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By Dwight Bain LMHC   Dr. Pat Morley challenges men to build a life of Integrity in one hour             Dr. Pat Morley has been challenging men to build integrity over thirty years. His process of creating a life of trust is simple and involves one hour per week asking a friend some tough questions. Accountability is the pathway to a life of trust, and as someone who has personally benefited from his one hour process it is listed below to challenge you and the leaders you may coach. If you are called to lead, then you must accept the call to be accountable.             Here are the questions to use as a guide for the one hour integrity session. You don't have to ask every question, but it is essential to cover the main areas to consistently build a life of meaning, purpose and integrity. Ask, listen and expect some tension when you ask the follow up ques...

Brian M Murray, MS, IMH “Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.”                     -Spencer Johnson Is there integrity in addiction? Absolutely, that is if the addicted person is willing to admit the truth that they have a problem. Integrity is about being honest with themselves about who they are as a person. Sharing the truth about having an addiction with others is also about having integrity. Being able to express who they are with a professional licensed counselor or addictions professional can take an enormous effort. In addition to licensed professionals are support groups such as Celebrate Recovery, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and dozens of other 12 step anonymous groups. Depending on the specific problem a person is experiencing chances are there is a recovery program for it. Often people suffering wi...

By Chris Hammond, IMH, MS Spend some time in a nursing home and you will come across two very general types of elderly people: ones who are still happy and others who are still miserable.   If you listen to their stories, both sets have had their fair share of life tragedies, health problems, loss of loved ones, wars, disappointments, and successes.   Yet one group walks away with a sense of having lived life well despite all of the tragedies and the other with regret despite any successes.   How can this be? Erik Erikson defines the last of his eight psychosocial development stage as Integrity vs. Despair which begins around age sixty-five till death.   The outcome of the previous seven stages sets the standard for this last stage in life as a person who has progressed well in previous stages will most likely end well.   When a person ages, their ability to moderate thoughts, feelings and emotions diminishes so good habits that were formed earlier te...