National...
Danny Ross
Jun 29, 20212 min read
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Video Game Addiction: What Are You Going to Do About It?
Parents, I must be real with you about a problem I’m seeing come up more and more with the young men I counsel: video game addiction. I...
Danny Ross
Jun 29, 20212 min read
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Bro, You Need to Talk to Someone
You don’t know how many people I meet who think they’ve got it all together – when in reality, their lives are a mess. But, hey, fake it...
Danny Ross
Jun 29, 20212 min read
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Are You Clinically Depressed or Having Common Life Issues?
“Man, I’m depressed today.” I’ve heard this phrase more and more often lately. The cold weather and COVID-19 have got many people feeling...
Danny Ross
Jun 29, 20212 min read
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Dealing with COVID-19 and Loss
It is ten months since the shutdowns first started in the United States, and yet COVID-19 is still spreading as quickly as ever. At this...
Danny Ross
Jun 29, 20212 min read
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Why Mental Health Should be at the Top of Your New Year’s Resolution List
As we begin this new year, I encourage you to take a deep breath. Yes, you may have made some mistakes in 2020, maybe even some massive...
Danny Ross
Jun 29, 20212 min read
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Loss and the Holidays: Give Yourself Grace
I keep hearing from friends, relatives, and colleagues who are going around acting like everything is business as usual. They are...
Danny Ross
Jun 29, 20212 min read
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