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ollifree · 4 years

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OC asks by @yvesdot For Skylar Arcanagame

1. Do they sleep with a stuffed animal? If they have multiple, who’s the favorite?

No stuffed animals the bed is Salsa’s and Mercedes’ and Melchior’s domain.

2. Can they take care of a plant? What about a pet? What about a child?

Plants: yes, pets: quadruple yes, children: does he have to?

3. Ask them to describe their love interest.

“Should I start with his eccentricities or...? He’s loud, brash. More manipulative than people give him credit for. He’ll have an absolute meltdown if he can’t get his makeup right and have himself convinced two seconds later he gets it perfect without fail. He wears white because he’s always covered in dog hair. He makes sure everyone knows what his opinion on something is, and will do everything within his power to fix something he deems wrong.”

4. Do they look good in red?

Yes, especially warmer, brighter ones. Like, the shade Lucio’s wearing in his sickroom portrait, that bright.

5. Speech! Speech! Speech! Speech! Will they give one, and what about?

Usually he’s not giving a fully-prepared speech so much as he’s weighing in on a majority decision. He’s more a listener than a speaker.

6. Who will they take advice from, no matter what it is? Who won’t they take advice from, no matter what it is?

Skylar believes in hearing out multiple perspectives on an issue and knows that even advice he wouldn’t necessarily follow can come from a well-meaning place. (See: Lucio and the five trails of logic one has to follow to see how, from a certain perspective, his decisions make some degree of sense.)

There are a few ideas/people he can’t stand, and he’s very versed in shutting down and out anything that pertains to them.

7. Describe them in three words. Now let them describe themself in three words.

Mine: big, nerd, patient

His: quiet, capable, intelligent

8. Do complex puzzles intrigue or frustrate them?

This man would live and breath puzzles if the world let him. He adores word puzzles and, while generally good at them for doing them so long, the few that have had him puzzling (heh) over them for hours (and on a few occasions, days) sustain him. His favorites are physical ones that he gets to directly interact with.

He does a lot of experimentation magic, so his love of puzzles is a natural extension.

9. Do they empathize with non-sentient things (dolls, plants, books…)?

Not especially. He’ll occasionally speak to them, but he does it more to make a point to/about someone he’s in conversation with. More a “you hear this guy” type of thing. If there’s a skull lying around he 100% talks to it like it’s a person.

10. What age do they most want to be right now?

His own, current age. He’s never wanted to be older/younger than what he is at any given time.

11. They’ve won the lottery. Spend, or save?

Invest

12. Do they like romance in the books they read (or in the book they’re in)?

Skylar, known bibliophile and famous for walking into walls if he’s so much as thinking about a book too hard: “No thank you.”

He’s more into non-fiction to begin with, and most published romances are, unfortunately, about the straights. Find him a queer romance and he’ll give it a fair shot, however.

13. Name one thing their parents taught them.

Take no shit.

He’ll let most snide comments pass because he doesn’t see the point in constantly defending himself (his father was from a race and nation constantly on-and-off at war with his mother’s) against people who are more interested in being spiteful than changing their world views. He’d rather save that energy for things he can work towards bettering.

If push does come to shove, however? He’s 100% ready with that perfected, devastating verbal smack-down. And...wait a second...who did I say his LI was? A Count with a mercenary background with a reputation of being cruel and unforgiving? Hang on. Surely I wouldn’t have… No. Couldn’t be.

14. Would they agree with the term ‘guilty pleasure’? Do they have any?

He doesn’t agree with it because, as he sees it, why feel guilty about the things that bring him happiness?

15. What would they consider a waste of time– other than school or work?

See above: dealing with people that are closed to new ideas or different perspectives.

16. If money wasn’t a limit, what would they wear?

Money already isn’t a limit and he wears what he wants.

He tends to go more towards the styles of his native country (a direct, intentional contrast to game canon where he wears Vesuvian-style clothing after being brought back from the dead) when he can get away with it. Although his hometown is another port city, it’s a far less humid one and its clothing is designed with “ocean wind chilly” in mind. High collars and long sleeves that chafe like a bitch if he’s outside too long.

17. Do they like children?

In theory more than practice. He’s from a large family that has several extensions living under one roof. They easily cover all age ranges together and as such Skylar was raised with the shared expectation of helping care for younger family members when needed. So he knows how to interact with children, he’d just rather not.

18. Kissing: tongue or no tongue?

Depends on the mood of the kiss 😘😘

19. Do they study before tests? Practice before job interviews?

He’s a preparatory guy. Likes to have all the facts and points before him.

20. What do they like that nobody else does?

Spicy foods. His maternal grandmother is Indian, and her palate was passed to all her children and grandchildren. Most of Skylar’s friends are white.

21. What would it take for them to break up with someone? What would be the last straw?

Hoho ho. I have mentioned before that Skylar’s had some not-so-good parting of the ways with past partners. A common theme in many of them, unfortunately, was said partner assuming Skylar was on the same page as them with regards to losing interest/not being emotionally invested in their relationship.

The fewer times Skylar’s ended a relationship the fall out was over outright dismissal of him and/or his needs or severe frictions in personality. Most commonly his relationships have ended on mutual terms of no ill-will, however.

22. Do they like being called pet names? Do they call other people pet names? What’s their go-to?

Pet names are okay within a very, very select group of people. Reyja, Julian, Portia, and Lucio are the only non-family members with permission to call him whatever they like.

Lucio’s pretty much the only one who gets a a pet name, “sweet pea”. Skylar and Julian long-ago hit the level of friendship where they sometimes answer each other with “Yes, darling/dearest?”

23. Stability or novelty?

Novelty

24. Honesty or charity?

Honesty

25. Safety or possibility?

Possibility

26. Talent or effort?

Effort

27. Forgiveness or vengeance (or…)?

Forgiveness

28. Would they date a fixer-upper?

I want to say no, but *gestures to Lucio* look at him.

That being said, it’s because Lucio’s willing to work at improving himself that their relationship went beyond the beginning stages.

29. What recurring dreams do they have?

Skylar doesn’t dream much.

30. What would they do if they knew it would be forgiven?

He was once very, very tempted to let Lucio handle a rather toxic person who tried to re-enter his life. And that is where I shall leave this for the day.

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holistic-muse · 4 years

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ORTHOPATHY AND HEALING PSYCHOSOCIAL AFFLICTIONS IN MILLENNIAL AND GENERATION Z COHORT GROUPS

UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL HEALTH

ORTHOPATHY AND HEALING PSYCHOSOCIAL AFFLICTIONS IN MILLENNIAL AND GENERATION Z COHORT GROUPS

by: Dr. Sixto J. Sicilia Marrero, PhD

Doctor of Philosophy: HOLISTIC HEALTH AND NUTRITION

July, 2020

CONTENTS:

INTRODUCTION

STATEMENT OF THESIS ARGUMENT

CHAPTER 1: Millennials and Gen Z share a disquieting trend:

Psychosocial Discord

CHAPTER 2: Holistic Psychosocial Development.

Erik Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development

CHAPTER 3: The Antidote – Orthopathy and Holistic Health

CONCLUSION, ENDNOTES, ATTACHMENTS

INTRODUCTION

Throughout history, societal advancements have presented themselves with some type of consequence resulting in a negative outlook or outcome of said advancement. Societies have grappled with changes and have either risen to appreciate the change or fallen into a sense of dismay, or a type of arrested development. This arrested development is a cessation of societal growth that continues until the crisis of advancement or change has been resolved and integrated into the societal norm. For the first time since the evolution of the Homo sapiens we are witness to a segment of society living outside of its norms, of psychosocial developmental conditioning, and its inherent communal environment, that is to say, assimilating maladaptive behaviors causing a range of psychosocial dysfunctions such as irrational anxiety, loneliness, social isolation, depression, and hopelessness.

Historically communities have been the standard of tribal cohesion for our species. In the beginning tribes of 20 or more people helped each other and took care of each other’s physiological needs as well as providing safety and unity for the tribe. The phenomenon of progress shows that progress has not always favored the expansion and growth of the collective consciousness of a society. In the last one-hundred years, progress has been silently dismantling the cohesion of Community and bolstering ill effects and crisis upon the human psyche. It is here we find the occurrence of psychological afflictions such as anxiety, loneliness, social isolation, depression, and hopelessness are at an all-time high in the history of the United States and other parts of the world. In the United States, these afflictions are particularly affecting the generational groups of Millennials (born roughly between 1981–1996) and Generation Z (1997-2012), at much higher rates than other generations. These two groups share what appears to be a separation from psychosocial developmental norms. These psychosocial developmental norms were instilled by the constant evolution of the human race and subsequently adapted and integrated to develop a functional tribe.

Progress is defined by Merrian-Webster as “gradual development” or “to develop a higher, better more advanced state.1” Two major pioneering developments introduced that were deviations to the evolved communal standard; communal standard being social tribal interactions, were air conditioning and television. Air conditioning and television offered a novel change to the standard lifestyle, one to the comfort of the home the other to the value of entertainment in the home. These two basic introductions changed the way that we, as Homo sapiens, commune in modern times and relate to each other in everyday affairs. It is noted that up until the introduction of these inventions most of us comingled outside of the home relating to neighbors, sharing experiences, and maintaining a tribal community. Children played outside the home, and certainly were not over-stimulated by man-made technological distractions. Air conditioning, the start of environmentally-controlled environments, and television triggered a departure from traditional communal interaction and entertainment. These technological advances started to reshape the social entertainment landscape, our inherent social communal habits. They altered the manner in which we connect with mind-body thought processes and how we handle the related dysfunctional neurosis that arose from these technological advances. Little was it known at the time that by indulging in the luxury of escaping the heat and humidity within our homes (air conditioning) that the consequences would curtail human interaction and promote behaviors that would alter tribal interactions and catapult society into “retreating into the world within” into our sheltered selves and minds. At about the same time as air conditioning made its debut into the home habitat so did another pioneering invention, the television. At first, the television set presented itself as a form of entertainment enjoyed at communal gatherings of friends, family, and neighbors. People gathered in groups at the homes and at places where there was access to a television set and we negotiated, collaborated, navigated, and discussed. Where in the past we gathered socially in traditional Salon-style, which was “a gathering of notables held by custom at the home of a prominent person,” or a “communal gathering where information was shared upon a group of people,”2 along came the Nuclear family unit. The Nuclear family unit introduced a different type of tribal family group. This new group consisted only of parents and children and excluded the extended family and close friends and acquaintances, a significant variance from earlier times where everyone was included in the function of the tribe. At first, within this novel Nuclear family dynamic, there existed only one television set in the household around which family members would gather in collaboration and negotiation in the relationship of human interaction with the television set. As televisions became more accessible there was a shift away from frequent social interactions; venturing out, and the habitual way in which people got acquainted and stayed in touch. In addition, where there was one television set turned into multiple sets throughout the home and the familial rapport and human exchanges were now less than consequential and slightly less relevant. The beginning of diminishing societal contact within the community and the Nuclear family started what can now be defined as undoing a vital part of the social fabric of the micro and macro human experience. The extended family and the tribe were now not involved in the contractual day to day living and communal interactions. We were starting to witness a decline away from healthy communal interactions and a shift towards the “Me” and away from the “WE.” This shift was the manifestation of human isolation of the psyche, revealing itself as anxiety, loneliness, social isolation, depression, and hopelessness.

The shift away from community norms continues as technological advancements produce people that are intertwined with Artificial Intelligence and technology that takes away from integrating the Self wholly into the human experience. These advancements in “staying connected” were to stimulate our central nervous system into non-urgent action, creating anxiety and the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO), modern afflictions of our innate Fight or Flight behavioral response. One may relate, when not too long ago, with the introduction of the home answering machine suddenly people felt an urge, as never before, to constantly check their home answering machines to check and see if someone had called. People also started to carry beepers. If you were not part of an essential service, what would be the urgency of being available 24-7?

The Technological Revolution as it has been labeled is an age where we started to relate to others through virtual machines of all types and, interpreting human emotions through them. In times before these advancements and in times of adversity we may have reached out to one another, and most importantly exercised the strength of the human psyche to heal through human interaction now done through a middleman: the screen. Within the Holistic Health philosophy, there exists a list of 32 key contributors to human well-being as stated by Dr. Douglas N. Graham in his book the “80-10-10 diet” (Graham, D.N. Dr.(2006 and 2008). The 80/10/10 Diet: Balancing your health, your weight, and your life, one luscious bite at a time, Pg 11. Key Largo: FoodnSport Press). These 32 key contributors state what a human being should experience for a healthy dose of the human experience. The most important of these is the need to maintain a clean, hygienic living environment, yet closely followed by Laws #11 through 16 which deal with the development of psychosocial skills, (See attachment 1).

Psychosocial skills:

11. Need for the Human Touch

12. Thought, cogitation, and meditation

13. Friendships and Companionships

14. Gregariousness (Social relationships, community)

15. Love and appreciation

16. Play and recreation.

It is clear that these basic principles found in the philosophies of Orthopathy or Holistic Health define centuries of evolution in innate habitual behaviors or needs and wants of the psyche of the Homo sapiens to achieve functional well-being and the need for community, a tribe, and a connection. We have now grown into a society where isolation is a term, it has become a Thing (a noun). Isolation has become the norm not the exception. For a visual let us analyze this scenario: a person goes on a hike with their dog, this person is by his or herself relating to his or herself, to the thoughts in their head yet the person feels a sense of connection to the environment around him or her, as there may be other people out and about. In reality, the nuance of isolation is present, there is no relating to others being undertaken at any level, and there is little growth of character. What builds character are all the things we seem to be doing in opposite to our innate need for connection. The term Social Media begs the question: What is so social about Social Media? Does it strengthen the ability to talk to strangers and feel at ease among others? Does Social Media develop the traits that lead to a healthy character? Does it help in the development of a Homo sapiens who is present and not thinking way inside their head, a being who understands what a smile represents; or what emotion a smile represents? Does Social Media perhaps develop an individual that is simply afraid to talk to strangers, lack the skills for face-to-face interactions, or ask for help when help is needed therefore increasing anxiety, loneliness, social isolation, depression, and hopelessness?

The Millennial and Generation Z cohort groups, who are what I term collectively as the Guinea Pig generations of the technological age, have surfed through periods in their lives where critical psychosocial development during specific periods was not integrated into the Self. It has also been suggested that this development was modified or stunted in some form by overprotective parenting. Their generational development is out of synch with centuries-old communal and tribal conditioning, which is further witnessed in the theory first presented in the genre of Developmental Psychology, in particular the theory presented by the foundational psychosocial theorist Erik Eriksson in his “Stages of Psychosocial Development.”3 These stages identify a series of eight stages that a healthy developing individual should pass through from infancy to late adulthood.

Whether it is the effects of overly-protective parents with plenty of disposable time on their hands or the effects or absent parenting, or the disconnection we find with the onset of the tech-led lifestyle or social shifts away from the community, these trends have presented a schism in generational psychosocial shifts. These shifts have occurred in key stages of psychosocial development during the Middle Childhood to Early Adulthood years whose virtues are key in healthy, natural psychosocial development. When we study these psychosocial developmental stages we can observe many characteristics that make their holistic application difficult when the subject is shielded from experiencing growth at the given stage of development. We are also witnessing stunted development in human relationships that present hardships in coping with the outside of “Me,” coping with all external factors outside of the Self. These crises present to these cohort groups difficulty in talking to strangers, relating to everyday affairs, and understanding that all concerns, challenges, and efforts in life take time, there is no instant gratification. A baby takes nine months to be born, Rome was not built in a day, the awareness of the delay of gratification. That which is learned from Eriksson’s observations is that not processing through a said developmental stage will cause an eventual crisis or a type of arrested development. Take for example the popular term among these cohort groups, “Adulting4” which means to carry out one or more of the duties and responsibilities expected of fully developed individuals. In their lexicon taking on these responsibilities is an observation of something to be done and not part of their identity. The challenge is that the majority of these young adults or adults are already into adulthood. “Adulting4” is a verb, in other words, it is an action of all the responsibilities that come with adulthood, an action that starts to develop during Erikson’s Middle Childhood through Young Adulthood observations. These cohort groups are developing adult skills much later in their lifecycle, presenting themselves with inexplicable difficulties on their way to adulthood. The goal here is reversing the societal mal-adaptations to correct mental health issues or physiological disorders. These changes can be attained through integrating Holistic Health philosophies (Orthopathy) into family dynamics.

Research methodology: My principle research methodology was an extensive literature review and a mix of contextual real-world knowledge on the behaviors, social structures and shared beliefs of the generational cohort groups made up of Millennials and Generation Z.

· Personal C.V: I am a fervent researcher, learner, and educator and offer an extensive background in Holistic Health philosophies (Orthopathy), psychology, yoga, and meditation modalities. As an educator with the abilities of a human search engine, research is second nature and I am often investigating the root of human behavior, whether it is through face-to-face (direct contact) or observations. As an immigrant child and one exposed to much political trauma, I was immersed into diverse situations and environments at an early age, perhaps this exposure fostered my main strength as an objective thinker with an innate ability to discern data and take appropriate steps to make a change and obtain more dynamic life and business models of mental, emotional and physical health.

· In the past 10 years, I have gone further into my life-long curiosity into human behavior and healthy lifestyles. Two major changes in my life propelled this interest, the loss of a tightly knit family and cultural values plus and my role as an educator/researcher and Holistic Health practitioner where I am witness to behaviors coming from a wide array of psychosocial, multi-regional surroundings. My idyllic upbringing taught me that love is inherent and comes naturally. It was imprinted upon my psyche that doing the right thing and having human relations be an everyday affair, something that we can acknowledge seems to be the exception instead of the norm. As an educator, I have personal experience and see first-hand a common denominator of disconnection within student behavior which further validates the research theme for this paper which was from objective and subjective viewpoints. My skills gave me an advantage point to understand when personal bias may have been taken into account and when my perception may have influenced the results as I compared my viewpoints to relevant published data.

o Anecdotal example, in one situation school counselors, came into the learning environment to pull out students that needed to contact Universities. When I inquired I was told that the kids do not like talking to strangers and therefore make it an anxious task for them to make phone calls, a theme not uncommon throughout my research.

If there was a conflicting analysis of data I published viable data versus fake or less viable data coming from less genuine resources and information. I took the objective path of stepping back and observing my thoughts and findings and taking into consideration as to how my participation in and perception of those thoughts might have influenced the results. I analyzed articles pertinent to the subject at hand and categorized them by research-based data from reputable sources such as the American Psychological Organization, followed by articles of stories passed down, as in anecdotal articles based on the author’s findings, not necessarily data-backed, yet relevant in the learning process. A process of learning passed down since the evolution of time, Story Telling.

STATEMENT OF THESIS ARGUMENT

-The Principles of Orthopathy demonstrate a breakthrough in addressing a marked deviation in the roles of social interaction, relationship building, overextension of the tech-based lifestyle leading to a schism in the growth stages of human development and an impact of social experience across a whole lifespan, thus leading to current psychosocial developmental afflictions of depression, isolation, anxiety, heightened loneliness plus social dysfunction among members of generational cohort groups Millennials and Generation Z-

A vast majority of Millennials and Gen Z’s are facing psychosocial developmental and dysfunctional challenges. These challenges can be attributed to the number of social distractions, for example, Social Media, and over-involved parents (Helicopter parenting) overshadowing their offspring’s psychosocial development. This over-involvement leads to a lag in the ability of the child to interpret human connections, interactions, and relations. The developmental dysfunctions can also be attributed to stunted psychosocial growth, a type of arrested development seen where developmental theories using a generational psychosocial holistic approach are being shunted.3 In addition to the onset of the Tech lifestyle, these groups face challenges when assimilating to healthy human intra-societal communications. The effects of these challenges are bringing about higher rates of depression, isolation, anxiety, and heightened loneliness to a group that should otherwise be building confidence to aspire instead of being fearful. For the first time in the history of the United States, and let me reference this was pre-Covid-19, anxiety and its related effects are at an all-time high affecting over 47 million Americans. Key to mention is that the Millennials (1981-1996) and Generation Z (1997- 2012) cohort groups not only make up the majority of the US population combined, and they are also experiencing the highest level of said afflictions relating to anxiety.5 Orthopathy can offer natural lifestyle changes and holistic methods to address and change the course of this disturbing trend. The table below illustrates the different cohort groups and their age range:

It is important to emphasize the challenges faced by these cohort groups when considering social interaction, building relationships, and establishing an otherwise solid productive work-ethic. These issues are aggravated by the onset of tech-based lifestyles and dissension in the growth stages of psychosocial human development. Holistic Health philosophies can have a significant positive impact on targeting social media contagions such as isolation and loneliness, which can impact the social experience across a whole lifespan. We could through these philosophies affect change to a drug-free friendly resolution. Holistic Health philosophies challenge and provide a shift away from the current on-going trends of depression, loneliness, anxiety, and social dysfunction. Indeed, some isolated groups may not be affected by what I present within this Thesis, a solid generalization one may say. However, it is fact that the introduction of technological factors into the mainstream of America plus parenting styles that vary greatly from a tribal and psychosocial developmental awareness are stunting what must be achieved to forward the Self’s sense of existence. These developmental challenges can transpire into those of hope and the willfulness to succeed and overcome perceived catastrophic situations in one’s life. There exists a dysfunction in the challenge of integrating change and resolving and moving on through a crisis and committing to one’s own personal growth and identity.

In Chapter 2, I will discuss Erik Erikson who developed the stages of psychosocial development3 These stages pose that certain events must take place at pre-determined periods in a person’s life to avoid identity confusion and to nurture a person to become well-adjusted across their entire lifespan. Erikson’s theory described the impact on a human being if these stages were somehow not fulfilled at which point the subject suffers from mal-adaption and developmental crises. Erikson’s theory described the impact of social experience across the whole lifespan. He was interested in how social interaction and human relationships played a role in the psychosocial development and intellectual growth of human beings.

The stages in Erikson’s theory build upon the preceding stage and its virtues. It is stated that once a stage is mal-adapted, there is a developmental crisis or a lack of assimilation, and the turning point in development is arrested. However, the crisis can be reversed if the subject steps back and ameliorates what he or she has not achieved within the virtues of a certain stage. It is the crisis and its effect on one’s psyche and well-being that present an on-going entire lifespan challenge. The goal is to avoid the developmental crisis altogether, to assure that a person successfully assimilates certain virtues within the psychosocial developmental stages. The person then emerges with psychological strengths that will serve them well for the rest of their lives. If they fail to effectively acknowledge, address and assimilate the virtue presented within any stage, they are at risk of not developing the essential skills needed for a strong sense of Self for what could turn out to be an undetermined amount of one’s lifetime.

If we apply these stages to the generational groups of Millennials and Gen Z, what is witnessed are young adults with anxiety-related issues presented too early in life which is specifically disrupting their Adolescence to Early Adulthood character development. Critics may say that the developmental stages developed by Erickson were conducted by studies on cohort groups that deviate from the core group characteristic and identifying factors of Millennials and Gen Z. However, human nature and the human condition are such that when we deviate from its tribal conditioning the consequences are steadfast no matter the comparison of one core group characteristic and identifying factors versus another. It is asserted in the research literature that tribal conditioning is inherent no matter how it is dissected for study.

Crisis resolution is often followed by a logical working application of a solution. As a People, we realize that we can function differently, perhaps more effectively in a new norm so we fold what is happening in our presence into a thought process, a thought bundle, a new perspective and we reconcile as best we can and move on. We may determine that a crisis is not the same for everyone and we may not want to generalize a solution. Changes in life are part of the collective evolution of a species. Young Adulthood, for example, is a time for exploration, for wonder, and gazing into what may be. If one is not given the tools to understand life in this way, if everything that we experience is filtered through a medium that has no emotion (tech lifestyle), if we are constantly under pressure to be something that we are not (social media), then we lose the natural connection and calming effect that comes from being around other human beings. Whether it is a spiritual or metaphysical connection, one cannot interpret human emotions correctly nor can one learn the value of the calming effects of being in Community within our tribe. When we add the effect of over-involvement, wherein, helicopter parents, take over the virtues their children should have been learning, as well as those parents that found themselves leaving a child (latchkey kid) often alone at home or with no supervision because their responsibilities kept them away at work, the disconnection took a different light, a different aura. These children were left to technology as calming and soothing techniques. Being present is at an all-time low, as distractions and an overload of choices are at an all-time high. Society is neglecting to sitting and pondering in the process and therefore hurriedly walks right by the miracle of a rose growing in a garden and doesn’t pay attention to a gleeful song of a bird in the trees.

“I was sitting in a chair on my roof listening to this, watching the early sunset, the Palm trees dancing in the distance, birds flying over the sky all I could see were silhouettes. A blow of wind gently blew my hair on my face. I closed my eyes and everything became more beautiful.” - Anonymous.

The social experiment of the mid-20th century of the Nuclear family and the shift away from the extended family and tribe is an example of progress, adjustment to change, negative affectations to human development, and the focus away from the collective consciousness. As the inequities have arisen within social structures we are seeing a return to a significant change towards the benefits of familial values and communal cohesion.

When a person confronts crisis, an area that they have not yet experienced or confronted in life, people seek or turn to trusted people in their lives in their community to gain support for their exploration of Self. When that community is a virtual, non-feeling entity, or a person that is constantly hovering or making those decisions for you, there is likely a chance that the crisis will linger. The natural response is to find equilibrium. Either one finds a fix to this crisis or integrates the effects of the crisis into one’s life, or they fall into the need to hold onto past childhood identities and fail to integrate into a new dimension of adulthood. A person may take no responsibility for what is happening and place blame on others. A person may find refuge in self-sabotage, place blame on others, and grapple with resistance and conformity and present a functional demeanor, yet inside there is great turmoil and conflict.

What the Millennials and Gen Z are experiencing today, is a question of whether this is generational specific or a generational social shift in human emotional awareness. Are we dealing with irreversible effects of the current technological age, as we questioned the changes that societies went through during the Industrial Revolution a century ago? All crises are reversible, yet the distress in these younger generations seems to be showing up at a much higher alarming rate than in the past at a key point in their life’s trajectory where aspiration and dreams and discovery helps calm the soul and hopes should not be overshadowed by sabotaging well-being and productivity.

CHAPTER 1

Millennials and Gen Z share a disquieting trend: Psychosocial Discord

“What children can do with the assistance of others might be in some sense even more indicative of their mental development than what they can do alone.” – Lev Livogsky, Mind in Society.

We can start at home. A common denominator that we find among the Millennial and the Gen Z generational cohort groups besides social media overload is the phenomena of “Helicopter Parenting,” and the side-effects: a population cohort group that is riddled with anxiety, loneliness, social isolation, depression, and hopelessness. These afflictions weren’t officially recognized as a condition in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) until 1980 since record-keeping on mental health prior to the Boomers was patchy. Boomers either didn’t seem to be so worried about life in general or they just did not report any such afflictions. In a survey conducted by Mind Share Partners, a company that consults companies on Mental Health issues, the results state that half of Millennial (defined in this survey as 23-38 years old) and 75% of Gen-Z (18-22 years old) respondents have left a job, both voluntarily and involuntarily, partially due to mental health reasons. (To put that in perspective, only 20% of the total survey respondents reported doing the same). Overall, Millennials were three times more likely to experience symptoms of anxiety than baby boomers, and Gen-Z was four times more likely.6 What could be the culprit affecting these young Americans?

Pat Morrison a columnist for the Los Angeles Times describes in her interview with Julie Lythcott-Haims from her book “How to Raise an Adult” (Lythcott-Haims, J (2016). How to Raise an Adult, New York: Griffin), where Ms. Lythcott-Haims illustrates her experience working with quote-unquote the best and brightest students. Lythcott-Haims stated, “I was seeing more and more [students] who seemed less and less capable of doing the stuff of life. They were incredibly accomplished in the transcript and GPA sense but less with their own selves, evidenced by how frequently they communicated with a parent, texting multiple times a day, needing a parent to tell them what to do. Students though very accomplished academically, were rather existentially impotent.”7 According to Lythcott-Haims what contributes to the Helicopter Parenting phenomenon is linked to the rise of irrational fear generated by crime entertainment far out of proportion to reality as if child abduction could happen on every street corner. Yet another influence is the self-esteem movement in which she claims the term “Perfect” has become a rhetorical tic. Kids come away with this overblown sense of their own capability, and they think they have to be perfect all the time, [then] wither under the expectation when they realize they’re not.”7 In society, it is noted that these cohort groups can be paralyzed by ordinary social interaction. An interesting off-shoot effect is called “fear of strangers.” This fear may be since these cohort groups were void of contact with strangers by their parents taking all the actions of social responsibility during their psychosocial development. In earlier times according to Lythcott-Haims “If we phoned a friend, we were likely to get a parent and we’d have to say, “Mrs. Jones, can I please speak to Karen?” My 14- and my 16-year-old do not like to make phone calls. My daughter said, “I need a new leotard; can we drive to the store?” I said, “We’re not going to drive there; you’ve got to call.” She said, “Oh, no, I don’t like to do that.” 7 As an educator, I have been witness to much the same whereby in different circumstances at diverse locations counselors hold workshops with soon-to-be graduates showing them how to make phone calls and how to relate on the phone with someone that they do not know.

Parental interference is not the only factor in the arrested development of the Self. We find that technology indeed helps people be more flexible and more productive, and makes it easier to get work done, yet when it comes to tech use, many lack a healthy balance of its use in ordinary day-to-day life. Most of us understand the addiction and resulting stress surrounding the inability to periodically “unplug” or take a “digital detox.” The ability to unplug is important for mental health, yet in reality, most people are not proactive in their ability to unplug. The digital lifestyle makes it possible to interact with peers without having to go through a physical person, thus not learning nor being familiar with basic human responses such as the meaning of words, expressions, and commonalities or to how to properly interact in a live conversation. Perhaps that is why when you search for the word “etiquette” on the internet there are dozens of pages on the subject, including Etiquette Groups.

Tech now plays a role where parents can be and are involved in practically every aspect of their offspring’s movements. This had lead to a generation of coddled and over-protected children that have been reared, not encouraged to deal with their tough situations. These cohort groups, Millennials, and Generation Z are often caught off-guard when their mindset or ideologies are upset, yet these reactions simply reflect the real-world circumstances for which they are ill-prepared.

An article in Reason magazine, The Fragile Generation, December 2017, discusses a query that ran in Parents magazine: "Your child's old enough to stay home briefly, and often does. But is it okay to leave her and her playmate home while you dash to the dry cleaner? Absolutely not”, the magazine averred: "Take the kids with you, or save your errands for another time." After all, "you want to make sure that no one's feelings get too hurt if there's a squabble." The principle here is simple: This generation of kids must be protected like none other. They can't use tools, they can't play on grass, and they certainly can't be expected to work through a spat with a friend. And this, it could be argued, is why we have "safe spaces" on college campuses and Millennials (Generation Z included) are missing adult milestones. These milestones, specifically the virtues of Competence, Fidelity, and Love will be covered in Chapter 2 in Erik Eriksson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development. These are key developmental virtues learned during Middle Childhood and Young Adulthood yet not integrated into the Self due to Helicopter parenting and a poor balance of technology.

We told a generation of kids that they can never be too safe—and they believed us. We've had the best of intentions, of course. But efforts to protect our children may be backfiring. When we raise kids unaccustomed to facing anything on their own, including risk, failure, and hurt feelings, our society and even our economy are threatened. Yet modern child-rearing practices and laws seem all but designed to cultivate this lack of preparedness. There's the fear that everything children see, do, eat, hear, and lick could hurt them. And there's a newer belief that has been spreading through higher education that words and ideas themselves can be traumatizing.8 Metaphorically, snowflakes aren't born, they're created. Today we have entered a new phase where our overactive imaginations about threats to children have been institutionalized into severely ineffective legal, educational, and social work systems.

During the Covid-19 outbreak, the term Screen Time and Social Media has become a hotly debated issue among researchers of technology and related mental health concerns. Screen Time and Social media refer to two different yet related ways of analyzing and categorizing data on this subject. According to researchers Orben and Przilbiski, there is a correlation between screen time use and mental health concerns. Yet the critics of Orben and Przilbilkis state that the problem with their data aggregation is in the categorizing of such data. For example, Screen Time should not include all mediums (O&B include television which has been on a decline among young adults since 2012) and that O&B’s data on Screen Time lacks separation by gender.9 The results are that Social Media as screen time is a medium that needs to be addressed all in its own category as its effects on the mental health hygiene of young girls is especially of concern. Jean Twenge, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at San Diego State University. Twenge has made the case that smartphones, social media, and other aspects of today’s popular screen-based technologies are contributing to the widely documented increases in youth depression, anxiety, and suicide. “I think there is an increasing amount of evidence that the ways young people are using technology lead to mental health issues and poor psychological well-being,” she says.10

Three is profound evidence that the scope of overprotection goes way beyond acceptable for functional human development. The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that helicopter parents continued advocating for their adult children at the graduate school level as well, such as advocating for their adult child's admission to law school or business school. As this cohort entered the workforce, Human Resource officials reported helicopter parents showing up in the workplace or phoning managers to advocate on their adult child's behalf or to negotiate salaries for their adult children.11 As well the majority of parents are managing their young adult children’s health care visits, and their young adult children may be missing out on valuable opportunities to learn how to take ownership of their health and learning to manage their lives more effectively. By letting children be adults, or not being present for their development life experiences is much the same. Let them take care of doing the Adulting for themselves.

Something has been going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years. Speakers are shouted down. Students and professors say they are walking on eggshells and are afraid to speak honestly. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide are rising. How did this happen? From the new book by First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, (“The Codding of the American Mind: How good intentions and bad ideas are setting up a generation of failure”, (2018). New York: Penguin), shows how the new problems on campus have their origins in three terrible ideas that have become increasingly woven into American childhood and education: What doesn’t kill you makes you weaker; always trust your feelings, and life is a battle between good people and evil people. These three Great Untruths contradict basic psychological principles about well-being and ancient wisdom from many cultures. Embracing these untruths—and the resulting culture of “safetyism”—interferes with young people’s social, emotional, and intellectual development. It makes it harder for them to become autonomous adults who can navigate the bumpy road of life (https://www.thecoddling.com/).

Technology, in particular the rapid evolution of how people communicate and interact, is another generation-shaping consideration. Millennials came of age during the internet explosion. Generation Z had technology be a part of their lives from the time they were born. Young Americans are connected to the web through mobile devices, WiFi, and high-bandwidth cellular service to list a few. Social media, constant connectivity, and on-demand entertainment and communication are innovations that have also produced (Millennials and Gen Z’s alike) a most self-absorbed generation, and this is according to “Themselves.” A new study published in open access scientific journal PLOS One, reveals these two generations are at once aware of their narcissism and more than a little bummed about it. In the report titled, “Emerging adult reactions to labeling regarding age-group differences in narcissism and entitlement,” a test called the Narcissistic Personality Inventory was administered and the results suggested that a rise in vanity occurred between the years 1976 and 2006. The authors report indicate ”that emerging adults believe their age-group and the one following them to be the most narcissistic and entitled age-groups, that they have generally negative opinions of narcissism and entitlement, and that they respond negatively to being labeled as narcissistic and entitled.”12

The Pew Research Center found that the implications of growing up in an “always-on” technological environment are only now coming into focus. Recent research has shown dramatic shifts in youth behaviors, attitudes, and lifestyles – both positive and concerning – for those who came of age in the environment of this era. What we don’t know is whether these are lasting generational imprints or characteristics of adolescence that will become more muted throughout their adulthood. Beginning to track this new generation over time will be of significant importance. The Pew Research Center is not the first to draw an analytical line between Millennials, Gen Z, and the generations to follow them. Perhaps, as more data are collected over the years, a clear, singular delineation will emerge. We remain open to recalibrating if that occurs. But more than likely the historical, technological, behavioral, and attitudinal data will show more of a continuum across generations than a threshold (See Chapter 2 Eriksson’s stages of psychosocial development). As has been the case in the past, this means that the differences within generations can be just as great as the differences across generations, and the youngest and oldest within a commonly defined cohort may feel more in common with bordering generations than the one to which they are assigned. This is a reminder that generations themselves are inherently diverse and complex groups, not simple caricatures.13

Millennials are the young technology gurus who thrive on innovations, startups, and working out of coffee shops and they have redefined the workplace. In 2012 Time magazine called them “The Me Me Me Generation.” They have been a blog-savvy generation raised by parents who were not authoritative but rather saw themselves as partners. The Millennials grew up making the rules rather than having their parents tell them what was right or what was the wrong thing to do.

Generation Z does not wear watches, use maps or addresses, go to photograph studios to have their pictures taken, or to libraries to gain knowledge. They use their smartphones to find everything they want, including the time, addresses, love, and photographs. It is truly a very different generation from anything seen beforehand. According to US researcher Darla Rothman, they are technologically savvy and are in constant contact with others through social media. They love technology because it solves their problems, helps their activities, and gives them solutions. The brains of this generation have also been impacted by the Internet, and they may lack critical thinking skills and the ability to evaluate information because they rely on finding answers to all their questions on Google. Instead of reading an article, Generation Z prefers to watch a YouTube video that summarizes the topic. They have never had to search the bookshelves at the library to find the information they are looking for. They are dynamic learners and are experimental, preferring to learn by doing instead of being told what to do. Rothman says members of Generation Z, in particular, prefer to be left to solve their problems alone and find solutions through trial and error. They prefer quick answers to long or exhaustive ones. They do not spend their time verifying information and prefer to work in small groups whether for spontaneous or organized activities. One report published in June 2019 with the participation of the social media site Snapchat entitled “The Youth of the Nations: Global Trends Among Generation Z” studied the lifestyles, behavior, and attitudes of Generation Z to help advertisers understand them better to design more accurate advertising. Generation Z consists of young people who are the first to be considered digital natives born in a world of technology where the Internet has become an integral part of daily life and the way they connect with the outside world. This connection with the outside world lacks the emotional and spiritual nuances of healthy relationships and mental health. With more than 97% across the globe owning a smartphone, they are the most connected to the Internet of all, with 78% of them connected worldwide. This generation spends an average of four hours and 15 minutes a day on their phones and uses far more technology compared to their predecessors. According to the Snapchat report, members of Generation Z want to live for thousands of years. They like challenges, and they want to achieve the most they can. They are an ambitious generation and are ready to challenge themselves to achieve their goals.14 And although they invest more in health and in taking care of themselves, how well they cope with the environmental stressors outside of their digital bubble seems to be the problem with maintaining a healthy mindset.

In summary as a collective group, Millennials and Generation Z alike may be known as successful and driven, but their marriage to technology has nearly destroyed their interpersonal skills and as a result has invited a much higher rate of mental health afflictions such as depression, anxiety, loneliness, social isolation, and hopelessness. They are plugged into the digital world the minute they are born. Their pictures are taken as soon as they emerge from the delivery room, and their milestones are instantly shared on social media accompanied by a deluge of comments and admiration. Such children are one not to know the world without social media or what to do with their hands if they aren’t holding mobile phones in them.

It is appropriate to note when referring to young people and mental health is that ever since the 1930s, young people in America have reported feeling increasingly anxious and depressed (much of the richest data on this question, then, comes from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), which has been administered to high school and college students since the 1930s. When you look at MMPI questions over time, there is a clear increase in symptoms associated with depression and anxiety (see graph below).15

In these graphs, for example, each dot represents a study conducted using the MMPI. One of the researchers who has done the most work on this subject is Dr. Jean Twenge, a social psychologist at San Diego State University who is the author of “Generation Me: Why Today’s Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled—and More Miserable Than Ever Before” (2014, New York: Atria Books). She’s published a handful of articles on this trajectory, and the underlying story, she thinks, is a rather negative one. “I think the research tells us that modern life is not good for mental health,” she said. When Twenge attributes this worsening to “modern life,” she has certain specific features of it in mind. She says that there is a lot of good things about societal and technological progress and that in a lot of ways our lives are much easier than, say, our grandparents’ or great-grandparents’ lives. But she states “there’s a paradox here that we seem to have so much ease and relative economic prosperity compared to previous centuries, yet there’s this dissatisfaction, there’s this unhappiness, there are these mental health issues in terms of anxiety and depression.”15

In the introduction to this paper, I mention how “in the last one-hundred years, progress has been silently dismantling the cohesion of community and bolstering ill effects and crisis upon the human psyche.” In much the same thought, Dr. Twenge states the primary problem is that “modern life doesn’t give us as many opportunities to spend time with people and connect with them, at least in person, compared to, say, 80 years ago or 100 years ago. Families are smaller, the divorce rate is higher, people get married much later in life.” Smaller families and later marriage, of course, in part reflect societal advancement most of us would view as positive — people, particularly women, have a lot more autonomy over relationships and reproduction. Twenge wanted to be clear that she is for all these different types of societal progress, and that the period when people reported fewer depressions and anxiety symptoms was also the one where there was widespread racial and gender-based discrimination. She just also thinks we should be “clear-eyed” about the fact that the “potential tradeoff for our equality and freedom is more anxiety and depression because we’re more isolated.”15

“When you think of how lives have changed from 2010 to 2017, a clear answer is that over time, people started spending more time on phones and on social media, less time face-to-face with their friends, and less time sleeping. As we know from other studies, spending more time with screens, less time sleeping, and less time face-to-face with friends is not a good formula for mental health.”

—Jean Twenge, Ph.D., lead study author

Research has shown that Americans work longer hours and have more stress-related illnesses than in other countries which can affect your thoughts, behavior, and health. There is FOMO: The Fear of Missing Out one of the factors that the phenomena that social media has impressed on our minds. FOMO or the inability to switch off, coupled with the addictive functionality of mobile devices, can lead to high levels of stress, anxiety, and even fractured personal relationships.

The following interview between Dr. Susan Heitler Ph.D. and Jake Heilbrunn who has written a book “Off The Beaten Trail,” and has newly released TEDx talk, grabbed my attention since Mr. Heilbrunn is 20-something and is speaking about his peers.16

Dr. H: What do you think is a key reason young people are experiencing so much and such severe levels of anxiety?

JH: Based on my own experience plus talking with thousands of high school and college kids when I speak at schools across the country, I see the widespread use of social media as a major new anxiety trigger. Millennials and Gen Zers like myself are growing up in a world with two lives, both equally as real: digital and analog (in person.) In our digital lives (a.k.a “social media”) we are constantly trying to maintain an image. We paint pictures of our lives with the photos and stories about ourselves that we post. And we compare the realities of our lives with the images others paint on social media of their lives, or at least of what they want us to think their lives are all about.

Dr. H: Why do you think social media be a bigger anxiety-generator for young people than for older adults?

JH: Quantity. Gen Zers spend, on average, four hours a day on social media. Imagine spending ¼ of your waking-life subconsciously comparing yourself to the people you follow on Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook. More time on social media yields more emotional distress. Constant scrolling and social comparison bring about thoughts like, “I’m not good enough, happy enough, smart enough, good looking enough, etc.” A continual stream of these kinds of negative comparison thoughts all too frequently culminates in overwhelming feelings of worry—generating anxiety—and of being less-than, which generates depression. Research studies have shown a direct link between the quantity of time spent on social media and levels of anxiety and depression, ( https://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2016/04/30/study-links-heavy-facebook-and-social-media-usage-to-depression/#4757934b535 ) At the same time, the more anxious young people feel, the more tempted, and even addicted, they may become to constant searching on social media for information about their social status. The vicious cycle spins on.

Dr. H: Are there additional ways in which social media seems to invite anxiety?

JH: For sure. Students open the door to enter their dorm room, and instead of talking with their roommates what do they do? They check their Facebook page. They want to take a study break, and what do they do? The same. First thing when they wake up in the morning what do they do? Check their email and Facebook pages. All of this social media checking is time that in the past might have been spent hanging out with friends.

Chatting in person, unlike reading about friends on social media, builds social connections. Social connections build self-confidence. So in addition to creating anxious feelings, social media checking decreases the amount of oxytocin-induced good feelings generated by actual friend-to-friend contact. Also, there’s something about cell phones and computers that makes them addictive, although we may not be actively using them, the brain knows that our gadgets are present therefore wasting useful nerve energy. That means that students are not just occasionally thinking about how they match up with others. Addicts keep checking and checking in hopes of a shot of good feelings. And they far too often experience anxious or depressed feelings because instead of getting that shot of an upper feeling, they see someone who looks better than them or someone who has said something hostile about them. Of course, looking at others for clues about how others see you have long been a teenage way of clarifying self-image. Teenagers have always sought to understand who they are and how they rank with others by checking out what others think of them. The sad twist induced by social media is that teenagers receive false images of great happiness induced by others’ image-enhancing posts. And when “likes” for their posts replace the fun teens used to get from direct social interactions like talking, smiling and “hanging out” with their friends, life becomes both scarier and less fulfilling.16

In closing, Orthopathy is based on Holistic Healing or a natural hygienic approach to health and well-being. Within Orthopathy which I will discuss in Chapter 3 one finds that understanding the body and mind can heal many afflictions when we apply the principles through mindfulness and diet and change our lifestyles to that fact.

CHAPTER 2

Holistic Psychosocial Development.

Erik Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development

At this point let me present the stages of Erikson’s Psychosocial Developmental theory. These stages are outlined and expounded upon in this chapter. Each stage of the developmental stage is outlined as to the approximate age of the individual and the conflicts that individuals must face to achieve a certain “virtue” for progression in their psychosocial development. These stages are detailed below:

Making reference to Eriksson’s theory of psychosocial development and how they relate to the Millennial and Gen Z cohort groups, I propose to characterize an individual advancing through the early stage of development as a means of negotiating their biological, sociological, psychological, and communal socio-cultural forces given the influence of parenting styles, social media, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence. As we progress through these stages a person is affronted with mysteries that face their human experience taking leaps and learning to meet the ever-evolving unknown Self full of rawness, clarity, and doubt.

At every stage, one is confronted with the process of outward discernment of what is and the wonders of what is to be in their reality. For example, according to Erikson’s theory, humans gain the virtues of Competence, Fidelity and Love during the stages of Middle Childhood, Adolescence and Early Adulthood and these virtues are overlapped again with Love leading to Care as we reach Early and Middle adulthood respectively. What research shows is that letting the Self be present for growth should never involve the interference of over-involved parents or the void left by non-present parents, nor from the influences of the ever-persistent presence of over-stimulation and the newfound norm of instant gratification. If these stages and their virtues are not integrated into the human psyche in subsequent order, then one presents themselves with a particular crisis: I present in my thesis that Millennial and Gen Z cohort groups lack the processing and coping skills of social interaction and therefore suffer more greatly from increased depression, isolation, anxiety, loneliness and the lack of social skills to communicate and collaborate and where Holistic Health (Orthopathy) can play a key role in the battle against the consequences of Utopian progress.

Each stage in Erikson's theory builds on the preceding stage and their virtues pave the way for the following periods of development. In each stage, Erikson believed people experience a conflict that serves as a turning point in their development. In Erikson's view, these conflicts are centered on either developing a psychological virtue or failing to develop that virtue. During these times, the potential for personal growth is high but so is the potential for failure. If development is arrested by the intervention of outside influences there is a crisis that eventually needs to be resolved for functional living. Not negotiating in their social-cultural forces during the specified ages evolves into a psychosocial crisis. If the opposite takes place the individual successfully progresses through these stages then they emerge from the stage with the corresponding virtue. When virtues are not successfully integrated into the psyche challenges will without a doubt be expected to return as problems in the future. However, mastery of a stage is not required to advance to the next stage. The outcome of one stage is not permanent and can be modified by later experiences avoiding shutting down, not progressing, and avoiding our lives become small and challenging in every way. Erikson also believed that a sense of competence motivates behaviors and actions. Each stage in Erikson's theory is concerned with becoming competent in an area of life. If the stage is handled well, the person will feel a sense of mastery, which is sometimes referred to as ego strength or ego quality. If the stage is managed poorly, the person will emerge with a sense of inadequacy in that aspect of development.

Erik Erikson in collaboration with his wife Joan Erikson, composed a comprehensive psychoanalytic theory that identified a series of eight stages that a healthy developing individual should pass through from infancy to late adulthood. According to Erikson, a person passes through eight developmental stages that build on each other. At each stage, the child will face a particular crisis. By resolving the crisis, the developing child will develop psychological strengths or character traits that help them become confident and healthy people. Erikson's stage theory characterizes an individual advancing through the eight life stages as a function of negotiating their biological and sociocultural forces. Each stage is characterized by a psychosocial crisis of two conflicting forces. If an individual does indeed successfully reconcile these forces (favoring the first mentioned attribute in the crisis), they emerge from the stage with the corresponding virtue. The accrual of these values wherein the positive attribute is obtained leads to a healthier psychological and sociological development. For example, if an infant enters into the toddler stage (autonomy vs. shame and doubt) with more trust than mistrust, they carry the virtue of hope into the remaining life stages. The challenges of stages not completed may be expected to return as problems in the future. However, mastery of a stage is not required to advance to the next stage. Erikson advanced the notion that each of his developmental stages is characterized by a psychosocial crisis of two conflicting forces. If an individual does indeed successfully reconcile these forces, by achieving a favorable outcome he will be better adjusted to reconcile life on life’s terms. This is what every parent wishes for. With each outcome, that individual will emerge from a stage with the corresponding virtue that is needed for psychosocial development to the next phase of development. I believe it is best to look through each stage and discern what exactly a developing child needs to receive the appropriate virtue for psychological growth in the overall scheme of things: Life.

According to Erik Erikson, the major developmental task in infancy is to learn whether or not other people, especially primary caregivers, regularly satisfy basic needs. If caregivers are consistent sources of food, comfort, and affection, an infant learns trust — that others are dependable and reliable. If they are neglectful, or perhaps even abusive, the infant instead learns mistrust — that the world is an undependable, unpredictable, and possibly a dangerous place. While negative, having some experience with mistrust allows the infant to gain an understanding of what constitutes dangerous situations later in life; yet being at the stage of infant or toddler, it is a good idea not to put them in prolonged situations of mistrust: the child's number one needs are to feel safe, comforted, and well cared for.17

The first stage of Erikson’s theory, 0-2 years of age, presents the crisis of autonomy of the individual versus shame and doubt. Their environmental necessity to guard and guide the individual through this stage is the primary caretaker, usually the mother. The crisis, which is negotiated by the ability of the primary caretaker, creates the virtue of whether or not the world is a friendly environment. Erikson proposes his first stage of life as a mastery of Hope. An infant experiences a sense of trust vs. mistrust which gains them the virtue of trust. Trust as defined by Erikson is "an essential trustfulness of others as well as a fundamental sense of one's own trustworthiness."18 The child's relative understanding of the world and society comes from the parents and their interaction with the child. A child's first trust is always with the parent or caregiver; whoever that might be, however, the caregiver is secondary whereas the parents are primary in the eyes of the child. If the parents expose the child to warmth, regularity, and dependable affection, the infant's view of the world will be one of trust. Should parents fail to provide a secure environment and to meet the child's basic needs; a sense of mistrust will result.17 The development of mistrust can lead to feelings of frustration, suspicion, withdrawal, and a lack of confidence.18

From the age of 2 to 4, as the child gains control over eliminative functions and motor abilities, they begin to explore their surroundings. The parents' patience and encouragement help to foster the autonomy in the child. The parents’ over-protectiveness does not. Children at this age like to explore the world around them and they are constantly learning about their environment. Caution must be taken at this age while children may explore things that are dangerous to their health and safety. Again, it is the parent’s responsibility to guide the child through this stage with the resulting virtue being the acknowledgment that the child is okay to be themselves. By completing tasks on their own, the child gains a sense of independence allowing children to make decisions and gain control, parents and caregivers can help children develop a sense of autonomy. A parent knows when they have hit this milestone when your toddler starts to assert their independence. They realize that they can do some things by themselves — and they insist on those things.

In Erikson’s third proposed stage, from the age of 5 to 8), children begin to strengthen their power and control over the world through face-to-face play, an invaluable framework for social interactions. When they achieve an ideal balance of individual initiative and the willingness to work with others, they develop a sense of purpose. These are the preschool years. As the child interacts socially and plays with others, they learn that they can take the initiative and control what happens. Children who are successful in this stage feel confident and trusted to guide others. Those who don’t achieve these qualities likely feel a sense of guilt, have doubts, and lack initiative. Guilt is good in the sense that it shows children’s ability to recognize when they’ve done something wrong. Nevertheless, excessive or undeserved guilt can cause children to reject challenges because they don’t feel capable of facing the world around them. If parents are controlling or Helicopter parents they don’t support their child when they make decisions, the child may not be equipped to take the initiative, may lack ambition, and could be filled with guilt. Overpowering feelings of guilt can prevent a child from interacting with others and deter their creativity and a sense of purpose.

Stage 4, from ages 9 to 12, is when children enter into the elementary school system. This is the period of development where the young adolescent is learning new skills and behaviors. It’s also the period where their circle of influence widens. They have plenty of teachers and peers to whom they are looking for influence. They may start comparing themselves to others. If they decide that they’re doing well scholastically, on the sports field, at the arts, or socially, they will develop feelings of pride and accomplishment. When the child succeeds, they’ll feel industrious and believe they can set goals — and reach them. However, if children have repeated negative experiences at home or feel that society is too demanding, they may develop feelings of inferiority.

Stage 5 takes place between the ages of 13-19. During this truly important stage of development, the young adult is faced with the challenges of developing a true send of their true Self. They form their identity by examining their beliefs, goals, and values. They are asking themselves: “Who am I?”, “What do I want to work as?”, “How do I fit into society?” These questions combined with the confusion of the question “What’s happening to my body?” Most adolescents will explore different roles and ideas on the journey to integrate with the Self. Adolescents who successfully weather this crisis will come away with a strong sense of identity. They’ll be able to uphold these values despite the challenges that they’ll face in the future. However, when adolescents don’t search for their own identity, they may not develop a strong sense of Self and won’t have a clear picture of their future. The same confusion may be compounded by the pressures they feel to conform to others' values and beliefs. During this period the adolescent discovers their sexuality and their sexual needs and begins to design a picture of the person that they want to be in the future. As the individual grows, they try to find their purpose and role in society, as well as solidify their unique identity. Also, they discern which activities are appropriate for their age and which are considered “childish.” They must find a compromise between what they expect from themselves and what others expect of them. For Erikson, completing this stage successfully lays a foundation for adulthood. Recognizing that they are bombarded by virtual contagions such as Social Media and over-involved parents in the intricacies of their lives, plus the influence of peer pressure presents a marked difficulty in the adolescent’s challenges of carving out a true Self.

Stage 6, is the period of development that includes the 20-39 years of age group. During this stage, teenagers become young adults. Normally at this stage, it’s still a priority for young adults to please others and “fit in.” However, this is also the stage where they begin to draw their red lines: about things that they won’t sacrifice to please someone else. The adolescent is newly concerned with how they appear to others. Superego identity is the accrued confidence that the outer sameness and continuity prepared in the future are matched by the sameness and continuity of one's meaning of Self, as evidenced in the promise of a career. The ability to settle on a school or occupational identity is pleasant. In later stages of adolescence, the child develops a sense of sexual identity. As they make the transition from childhood to adulthood, adolescents ponder the roles they will play in the adult world. Initially, they are apt to experience some role confusion—mixed ideas and feelings about the specific ways in which they will fit into society—and may experiment with a variety of behaviors and activities (e.g. tinkering with cars, baby-sitting for neighbors, affiliating with certain political or religious groups). Eventually, Erikson proposed, most adolescents achieve a sense of identity regarding who they are and where their lives are headed. The teenager must achieve identity in occupation, gender roles, politics, and, in some cultures, religion. Erikson is credited with coining the term "identity crisis".19 Each stage that came before and that follows has its own 'crisis', but even more so now, for this marks the transition from childhood to adulthood. This passage is necessary because "Throughout infancy and childhood, a person forms many identifications. But the need for identity in youth is not met by these."20 This turning point in human development seems to be the reconciliation between 'the person one has come to be' and 'the person society expects one to become'. This emerging sense of self will be established by 'forging' past experiences with anticipations of the future.

Concerning the eight life stages as a whole, the fifth stage (Adolescence) corresponds to the crossroads: What is unique about the stage of Identity is that it is a special sort of synthesis of earlier stages and a special sort of anticipation of later ones. Youth has a certain unique quality in a person's life; it is a bridge between childhood and adulthood. Youth is a time of radical change—the great body changes accompanying puberty, the ability of the mind to search one's intentions and the intentions of others, the suddenly sharpened awareness of the roles society have offered for later life.19 Adolescents "are confronted by the need to re-establish boundaries for themselves and to do this in the face of an often potentially hostile world".21 This is often challenging since commitments are being asked for before particular identity roles have formed. At this point, one is in a state of 'identity confusion', but society normally makes allowances for youth to "find themselves” and this state is called 'the moratorium'. The problem of adolescence is one of role confusion. Role confusion can be explained as a reluctance to commit. This inability to commit may progress with a person into their mature years. Given the right conditions—and Erikson believes these are essentially having enough space and time, a psychosocial moratorium when a person can freely experiment and explore—what may emerge is a firm sense of identity, an emotional and deep awareness of who they are.21

As in other stages, bio-psycho-social forces are at work. No matter how one has been raised, one's ideologies are now chosen for oneself. Often, this leads to conflict with adults over religious and political orientations. Another area where teenagers are deciding for themselves is their career choice, and often parents want to have a decisive say in that role. If society is too insistent, the teenager will acquiesce to external wishes, effectively forcing him or her to ‘foreclose' on experimentation and, therefore, true self-discovery. Once someone settles on a worldview and vocation, will they be able to integrate this aspect of self-definition into a diverse society? According to Erikson, when an adolescent has balanced both perspectives of "What have I got?" and "What am I going to do with it?" they have established their identity:19

Dependent on this stage is the ego quality of fidelity—the ability to sustain loyalties freely pledged despite the inevitable contradictions and confusions of value systems.

Given that in the next sixth stage of Early Adulthood, where (Intimacy) is often characterized by marriage, many are tempted to cap off the prior, fifth stage at 20 years of age. However, these age ranges are quite fluid, especially for the achievement of identity, since it may take many years to become grounded, to identify the object of one's fidelity, to feel that one has "come of age,” Erikson does note that the time of Identity crisis for persons of genius is frequently prolonged. He further notes that in our industrial society, identity formation tends to take longer, because it takes us so long to gain the skills needed for adulthood's tasks in this world. By Erikson’s standards, we do not have an exact period in which to find ourselves. It doesn't happen automatically at eighteen or twenty-one. A very approximate rule of thumb for our society would put the end somewhere in one's twenties.19

Erickson’s sixth stage of psychosocial development, Early Adulthood presents the challenge between intimacy and isolation. The virtue to achieve during this stage is Love. This stage lasts from the ages of 20 to the late-'30s and it focuses on individuals creating intimate relationships with others. During this period, the major conflict centers on forming intimate, loving relationships with other people. Success at this stage leads to fulfilling relationships. Failure, on the other hand, can result in feelings of loneliness and isolation. These feelings lead to the emotional states of depression and anxiety, well documented emotional states that many in the millennial generation are experiencing. The major question individuals face during this stage is “Am I lovable or will I be alone”. The environments which influence this stage are friend and relationship. Keep in mind that every task the individual in their earlier stages of psychosocial development has fostered the virtue learned in each stage. One thing that made Erikson’s theory unique is that unlike many other developmental theories, the psychosocial stages look at how people change and grow throughout the entire lifetime. These adult stages continue to play an important role in each individual's development. This sixth stage of development begins in early adulthood and is centered on the formation of lasting relationships. Those who are successful at this stage can forge deep relationships and social connections with other people. Those that have had societal influences interfere in subsequent stages may find the task of gaining the virtue of love quite overwhelming.

Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development proposes that people pass through a series of stages centered on social, psychological, and emotional development. At each point in a person’s life, he or she faces a developmental conflict that must be resolved. People who overcome these conflicts can achieve psychological skills that ultimately last the rest of a person’s life. Those who fail to master these challenges will continue to struggle. The effects of the resourceful and tangential parenting, which are lacking in these days plus the effects of social media, leave developing individuals to look more towards social media and artificial intelligence created a challenging perspective. The individual is seemingly more connected to rapid information retrieval and less connected to the virtues either achieved or missed during each stage that Erikson proposed in his stage theory. It would be of great psychological and scientific interest that these stages proposed by Erikson be reviewed given the vast change in the psychosocial environment children grow up in. I contend that much has changed during the different stages an individual is passing through the present-day. The great pressure and necessity of accepting that social media, AI, and IT influence the virtue gained or lost and the significant crisis challenges take of a different definition. With many young adults turning to social media as their choice of information gathering, including social mores and attitudes, many of the outside influencers such as parents, have taken a back seat in the formation of a healthy, integrative and comprehensive sense of Self.

CHAPTER 3

The Antidote – Orthopathy and Holistic Health

Much light needs to be shed on the psychosocial approach to social isolation and the related dysfunctions resulting in an exponential increase in increase in anxiety, loneliness, social isolation, depression, and hopelessness in the Millennials and Generation Z cohort groups, with signs of further subsequent generations being affected as well. An attitude of awareness and acceptance and recognizing that attitudes are vital forces that enable individuals to confront the problematic subconscious whose filters when at play can bring on physical illnesses or a crisis of the conscious or unconsciousness. Attitudes that keep us away from non-productive habits, habits that drive us away from the hard awareness of the Self.

A Certified Natural Health and Holistic Nutrition practitioner (practices Orthopathy) teach the philosophies and behavioral science of disease, psychoneuroimmunology, advanced natural health and healing modalities, which includes detoxification, hygienic diet, regular exercise, fasting, mental and emotional balance. These natural healing modalities work as nature intended, therefore there is not a need to look past nature, our inherent selves to find a cure. Holistic Health philosophies follow along the lines of the natural evolution of our bodies, Fight or Flight as you may, where our body and mind are constantly trying to achieve a healthy functional state.

Challenges to health and well-being from a natural healing perspective can be as basic as the goal to maintain the pH balance of our blood at 7.4. This pH balance must be maintained for us to survive. When the pH balance is violated, our mind signals the body which signals the blood to attain whatever it needs to maintain an exact pH balance. To naturally maintain the healthy well-being of the organism and the pH balance of the blood is by avoiding acidic foods maintaining a diet of a healthy diet of fruits and greens eaten in the correct combination to avoid fermentation and toxification of the blood. In the relational realm of life, in-person face-to-face connections, relating to others and the social manners we need to better align in the presence of another person can also be solidly taught by a Holistic Health practitioner. We teach to better understand our physiological state and through this understanding better understand each other.

Health and disease are the same thing – vital action intended to preserve, maintain, and protect the body. We human beings possess the resources for healing that are best mobilized not by removed scientific overstepping but through communication and supportive human action and interaction. Holistic Health advocates would say that “the human mind is very largely a product of its environment.”22 That, “we are prone to regard life as static and to look upon those conditions under which we grow up as the natural and eternal order of things. It is for this reason that we resist change and are often found foes of progress and enlightenment especially when education and training have caused a thought to crystallize into a habit, its eradiation is exceedingly difficult.“ 22

Changing crystallized habits and thought bundles is the challenge presented to the Millennials and Gen Z cohort groups. Habits that are causing maladaptive behaviors and a range of psychosocial dysfunctions such as the unwarranted increase in anxiety, loneliness, social isolation, depression, and hopelessness in generations during the prime of their lives, undermining hope and progress in a social environment lacking the values of face-to-face interactions. An approach to life, applying Holistic Health philosophies rather than focusing or singling out a symptom, anxiety for example, is the centuries proven approach to the health of the human being where one considers the whole person and how he or she interacts with his or her environment. Holistic Health emphasizes the connection of mind, body, and spirit as well. Orthopathy or Holistic Health teaches us that the body slides into a disorder when conditions warrant and slide back into health when conditions improve.

Orthopathy teaches that diseases (dysfunctions) of the body and mind are materialized within by enervating habits. Enervating habits is simply self-indulgence. Whether one overeats, overexerts, worries in excess, fears the unknown, can’t control emotions, anger, selfishness, or too much ambition to name a few, cause nerve energy to drop below normal, checking elimination, therefore producing enervation. When enervation occurs, it is followed by Toxemia where the number of toxins to be excreted by the body is higher in volume than the body is capable of processing and excreting. Toxemia causes the organism to be overloaded by toxins by using an overwhelming amount of nerve energy. Nerve energy, the energy produced by the organism to maintain the structural integrity of the organism needs to be present in sufficient amounts to carry out the activities of life. When the organism uses nerve energy above normal production, caused by stress, unhealthy eating, over-thinking and other forms of overstimulation, the organism falls short of eliminating toxins in the blood as they develop; as they accumulate the body gets intoxicated and the organism becomes enervated causing all sorts of organic problems. Enervating bad habits whether from mental issues such as stress, worry, fear anxiety, loneliness, social isolation depression, and hopelessness, as well as physical excesses use up an excess of nerve energy production. When the elimination of toxins is checked and toxins are retained within the blood and bodily tissues result in Toxemia. Toxemia and the persistent presence of these toxins cause inflammation, which can lead to chronic health problems and eventual organic change of the organs in the human body.

If a child is not taught correctly how to handle “fight or flight” or fear and anxiety, the excessive uncertainty and fear can cause a child to enervate, and no child can thrive in a healthy state of living if excessive stress, worry, fear, anxiety, loneliness, social isolation depression, and hopelessness are present. Healthy parenting rearing practices of love and attention and an end to overprotecting and “hovering over” or simply leaving children to fend life with a screen is Right love. To teach respect is to build on love, tough love shows up as real love when an individual grows up and has the tools to understand how to live life. Children need to learn the lessons of rightful survival from their first breaths to govern their body and their mind. The lessons one learns are by no means perfect, as human nature is imperfect. A human is born with a blank slate and should not be a slave to any shortcomings learned along the way to living a fulfilled life. Yet until one learns to repeal and dispel any wrong that one’s mind can’t set straight, or rid the mind and thus the body of any habits of dysfunctional behaviors, issues that one’s mind finds a challenge to get or set straight, that cause them angst, these thoughts will become things that crystallize into a set dysfunction. Let us be teachers, the story-tellers of Right habits and not enablers of dysfunctional behaviors. Behaviors that will lead to stress, worry, anxiety, loneliness, social isolation, loneliness, hopelessness, and a less than fulfilled life.

One of the key aspects of mental health is diet. The Western diet results in an unbalanced food intake haphazardly making the body overly acidic and can make the body’s metabolism rate slow down and make it difficult for our digestive system to break down fatty acids. When this happens, the brain and central nervous system cannot properly function and over time one can develop severe neurological problems such as depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, and other more severe mentally related problems (Fanny, P. Dr. (2016). The Acid Alkaline Association Diet. An effective diet is as important as good mental and body work. For example, the modern Western diet is high in acidic foods and if our blood suffers from an acidic condition due to our diet, the blood will naturally go to the body to find the chemical that it needs to balance out its pH balance if that chemical is not present. This chemical is an alkaline, bicarbonate of salt, phosphorous and it is found in the bones. When the blood leaches out phosphorous it weakens the bone structure which may explain why so many have problems with bone and bone health. Seems that hip, knee and other types of joint replacements even stem cell replacements for joints are relevant topics among the medical community personally having several family members being advised to be put under that sort of knife. This would not be necessary if we perhaps followed a healthy regimen that does not tax the bone structures by depleting them of their source minerals. From a personal perspective, I present what was an organic, natural resolution to a medical problem: My brother at a young age was diagnosed with a problem where the ball of his femur bone was flat therefore not fitting correctly into the socket, therefore leaving him with an awkward disability in his gate. Several doctors at that time were consulted and only one advised my parents to administer a healthy clean diet (this was 1955) and indefinite bed rest until the top of the femur bone grew into the socket in its correct shape. My parents trusted this doctor and after two and a half years of being confined to “not placing pressure on his leg whatsoever” the top of the femur bone grew into a ball and a healthy predisposition for my brother of avoiding a disability that would have prevented him from his favorite sport, running!

An alkaline diet assures that food intake corrects acidity, gastritis, and inflammation of the cell tissues of the body and is crucial to supplement with minerals, due to deficits as in magnesium which is a major contributor to cellular acidosis. An alkaline diet corrects cellular acidosis, thereby, enhancing toxic mineral mobilization within the organism. A high-fiber diet with 80% of food intake that is alkaline-forming is key in lowering progressive metallic acidosis which, by the way, naturally increases with age. The modern Western diet is deficient in potassium bicarbonates, mostly due to soil depletion of minerals. The Western diet also is high in the intake of acid-producing foods all bad news in the cellular toxic load of the body’s tissues. Having a diet of mostly raw vegetables and fruits one can secure mind power and strength must be secured from these sources. The body needs to reduce their cellular toxic load for the ultimate in antioxidant protection. Ultimately an unhealthy physical structure taxes the mind, the mind then can tax the soul or functional consciousness. Physical pain can cause a great distraction to a healthy mental state of being.

One can maintain their brainpower and the ability to regulate their mental health through one’s diet. Specifically powerful is the Acid Alkaline Association diet (Fanny, P. Dr. (2016). The Acid Alkaline Association Diet) which is a diet with the sole purpose of maintaining the acid/alkaline balance in the system and providing the ultimate in nerve energy; a diet of raw whole foods, perfectly combined for one’s consumption will stave off enervation and help them keep their organism in an ideal acid balance and physically and mentally prosper.

Caring for the mind is probably one of the most important factors within the Holistic Health approach to a healthier Self. The study of the effects of biochemicals released in the body based on thoughts and one’s inner Will is one of the most potent advancements within psychoneuroimmunology. Psychoneuroimmunology applies to the teaching of the Orthopathy and Holistic Health philosophies of effectively and naturally controlling thought bundles that enervate the mind therefore effectively managing unhealthy reactions in the body. Our minds affect all parts of our lives, from our mood and emotional state to our physical health. In the presence of a tension headache or a nervous stomach or just the feeling of fight or flight, one can understand how strongly our mental states can affect our physical health.

Psychoneuroimmunology is a new branch of medicine based on the interaction of the brain, the endocrine system, and the immune system.23 Psychoneuroimmunology shows that positive emotions can simply have positive physiological effects including an enhanced immune system.

And actually, the very notion that positive feelings can affect our body chemistry and effect a change in thoughts and therefore enhance our healing forces is nothing new. Hippocrates insisted that medical students give full weight to the emotions, both as a contributor to the cause of disease and as a factor in recovery. Aristotle discoursed at length the role of the emotions in health and illness and throughout history, physicians emphasized the importance of the patient’s Will to live in treating disease.

The brain needs to maintain optimal health through diet and exercise and lifestyle changes to improve the way one thinks, feels, and how one interacts with others and with one’s life. How well one feels helps one succeed in whatever one’s dreams may be during their lifetime. Teaching a holistic lifestyle ‘syllabus’ from which one doesn’t fall short and integrating this “syllabus” into every day is the most advantageous way of dealing with thoughts of a negative or repressive nature. Our brains, our minds, our thoughts have the power to lift us out of practically any adverse situation. In Norman Cousin’s book “Head First”23, we get an idea of the power, the nerve power, the life force that the human brain can deliver onto our psyche, onto our very Self.

We read in Chapter 2 of this thesis how Helicopter parenting has lead to children missing key developmental changes in their lives. This sort of arrested development shows that parents and society alike got in the way of children taking charge of their lives and integrating key developmental changes that are showing up in painful distressing ways later on in the life cycle. Changing the subconscious, the dysfunctional nature of not integrating psychosocial developmental stages, having a so-called screen for a friend or mentor, shows that these factors are hampering Millennials and Gen Z from taking control of their own life and moods and integrating an enlightened Self with the outside world. Are these cohort groups becoming lambs to the slaughter? The challenges presented in this paper for Millennials and Gen Z can be altered and changed and reversed by alerting as to what basic human evolutionary needs are being ignored and thus not integrated into their lives. How can they feel, understand what is not being integrated into their life to lead a healthier existence? Additionally, we need to introduce possible Cognitive Behavioral techniques and understand, truly understand that Thoughts are Things. And Thoughts need to be ruled by principles built on the theory of a healthy lifestyle. It is then that the body can respond appropriately when it is subject to a healthy mind. In the Homo Sapiens scheme of things, the body surrenders to the quality of the thoughts of the mind (whether mindful or not), the mind surrenders to be governed by a soul, a spirit, and this soul, this spirit ultimately surrenders to the guidance, to the principles of a power that is higher than the Self, whatever we may feel that light or energy source may be, God or otherwise.

Caring for the health of the mind can include aspects of the spiritual and physical as well as with everything within the realm of holistic health. This can encompass getting enough sleep and making sure that your brain has the rest and nourishment it needs to function well and so the body can produce the nerve energy it needs to function throughout the day. It can also mean reading regularly or doing another activity that engages your mind. Another part of caring for the mind is seeking help for any mental health illnesses with which one may struggle. If one finds themselves battling anxiety, depression, or any other type of mental illness, reach out for assistance. You can only be your best Self if all of you are healthy, and mental illness is an illness like any other – one that needs help and healing. Maintaining an optimal level of wellness is crucial to living a higher quality of life. Wellness matters. Wellness matters because everything we do and every emotion we feel relates to our well-being. In turn, our well-being directly affects our actions and emotions. It’s an ongoing circle. Therefore, everyone needs to achieve optimal wellness to subdue stress, reduce the risk of illness, and ensure positive human interactions and well-being.

Whole Body-Mind Synthesis is a process that addresses specific personal projects, business successes, general conditions, and transitions in the client's personal life, relationships, or profession by examining what is going on right now in the moment. Discovering what one’s obstacles or challenges might be, and taking steps to choose a course of action to make one’s life be what one wants it to be. Whole Body-Mind synthesis is an alliance between a Holistic Health practitioner and the client where the synthesis of the relationship continually gives all the power back to the client. It is a belief that every person knows the answers to every question or challenge he/she may have in their life, even if those answers appear to be obscured, concealed, or hidden inside. Through a Holistic Health program, one can strive to live a healthy life, naturally. A person learns about the Self, about what makes them tick in today’s modern challenges. Only the individual is the only expert in his entire life who truly knows who he/she is and what he/she needs. The individual is the only expert who can recognize what is best for him/herself. Through practicing the philosophies of Holistic Health one can discover what one’s own personal "best" is and how to appease that ever nagging voice we call the subconscious.

Every day one makes choices to engage or not to engage different activities. These choices may range from the profound to the trivial and each one has an effect that makes one’s life more fulfilling or less fulfilling, more balanced, or less balanced, which makes one’s process of living more effective or less effective. The philosophies of a Holistic Health practitioner helps one learn how to make choices that create an effective, balanced, and fulfilling life. While Millennials and Gen Z’s may suffer from low self-esteem or self-worth, both of these afflictions have a profound consequence for how a person may live their life, for how they treat themselves and how we deal and cope with others. The Holistic Health philosophies are simple, similar, and unique, and are easily integrated into the every day. They are second nature. These philosophies create the foundation for the presence or absence of that essential confidence we need to venture forth into the world and create the lives we want and deserve. Being one's most authentic, powerful, and creative self is the foundation for everything else in our lives. If we get that part right, the rest simply falls into place.

One needs to take the time to care for the spirit. No matter what one’s views on the soul or the afterlife are, there is a piece of oneself that is distinct from one’s physical body or one’s logical mind that is more quintessentially the spiritual Self. One must take time to care for their spirit and check in from time to time with one’s emotional state. Meditation and journaling can be an important part of spiritual self-care, as well as exercise and mindful eating. One needs to take the time to recognize this part of oneself, to acknowledge any struggles, and to care for them. Whether it’s taking time to get a massage or to go for a run during the day, or simply to find the time to be quiet and at peace with this quintessential part of oneself, one’s Spirit.

In Holistic Health we understand that all the diseases whether physical or mental are all the same. They are a product of an unbalanced organism. The organism’s diet, thoughts, and actions are all part of the same existence. The organism is presently living a sort of convoluted existence based on personal values and experiences from an environment of static, motionless screens and artificial intelligence applications, applications that satisfy our every need for a possible addictive behavior in the attainment of the next dopamine rush. Dopamine, a neurotransmitter, produces a heightened sense of pleasure.

The Holistic Health philosophy is simple and straightforward: The body knows what it needs and wants to find equilibrium and a healthy state of being. It is up to the person, the body’s navigator to understand what it is that they need to do to steer those needs and wants, to know what it is that their subconscious voice is demanding based on all past experiences. These past experiences are thought bundles or schemas that have been allowed to crystallize into habits. Holistic Health philosophies include Natural Laws, laws that are formulas that describe uniformities or regularities within nature, the uniformities of nature are intrinsically necessary conditions to a balanced healthy Self. One law in specific is the Law of Vital Accommodation, which is like a natural balance sheet. The law states: The response of the vital organism to external stimuli is an instinctive one, based upon a self-preservative instinct which adapts itself to whatever influence it cannot destroy or control (Shelton, H.M.,(1979) Human Life: Its Philosophies and Laws, Pomeroy, WA: Health Research Books, Pgs.19-20). It continues with that a man who habitually indulges in stimulants would exhaust and destroy himself with but few indulgences if the organism had no means of curbing its reactions against the stimulation and thereby lessening the expenditure of vital power. Therefore the onset of an addiction or an ever-growing need for a heightened state not satiated by the initial intake of the stimulant. In reference to this thesis, the overuse of stimulants, in this case, technology, and technology’s negative effects of too many stimulants on the human organism. The human organism's sense of adjustment and the need for larger amounts of stimulation to get the same heightened state of pleasure: Dopamine release.

In much the same way that we apply Orthopathy to physiological and physical diseases, Holistic Health philosophies can be much utilized in curing the organism of destroying itself through self-observation, regulation and self-trust and self-esteem. In the front lines is the power of thought, which to this day is a highly discussed topic. Can changing our thoughts, becoming aware of our shortcomings, understanding why we feel or act and react in a certain way improve mental health and therefore the general well-being of the Spiritual Self?

Our thoughts can dictate pretty much how we deal with life. Those thoughts, or actions that cause thoughts, have been ingrained in the subconscious from birth. In fact, from 0 to 8 years of age we ramble on through life never really connecting with reality, our subconscious and conscious mind have not yet connected. Yet those experiences early on, also known as the “inner child” can and will dictate our present state of being and how we may interpret our future. Research has shown that our thoughts can help change the pathology of disease by changing the negative outlook of disease into one of hope. The Orthopathic notion that disease is Right action can be translated into mental health in much the same way. The disease and the symptoms of mental health are but an indication of what needs to be done to correct the present state of “mental disease” to a healthier well-being. How do we change Thoughts that cause anxiety, loneliness, social isolation, depression, and hopelessness into one of happiness and joy? It is in our brains as our brains are perfectionists. Once we get an idea in our head our brain will do everything possible to duly finish it, even if it is causing harm. We change our thoughts. We work on the cause of our mental handicaps. In short, the brain loves technology, technology helps release that ever intoxicating hormone, Dopamine, the feel-good hormone. As long as the brain is not taught otherwise we will face the dangers of over-extending on mal-adaptive behaviors and not on healthy interpersonal connections, the Soul will go into a state of latency and anxiety, loneliness, social isolation, depression, and hopelessness will continue to prevail.

“I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; someone or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene.” -Lucius Seneca, Greek Philosopher

What does Seneca imply by this quote? Seems like even back in Seneca’s time, (he passed away in 65 B.C. / C. E.) the human race was dealing with “Change.” What is it about change that so can rattle our minds? Is it the sudden inconsistency? Is it getting pushed out of a routine? Is it plain fear of moving forward? Yes moving forward. What does the latter represent? Let’s break it down.

· “I never come home with the same moral character I went out with:” We encounter so much in our hyper-stimulated world. “Ping” goes the smartphone; “read me,” says the billboard; homelessness surrounds us (at least in my city of Los Angeles). We may then be subject to situations that bring warmth into our psyche, a parent joyfully parenting; an encounter with a random hello; and in my case, people from all over this earth that I meet through my Airbnb unit (pre-covid-19 of course, not many people travel at the moment). Are we the same person we just woke up to? We most definitely are not. We do not have the same thought 5-minutes into a day, let alone at the first glimpse of daylight. Then we go about our day, we are side-swiped with a different perspective, by perhaps a jolting message, that we, if we were listening closely, if we were present in the moment, we may see that a perfect stranger, unbeknownst to us, perhaps our Soul, the metaphysical is budging, nagging, guiding us towards a better situation for our present state!

· The most challenging, “becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace:” so many times we are led to think that once we deal with a situation, we are fine and on our way. Sure we are, we strive for balance, we educate, put ourselves through the wringer achieving the perfect state and then, What was that? Who is that speaking? It is me your subconscious, your spiritual Self is touching base, saying hello. We deny that whatever we experience in life is recorded on this thing called the brain or our hard-drive equivalent, and that organ is ever-present to send us a jolt from our past, reminding us of the good and the bad, all of our experiences are forever ours. Our internal peace becomes threatened by everyday living, something triggers and we may feel like we are back at step one. Oh poor me we may say. Alright already!

· This leads to last and not least, “someone or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene:” Viruses, that is all, viruses, as in our computers come on to the scene-setting our internal peace topsyturvy. However, if we were to learn that our “internal peace” is in a safe partition protected by our human existence's “anti-virus program,” ever striving to correct or patch those things that bubble up and make us anxious, anxiety as it were, is put at bay and we are brought back to a state of peace, where we are content at every moment. Your soul is ever-present, oh so present!

Seneca was right; we are never the same from day to day no matter how much we try to shield ourselves from reality. Yet with acceptance at hand, our lives become richer, we become more compassionate, accepting, and loving. Nothing is wrong, there is nothing bad, it is all good, we always come out on top in one way or another. The world at large is daunting yet we are all one. Together let’s give each other the space to bloom. We are part of a bigger intricate picture, blooming at different stages just like a flower that is ever-bloom dying and being reborn, throwing its seeds to the wind. Let’s turn a page and start a period of growth by coming out of the dead of the past possessing the skills to grow, deal with stalls and preserving enough nerve-energy to re-coop, re-charge, and be at peace. Embracing change, beautifully so!

CONCLUSION

During this pandemic of Covid-19, there are many conflicting and contradictory views on the evolving stories of the benefits of surviving life at home, whether it is work, education, or play. Under examination, this presents how society and commerce need to embrace the fact that conducting activities from home or remotely, has become the new productive norm to a new productive workforce, to a new norm for education to a new norm for social interaction. What is noted in literature is that the psychosocial benefits of conducting life remotely present benefits from a better work-life balance to a positive effect on the environment, to having a happy healthier life. I challenge and highly contest these ideals. What is hidden behind this information is the fact that humans are social animals and behind that better work-life balance hangs an unstructured demand on the psyche which is now creating isolation, and left defenseless against the encroachment of social media manias and the brain’s own devices. Loneliness has become a trait in American society.

Whether we are experiencing a pandemic or we are not, it is apparent that when working from home, or simply sheltering at home, isolation, and lack of structure does take its toll on the human psyche when people physically distance themselves from others in the community. A sense of isolation increases and this loss of contact exacerbates the widespread challenge of loneliness which is known to be deeply harmful to both our mental and physical health and well-being. A recent article on Covid-19, mental health and loneliness states, “There is a more fundamental obstacle to our mental health and well-being that is harder to see but essential to confront, in our fast-paced, mobile, and globalized world, we have allowed one of our most treasured sources of safety, resilience, and health to weaken and fray: our relationships with one another.24

The United States over the past five decades, as mentioned in the introduction of this thesis has experienced a decline in social capital – the network of social relationships, grounded in shared values and norms that gives people a sense of community and support. Younger Americans have fewer closer friends and belong to fewer and fewer communal associations. Younger Americans display less trust for each, not necessarily trust each other less, just display less trust: fear of strangers, mounting social media pressures of a technology-based lifestyle, and the difficulty in establishing meaningful connections due to choice overload, for example in their romantic relationships, this furthers a sense of all aloneness. What is more surprising is that in regards to other generational cohort groups, Millennials and Gen Z seem to suffer more. “What we see with the onslaught of physical distancing and isolation of Covid-19 and the recent flare-up with racial injustice is an exacerbation to the sense of separation between people at a moment when we need more social support.”24

Social isolation is associated with an increased risk of depression and anxiety as well as heart disease, premature death, and dementia. The feeling of being alone is also associated with a shorter lifespan. One study found that the mortality impact associated with loneliness is similar to that observed with the harmful effects of smoking 15 cigarettes a day. At a societal level, our weakened connections may make it harder for us to have honest, transparent conversations across political and social divides. This increasing divide in turn makes it more difficult for people to come together and address the daunting challenges life presents us or just face the feelings of looming uncertainty in general. Society is witnessing unprecedented changes to social inequality, climate change, and now a global pandemic and these issues are not being addressed at the community-needed level of social commitment. Perhaps it is needed in the course of societal equilibration to re-introduce the Salons2 of the last turn-of-the-century era.

Public officials and health care providers are on the right track offering needed education to the younger population regarding the great benefit of learning and adopting coping strategies for dealing with stress, other than just medicating the stress. Exercise, therapy, yoga, mindfulness, emotional regulation, and meditation have all proven to be highly efficient in combating irrational anxiety, loneliness, social isolation, depression, and hopelessness. Social media makes superficial relationships easier while preventing the development of meaningful connections.

We can find comfort in Holistic Health philosophies, a natural development of paradigms emphasizing merging technology with nature. Health is the result of natural living. When people live in harmony with their physiological needs, health is the inevitable result. By supplying the organism with its basic requirements (natural, unadulterated food; sunshine; clean, fresh air; pure water; appropriate physical, mental and emotional activities; and a productive lifestyle) while simultaneously eliminating all harmful factors and influences, the self-constructing, self-regulating, self-repairing qualities of the body are given full rein. Holistic Health practices are defined as a principled, belief system in the restoration and preservation of health both physical and mental by natural, unadulterated means as simple as the intake of pure water, sunshine, exercise, clean air, cleanliness, proper diet, exercise, getting outdoors (Biophilia), sleep, rest, correct temperatures in living environments, relaxation, poise and overall a good mental and spiritual attitude. Establishing these habits easily become a routine, and surprisingly so, most of us were probably not intentionally taught good mental health hygiene habits. These habits also bring consistency to our lives, promote wellness and resilience, and protect us from becoming overwhelmed by mental illness. And while mental health hygiene habits may vary from person to person, it is important to identify those that work best for us and to integrate them into our day — every day — through reminders and practice until they become a routine that we anticipate with pleasure.

ENDNOTES

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13) Dimock, M. (n.d.) 17 January, 2019. Defining generations: Where Millennials end and Generation Z begins. Retrieved from https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/01/17/where-millennials-end-and-generation-z-begins/

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17) Bee, Helen; Boyd, Denise (March 2009). The Developing Child (12th ed). Boston, MA: Pearson.

18) Sharkey, Wendy (May 1997). Erik Erikson Developmental Theory. Retrieved from: https://web.archive.org/web/20121127075544/http://www.muskingum.edu/~psych/psycweb/history/erikson.htm

19) Gross, Francis L. (1987). Introducing Erik Erikson: An Invitation to his Thinking. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. p. 4.

20) Wright, Jr, J. Eugene (1982). Erikson: Identity and Religion. New York, NY: Seabury Press. p. 73.

21) Stevens, Richard (1983). Erik Erikson: An Introduction. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press. pp. 48–50.

22) Shelton, H.M. (1979). Human Life: Its Philosophies and Laws, Preface. Pomeroy, WA: Health Research Books.

23) Cousins, N. Head (1989). First: The Biology and Hope and the Healing Power of the Human Spirit, Pg. 2. New York: Penguin.

24) Murthy, Vivek H, Cheneitler, A T.(n.d.) 6 July, 2020. Here’s the Best Way to Take Care of your Mental Health During the Pandemic Retrieved from: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/06/opinions/covid-19-mental-health-global-pandemic-murthy-chen/index.html

25) Graham, D.N. (2006 and 2008). Dr: The 80/10/10 Diet: Balancing your health, your weight, and your life, one luscious bite at a time, Pg. 11. Key Largo: FoodnSport Press.

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27) Beaton, C. (n.d.) 23 May, 2017. 8 Habits That Make Millennials Stressed. Retrieved from: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/8-habits-that-make-millennials-stressed-anxious-and_b_5924f46be4b0dfb1ca3a0f8a

ATTACHMENT 1

Fundamental of Health, Dr. Douglas N. Graham

1. Clean Fresh Air

2. Pure Water

3. Foods for which we are biologically designed

4. Sufficient Sleep

5. Rest and Relaxation

6. Vigorous Activity

7. Emotional Poise and stability

8. Sunshine and Natural Light

9. Comfortable Temperatures

10. Peace, Harmony, Serenity, and Tranquility

11. Human Touch

12. Thought, Cogitation, and Meditation

13. Friendships and Companionships

14. Gregariousness (Social Relationships, Community)

15. Love and Appreciation

16. Play and Recreation

17. Pleasant Environment

18. Amusement and Entertainment

19. Sense of Humor, Mirth, and Merriment

20. Security of Life and Its Means

21. Inspiration, Motivation, Purpose, and Commitment

22. Creative, Useful Work (Pursuit of Interests)

23. Self-Control and Self-mastery

24. Individual Sovereignty

25. Expression of Reproductive Instincts

26. The Satisfaction of the Esthetic Senses

27. Self-Confidence

28. Positive Self-Image and Sense of Self-Worth

29. Internal and External Cleanliness

30. Smiles

31. Music and all other arts

32. Biophilia (Love of Nature)

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Apparently, Cats, and Children: Rocky 63299... 3 years old, just 10 lbs, waiting for your loving arms at the Brooklyn, NY ACC Adopt Me FOR A New Family To Know: Rocky is described as friendly, confident, & fearful. He loves to follow his special person around, play with toys & balls & will play fetch. He is wee-pad & crate trained, enjoys going for walks, & is leary of strangers, would do best in an adult-only new home. At the shelter, he is coming around, letting handlers pick him up, pet him& he even solicits their attention. All this little nugget needs is a chance to show what a good little guy he can be. Give him time to adjust & decompress & watch him blossom. Rescue-only due to his nervousness, meaning you have to apply with rescues to foster or adopt him. PLEASE, DO! Apply now to save his life! **FOSTER or ADOPTER NEEDED ASAP** Rocky 63299... 3 years old, just 10 lbs, waiting for your loving arms at the Brooklyn, NY ACC. FOR A New Family To Know: Rocky is described as friendly, confident, & fearful. He loves to follow his special person around, play with toys & balls & will play fetch. He is wee-pad & crate trained, enjoys going for walks, & is leary of strangers, would do best in an adult-only new home. At the shelter, he is coming around, letting handlers pick him up, pet him & he even solicits their attention. All this little nugget needs is a chance to show what a good little guy he can be. Give him time to adjust & decompress & watch him blossom. Rescue-only due to his nervousness, meaning you have to apply with rescues to foster or adopt him. PLEASE, DO! Apply now to save his life! VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LufORtsro3I ✔Pledge✔Tag✔Share✔FOSTER✔ADOPT✔Save a life! Rocky 63299 Small Mixed Breed Sex male Age 3 yrs (approx.) - 10 lbs My health has been checked. My vaccinations are up to date. My worming is up to date. I have been micro-chipped. I am waiting for you at the Brooklyn, NY ACC. Please, Please, Please, save me! **************************************** *** TO FOSTER OR ADOPT *** If you would like to adopt a NYC ACC dog, and can get to the shelter in person to complete the adoption process, you can contact the shelter directly. We have provided the Brooklyn, Staten Island and Manhattan information below. Adoption hours at these facilities is Noon – 8:00 p.m. (6:30 on weekends) If you CANNOT get to the shelter in person and you want to FOSTER OR ADOPT a NYC ACC Dog, you can PRIVATE MESSAGE our Must Love Dogs - Saving NYC Dogs page for assistance. PLEASE NOTE: You MUST live in NY, NJ, PA, CT, RI, DE, MD, MA, NH, VT, ME or Northern VA. You will need to fill out applications with a New Hope Rescue Partner to foster or adopt a NYC ACC dog. Transport is available if you live within the prescribed range of states. Shelter contact information: Phone number (212) 788-4000 Email [email protected] Shelter Addresses: Brooklyn Shelter: 2336 Linden Boulevard Brooklyn, NY 11208 Manhattan Shelter: 326 East 110 St. New York, NY 10029 Staten Island Shelter: 3139 Veterans Road West Staten Island, NY 10309 ************************************** This animal came from: Friend Basic Information: Rocky is an approx 3 year old black and tan small male dog that was surrendered to BACC due to his behavior. Owner had Rocky for just one week and did not take him to the vet during that time. Previously lived with: 2 adults 3 children How is this dog around strangers? Rocky will bark and growl at them. How is this dog around children? Rocky has lived with 3 children for a week and was described as fearful. Rocky would snap at the 2 year old, and would bark at the 5 and 6 year old children. Rocky was kept separate from them for the majority of the week. How is this dog around other dogs? Rocky has not lived or been around other dogs, it is unknown how he would behave. How is this dog around cats? Rocky has not lived or been around cats, it is unknown how he would behave. Resource guarding: Rocky's owner has not attempted to move his food, treats, or toys away so it is unknown whether he resource guards. Bite history: Rocky has nipped the owner and their partner on 5/14/19 Housetrained: Wee pads yes Energy level/descriptors: high Other Notes: Rocky has not been given a bath, had his nails trimmed, or his coat brushed, it is unknown how he would behave. Rocky would bark when someone unfamiliar approaches the house or family member. ENERGY LEVEL: Rocky has been observed to exhibit a medium level of energy during his interactions in the care center. SAFER ASSESSMENT: BEHAVIOR: Summary: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: No pulling Reactivity to humans: None Reactivity to dogs: None Leash walking comments: Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Neutral-soft body, tail wagging, explores room, checks in with handlers, approaches handlers, accepts contact Call over: Approaches readily, soft and loose Sociability comments: Handling Soft handling: Soft body, leans into handler, closed mouth, slow tail wags, accepts all contact Exuberant handling: Soft body, leans into handler, closed mouth, slow tail wags, accepts all contact Handling comments: Arousal Jog: Follows handler, soft and loose Arousal comments: Knock Knock Comments: Vocalized once when assistant knocks; Does not approach assistant when she enters, stays near handler Toy Toy comments: Grips and moves away IN SHELTER OBSERVATIONS: Rocky was at the front of the kennel, crying and displaying soft, loose and wiggly body language when the handler approached. He was able to be roped and brought outside for his interaction without any issue. The handler was able to clip a leash to his collar and Rocky began to explore the pens. After relieving himself, Rocky followed the handler and solicited attention by jumping up softly and leaning into the handlers legs. When the handler crouched down, Rocky continued to lean into the handler and accepted all contact. The handler introduced a tennis ball to Rocky, with which he began to jump up and vocalize when it was bounced. Rocky engaged with the ball for a few minutes, before returning to the handler and soliciting attention. Rocky remained soft and loose throughout his interaction. After his interaction, the handler was able to place a rope around Rocky and return him to his kennel without any issue. ENERGY LEVEL: Rocky has been observed to exhibit a medium level of energy during his interactions in the care center. DVM Intake Exam Estimated age: Reported 3 years Microchip noted on Intake? Positive - 981020017563829 Subjective: BARH, snapping, lunging, hard barking, flailing against lead. Used towel and thick gloves to pick up, soft muzzle placed. Once on table with towel restraint and muzzle, he was still for most of exam/medical treatments (went very slow) but did try to snap a few times. Evidence of Cruelty seen - none Evidence of Trauma seen - none Objective P = 112 bpm R = panting BCS = 5/9 EENT: Eyes clear, ears clean, no nasal or ocular discharge noted Oral Exam: Limited - clean adult incisors PLN: No enlargements noted H/L: NSR, NMA, Lungs clear, eupnic ABD: Very tense, non painful, no masses palpated U/G: Male, two scrotal testicles MSI: Ambulatory x 4, skin free of parasites, no masses noted, healthy hair coat CNS: Mentation appropriate - no signs of neurologic abnormalities Rectal: Externally normal Assessment: Apparently healthy Plan: Start trazodone 5 mg/kg PO BID indefinitely for shelter anxiety SURGERY: Okay for surgery BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION: NHO Behavior Asilomar TM - Treatable-Manageable Recommendations: No children (under 13)/Place with a New Hope partner/Recommendations comments: No children (under 13): Due to Rocky's overall level of fear with the potential for defensive aggression, handling sensitivity and history, we feel he would be best set up to succeed in an adult only home at this time. Place with a New Hope partner: Although he has shown some improvement and displays social behavior with certain staff members, Rocky remains fearful in the care center and is hesitant to interact at times. We feel he would be best set up to succeed if placed with an experienced rescue partner who can allow him to acclimate and decompress at his own pace. Force-free, reward based training only is advised when introducing or exposing Rocky to new and unfamiliar situations. Potential challenges: Handling/touch sensitivity/Fearful/potential for defensive aggression. Potential challenges comments: Handling/touch sensitivity: Rocky exhibits handling sensitivity during his interactions in the care center, observed on multiple occasions. Rocky has been observed to rapidly escalate to barking, lunging and snapping toward handlers when uncomfortable. Please refer to the handout on Handling/touch sensitivity. Please refer to the handout on fearful/potential for defensive aggression. ... NOTE: *** WE HAVE NO OTHER INFORMATION THAN WHAT IS LISTED WITH THIS FLYER *** ... RE: ACC site Just because a dog is not on the ACC site does NOT necessarily mean safe. There are many reasons for this like a hold or an eval has not been conducted yet or the dog is rescue-only... the list goes on... Please, do share & apply to foster/adopt these pups as well until their thread is updated with their most current status. TY! ****************************************** About Must Love Dogs - Saving NYC Dogs: We are a group of advocates (NOT a shelter NOR a rescue group) dedicated to finding loving homes for NYC dogs in desperate need. ALL the dogs on our site need Rescue, Fosters, or Adopters & that ASAP as they are in NYC high-kill shelters. If you cannot foster or adopt, please share them far & wide. Thank you for caring!! <3 ****************************************** RESCUES: * Indicates New Hope Rescue partner is accepting applications for fosters and/or adopters. http://www.nycacc.org/get-involved/new-hope/nhpartners ****************************************** ++++ ++++ ++++ Beamer Maximillian Carolin Hocker Caro Hocker Heidi Walker Susan Klingbeil Yorkie911 Rescue, Inc Gangs Of New Yorkie United Yorkie Rescue

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Shocking Adventures of Futuristic Culinary Employee Spencer Truman

Start time by 519 pm Sunday June 2 2019

Completion time by 558 pm Sunday June 3 2019

Shocking Adventures of Futuristic Culinary Employee Spencer Truman

Hi My Name is Spencer Truman and I work as a culinary assistant to university chefs in the Hampton Roads Virginia area in the Year 2105 cooking for Old Dominion University in Norfolk Virginia, Tidewater Community College in Norfolk Virginia and sometimes assisting my brother Damion Truman at some of the events he is asked to set up for on the University of Maryland College Park campus. I reside in a completely paid for home that is a mile from the Norfolk Virginia naval base that cost 99000 American dollars in early 2000s money. I was born June 14 2070 and I have an older brother named Damion Truman born June 13 2060 who currently resides in a paid for home less than a block away from the College Park metro station in College Park Maryland. Damion Truman paid 100,000 dollars in early 2000s American money for his home. He works as a caterer on the University of Maryland College Park campus and he sometimes invites me to help set up events with him on a volunteer basis once or twice a week. I Spencer Truman am about purchase a car within the next two weeks. We are able to easily see each other at least weekly because of a high speed train station system that was built by the year 2065 that opened across various parts of the United States. This changed the U.S. economy a lot because a person living and residing in the Washington D.C. area could now go from taking a train from downtown Washington D.C., northern Virginia andor certain parts of Maryland and be in let’s say California in the span of just an hour andor even all the way across England andor Iceland in the same timeframe more on that in a future session.

I Spencer Truman have been asked if me and my brother are direct descendants of President Harry Truman and/or members of his family. To be honest, both my brother and I have yet to know because we were both adopted by the time we were 5 years old and by the time we both worked up the courage to ask both of our adoptive parents (by the year 2090) they both mysteriously died the same day as our biological mother who died a year before (in 2089). This is important because we both have been told by our adoptive family members that only our adoptive parents know the complete information on who could be our father because our late biological mother was a popular prostitute who mingled with men of various backgrounds and socio-economic classes by the time prostitution was legalized across the United States by the year 2060. Neither my brother or I judge her for her lifestyle, however we have yet to find out our full backgrounds on our full racial ancestries because we found out through a past boyfriend of our biological mother that she was still immersed in the field of prostitution before and after she gave birth to the both of us averaging at least 8 to 20 clients a month that netted her an income of at least 2000 dollars a month in early 2000s money. However, yesterday before this interview someone who says they were one of the coworkers and a relative of one of the regular clients of my late biological mother contacted me after seeing me and my brother featured on a popular newspaper article of high society in the Hampton Roads Virginia area and interviewed on a news channel. My brother and I were featured as part of a summer camp teaching other adults psychic abilities and cooking demonstrations at a week long summer camp that is available for men and women of ages 17 on up by the year 2080. We were both interviewed because of our side business that we were offering both as matchmakers to traditional couples and matchmakers to non-traditional couples for a fee to 500 dollars in early 2000s money. We grew in popularity because we had a high rate of success in matching people who were mutually attracted to each other after just one try (i.e. over 90 percent of our clients only had to invest 500 dollars). Over 80 percent of those pairings resulted in long term relationships andor partnerships andor long term love affairs spanning at least 10 to 15 years and at least 60 percent of them resulted in marriages. We both became millionaires in the span of just 5 years because of the high demand for our services particularly from people who controversially it would have been considered taboo for them to seek out such services, i.e. a high percentage of married women and men of various ages ranging from 21 to 120 of various incomes and backgrounds and men and women of various ages backgrounds and income looking to discreetly meet these women. Yes many of these successful pairings were at our Virginia Beach summer camp along with our traditional couple pairings and oddly enough in a positive way many people got along with each other. A coworker who is connected to my potential father noticed the physical similarities of my brother and I to one of his friends that he knew and at first he admitted to not wanting to contact us until the late friend’s sister insisted that he at least lets me and my older brother know for closure even though my rumored biological father already passed away (the sister is offering up her dna). Both I Spencer Truman and Damon Truman decided to stay working in our culinary fields for now for the enjoyment of it. Apparently the rumored biological father kept my late biological mother a secret from many of his friends and family members not because of her profession but because he was married and worked in a field that necessitated he keep relations with my late prostitute mother a secret (he was a high ranking navy intelligence officer). The sister offering up her dna to see if her married brother was our father has worked as a food publicist both across the Norfolk Virginia and Virginia Beach Virginia areas in addition to multiple parts of the metro Washington D.C. area (College Park Maryland, Arlington Virginia, Wheaton Maryland Mclean Virginia etc.)Anyhow, I Spencer Truman plan to speak with you more on the feature on this exciting summer camp that opened in Virginia Beach by the year 2080 and rumor has it that a similar camp is going to open in College Park Maryland by the year 2108. I Spencer Truman admit that both myself and my brother have been told that we resemble Sting from the Everything She Does is Magic era which helps in our side business as matchmakers. However, I must be on my way because one of my career psychic coaches just texted me and is letting me know that he thinks that we both won a 200 million dollar lottery that we both purchased and shared lottery tickets for.

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I have eaten at Shake Shack in at least 3 different locations within the metro D.C. area since Shake Shack came to the metro D.C. area after the May 2011 timeframe. My favorite burger is the shack stack burger which comes with a hybrid of a cheeseburger and a fried mushroom burger stuffed with cheese. I am guessing that the new Shake Shack location in Virginia Beach is probably going to be popular for at least a while if their food is just as good as the locations I have been to in the metro D.C. area. I admit that I intend to eventually try the Virginia Beach location Shake Shack.

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Shake Shack Fans Early To Line Up For Famed Burgers and Fries by Robyn Sidersky staff writer May 22, 2019

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A six dollar pricing for a cranberry meat and brie sandwich sounds fine. The fact that a new chef is going to test out their foods each Monday sounds interesting.

https://pilotonline.com/life/flavor/article_ee758982-35f1-11e9-8401-b3d0d1a9aed8.html

At One Norfolk Space, Diners Can Try A Brand New Restaurant Every Month by Matthew Korfhage Staff Writer February 25 2019

https://pilotonline.com/life/flavor/article_ee758982-35f1-11e9-8401-b3d0d1a9aed8.html

I am taking a wild guess that these coworking spaces referenced in this article are going to become even more popular by the July 2019 timeframe especially with the multiple businesses referenced: Old Dominion Norfolk State Novel Coworking City Center etc.

https://pilotonline.com/business/real-estate/article_77539218-7c05-11e9-8b68-0b2ebca27592.html

Co-Working Office Space Continues To Pop Up In Norfolk Here’s Why by Briana Adhikusuma updated May 28 2019

https://pilotonline.com/business/real-estate/article_77539218-7c05-11e9-8b68-0b2ebca27592.html

Novel Coworking City Center

https://novelcoworking.com/locations/virginia/norfolk/city-center/

The Poketastic place seems pretty unique from the detailed description of the eating experience and sounds to have a combination of nourishing and tasty ingredients with the references to scallop salmon pineapple seaweed salad cilantro mixed greens salad etc . I pre-ordered the book Classic Restaurants of Coastal Virginia by Patrick Evans Hylton back in April 2019 and I wonder if there are any restaurants similar to Poketastic that are going to be referenced in the Classic Restaurants of Coastal Virginia book.

https://pilotonline.com/life/flavor/restaurants/peake-eats/article_874480d6-7aa4-11e9-a273-f3225a3fc867.html

At Poketastic, Possibilities Abound With Tender Toppings From Raw Seafood To Seaweed Salad by Patrick Evans Hylton

https://pilotonline.com/life/flavor/restaurants/peake-eats/article_874480d6-7aa4-11e9-a273-f3225a3fc867.html

I unexpectedly saw the University of Maryland College Park Robert H Smith school of business ad advertised online via the Patrick Evans Hylton Poketastic Virginian Pilot story

University of Maryland College Park Robert H Smith School of Business

https://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/programs/part-time-mba/?utm_campaign=f17-ptmba-choozle

http://virginiaeatsanddrinks.com/

https://barryartmuseum.odu.edu/

This article that showcases a multiple number of items that are available in the Barry Art Museum of Old Dominion University in Norfolk Virginia and from the collection of Richard Barry and Carolyn Barry is informative. However, the only caveat I feel is that I wish that at least a few pictures of the art available in the Barry Art museum were included with this Virginian Pilot article.

https://pilotonline.com/opinion/editorial/article_5c4beb0e-e84a-11e8-8be3-c7c4ce9c5275.html

See Artworks At ODU For Free by The Virginian Pilot Editorial Board November 15 2018

https://pilotonline.com/opinion/editorial/article_5c4beb0e-e84a-11e8-8be3-c7c4ce9c5275.html

I do feel that it is both worthwhile and helpful to discuss broadening the increase of grocery stores in modest income neighborhoods across the country. I am fortunate in the sense that I have enough free time in my schedule to travel to certain grocery stores for necessary food items where I live. However, I have been in areas within the U.S. that Warner refers to that could benefit from more grocery stores with affordable foods.

https://pilotonline.com/opinion/columnist/guest/article_58fa07a6-824b-11e9-8984-b37945cf96b8.html

Congress Food by Mark Warner U.S. Senate

https://pilotonline.com/opinion/columnist/guest/article_58fa07a6-824b-11e9-8984-b37945cf96b8.html

Washington Post

This Washington Post article helps remind me to eventually check out the International Spy Museum sometime before the end of this year.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2019/05/09/things-do-dc-area-this-weekend/?utm_term=.4a2025859e8f

17 Things To Do In The DC Area This Weekend by GoingOut Guide Staff Friday May 10

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2019/05/09/things-do-dc-area-this-weekend/?utm_term=.4a2025859e8f

Each of the Events in this Washington Post article seem interesting in their own way. However, I admit to being curious to research more information on the By The People Festival referenced in this article.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/the-best-things-to-see-drink-and-do-in-june-in-the-dc-area/2019/05/29/2ec3bea2-7e2f-11e9-8bb7-0fc796cf2ec0_story.html?utm_term=.e73864f7e0f5

The Best Things To See Drink and Do In June In The D.C. Area by the GoingOut Guide Staff May 31 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/the-best-things-to-see-drink-and-do-in-june-in-the-dc-area/2019/05/29/2ec3bea2-7e2f-11e9-8bb7-0fc796cf2ec0_story.html?utm_term=.e73864f7e0f5

The Washington Post features a good mix of concerts in this article. However, I respectfully disagree with the Something In The Water Festival being in the Washington D.C. Area not having a note listed of the transportation arrangements to make because it is actually in the Hampton Roads Virginia area with the festival taking place in Virginia Beach. Something In The Water Festival affiliated with the talented Pharrell Williams is actually connected with the Hampton Roads Virginia area. Both the Hampton Roads Virginia and the Washington D.C. area are fascinating places to live. However, the well meaning inclusion of the Something In The Water Festival must accompany a note that such a festival would most likely need to be accessed via taking an Amtrak train, airplane or greyhound bus even with the inclusion of a Delaware festival in the article for Washington D.C. readers who might have resided in the Washington D.C. area their whole life and might be led to believe that all of these festivals are public transportation accessible. I am adding that note with also admitting that I do intend to eventually attend the Something In The Water Festival in Virginia Beach in ideally 2020.Still, I am a proud Washington Post subscriber and I intend to be for years to come especially because a multiple number of the Washington Post articles are fascinating to look at andor read.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/music/summer-music-festival-guide/2019/04/17/2734977a-4fda-11e9-8d28-f5149e5a2fda_story.html?utm_term=.f69c84cf35a0

Dozens of Music Festivals Are Vying For Your Attention This Summer by Chris Richards Hau Chu Rudi Greenberg Stephanie Williams April 18 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/music/summer-music-festival-guide/2019/04/17/2734977a-4fda-11e9-8d28-f5149e5a2fda_story.html?utm_term=.f69c84cf35a0

Obviously as an Amazon fanatic, I do believe that Amazon moving to Arlington Virginia is a good move both for the overall state of Virginia and for the metro Washington D.C. area. The Hampton Roads area of Virginia would have been the next best area for Amazon. However, I can understand why the Crystal City Arlington Virginia area was chosen because of the top notch public transportation in both Crystal City Arlington Virginia across the metro Washington D.C. area that helps even car-free male and female career professionals easily get around.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/awaiting-the-amazon-influx-crystal-city-savors-its-urban-feel-and-dc-views/2019/01/24/4099b834-0f62-11e9-84fc-d58c33d6c8c7_story.html?utm_term=.b3aed7163377

Amazon Influx Crystal City Arlington Virginia

https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/awaiting-the-amazon-influx-crystal-city-savors-its-urban-feel-and-dc-views/2019/01/24/4099b834-0f62-11e9-84fc-d58c33d6c8c7_story.html?utm_term=.b3aed7163377

I feel lucky that I came across this honest/truthful Washington Post article. My husband and I both have a goal to own a completely paid for home ideally by the time we are in our 50s and this article helps me understand why I must try harder towards that goal. However, I hope that the seniors featured in this article go on to prosper andor find a place andor area/region within the U.S. that they both like to live and is affordable for the money that they have.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2019/05/28/middle-income-seniors-risk-falling-through-cracks-housing-market/?utm_term=.94ee9a7f0025

Middle Income Seniors by Tara Bahrampour May 28 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2019/05/28/middle-income-seniors-risk-falling-through-cracks-housing-market/?utm_term=.94ee9a7f0025

Congratulations to Manuel Franco for his lottery won and his newfound millionaire status. I believe that this was the same person referenced in another article who bravely/courageously admitted that he was just trying to save up at least 1000 dollars or more when he unexpectedly won the lottery.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/04/23/how-winner-million-lottery-jackpot-nearly-lost-his-ticket/?utm_term=.693a010f5aca

How The Winner Of A $768 Million Lottery Jackpot by Michael Brice Saddler April 23 2019

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/04/23/how-winner-million-lottery-jackpot-nearly-lost-his-ticket/?utm_term=.693a010f5aca

Youtube Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

I am fortunate to have had the chance to visit the National Air and Space Museum in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area multiple times within the past few years. One of the visits that influenced me to check out the National Air and Space Museum multiple times was when my husband and I visited around the November 2014 timeframe for my birthday. We also have had a chance to recently visit less than 2 to 3 months ago.

I admit that the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C. is another museum that I have been to with my husband multiple times. There are good mixes of a variety of exhibits there. However one of the few caveats is that on each visit I have yet to find anything related to the Menominee Indian Tribe. I was naturally a little curious to see if there was anything about the Menominee Indian Tribe because my late biological mother, my late maternal biological grandmother and multiple members of my biological mother’s family have Menominee Indian ancestry.

youtube link of National Museum of the American Indian via Cspan One of the multiple beneficial/positive things to living in the metro Washington D.C. area are easy proximity to public transportation and places to go to including the malls. I happen to find out that the Tysons Corner Center mall (in Mclean Virginia) is easy to get to after a friend told me about where Tysons Corner Center mall is at by the 2014 timeframe. Despite this mall being a distance from where my husband and I live this mall has a great mix of places inside it. Youtube link The New Tysons Corner Center via the youtube channel the Tysons Corner Center My husband and I are both at least somewhat familiar with Arlington Virginia because since around the 2010/2011 timeframe we have at times went to the Pentagon City mall in Arlington Virginia plus some of his college classes that he attended between the 2010 to 2012 timeframe were in Arlington Virginia. However, I still found this youtube video of Arlington Virginia Exploring Memorials Events Dining and Neighborhoods Near Washington DC (via the Visit the USA channel) very informative. I am glad to have spotted this video on youtube featuring the Westfield Wheaton mall in Wheaton Maryland. There are a strong variety of grocery shopping places to go to with the inclusion of Costo, Giants and Safeway plus multiple options of places to eat and shop at. Youtube channel of Wheaton Mall Lara Findeisen This youtube video is pretty brief though it does capture a good view from above the University of Maryland College Park campus. I feel fortunate that I have been a University of Maryland College Park staff employee for 2 years and 9 months. Maryland From Above via UMD youtube channel

Songs for me to keep in mind: Case of Loving You by Robert Palmer, Rebel Yell Billy Idol, Move Along by American Rejects, Natural by Imagine Dragons, Ocean Avenue Yellowcard, Riptide Vance Joy, High Hopes Panic at the Disco, Fame David Bowie, Everything She Does is Magic Sting,Wheel In The Sky Journey

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‘Staying Away From Grandma’ Isn’t An Option In Multigenerational Homes

FLORISSANT, Missouri — The Walker family never thought having an age range of 3 to 96 under the same roof would be risky.

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That was before the coronavirus pandemic.

“With all of us in the same home, I feel like I’m the one that’s kind of guarding everybody,” said 63-year-old Wilma Walker.

(From left) Andre'a Walker-Nimrod, Howard Walker, Evelyn Whitfield and Wilma Walker at the breakfast table. (Michael B. Thomas for KHN)

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“She’s nervous,” Dixon said. “I’m nervous for her.”

“With all of us in the same home, I feel like I’m the one that’s kind of guarding everybody,” says Wilma Walker.(Michael B. Thomas for KHN)

“She keeps me busy,” Maxine Edwards said. “It’s a lot busier than it was, but I’m glad to have them around.”

“I always say that I don’t have to make my bed in the morning,” Edwards said, with a chuckle. “My granddaughter gets a kick out of waking Grandma up.”

“They love playing Play-Doh, painting and Barbies,” Kristi Edwards, 46, said. “’Frozen’ is a favorite, along with ‘Trolls.’”

To give her mom a break amid the pandemic, she recently found a friend willing to watch her daughter a few days a week.

Both ideas can be hard for younger children to grasp. That’s one reason Whitfield has her own space in their house. It’s a place where she can go if she needs to escape from germs.

“I love being around my family,” Whitfield said during breakfast on a recent Saturday morning. “I wouldn’t want to live alone.”

Wilma and Howard enjoy playtime with their grandchildren.(Michael B. Thomas for KHN)

from Updates By Dina https://khn.org/news/multigenerational-households-social-distancing-at-home-coronavirus/

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LA County Probation Officer Accused of Sexually Abusing Teenage Girls in his Care is Released after Serving Less than a Month of a 1 Year Sentence

Doesn't anyone read the case to understand, he should have served more time!!!

Less than a month ago, former Los Angeles County deputy probation officer, Oscar David Calderon Jr., 33, pleaded guilty to two felony counts of assault under the color of authority, after being accused of “inappropriately touching” girls at one of the county’s juvenile probation camps.

When he was arrested in January of this year, Calderon was originally charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious acts upon a child, and four counts of assault by a peace officer. Prosecutors stated that the victims ranged in age from 15 to 18 and that the abusive events began in 2014.

According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, Calderon worked as a deputy probation officer for approximately nine years, and worked at Camp Scudder, an all-girls juvenile facility located in Santa Clarita, since 2014, which was where he reportedly made sexual overtures to some of the teenage girls at the camp, and assaulted two of them.

As a condition of his plea deal, however, Calderon was able to avoid admitting to the charges of lewd and lascivious acts with a child, and the assaults dropped down to two girls, instead of four. The original charges could have resulted in a five year prison sentence for Calderon, according to the DA’s spokesperson. In addition, he would have been forced to register as a sex offender.

Instead, on September 20. Calderon was sentenced to a year in LA County jail.

On November 14, less a month later, Calderon was released from jail and allowed to return home.

“My client is ready to start a new life and move past his mistake,” said Ambrosio Rodriguez, Mr. Calderon’s attorney.

An “escalating pattern of inappropriate attention”

The criminal charges are not the end of the matter. As WLA reported earlier, one of the young assault victims from Camp Scudder filed a civil lawsuit in federal court on July 14, 2017, alleging not just the abuse, but also that a supervisor, and a therapist, knew about Calderon’s behavior, and did nothing to intervene. The suit also alleges that multiple other co-workers observed at least some of the officer’s increasingly inappropriate actions, which should have been perceived as red flags.

According to an amended complaint filed on September 6, 2017, by the victim’s attorneys, Erin Darling and Justin E. Sterling, during the time their client was in Camp Scudder she was under the direct supervision of then-Officer Calderon, who allegedly used his power to threaten her into compliance.

“On at least two occasions,” the attorney s wrote, “Officer Calderon told Plaintiff that if she refused to obey him, ‘I will fuck up your court reports.‘”

Calderon was reportedly also in charge of where the victim worked in the camp, what personal items could be sent to her by her family, and how many phone calls she could make to family members, and other similar areas of oversight of the victim’s time at camp.

The complaint describes an escalating pattern of inappropriate attention from Calderon toward the victim, which eventually, according to the lawsuit, became a weekly pattern of sexual assault.

Calderon is described by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department’s inmate database as being 6’1″ in height, weighing 240 lbs, as compared to the victim, who reportedly is 5’2″ and weighs 120 lbs.

The escalating attention, which reportedly embarrassed and worried the victim, graduated to odder forms of behavior, such as rousting the young woman out of her bed after lights out to sit with him in the darkened cafeteria. Soon the incidents allegedly intensified to incidents of inappropriate touching, kissing, and in one alleged incident, choking.

Finally, from April 2015 through June 2015, according to the harrowing narrative laid out in the complaint, Officer Calderon sexually assaulted the victim, who was by then, 18, once a week, “on approximately ten occasions.”

The alleged acts described included sexual fondling, groping, and digital penetration, among other assaultive actions, which occurred during her weekly work shift at the camp’s snack shop, where the officer could reportedly grab her out of sight of others.

“Depression of the past, anxiety of the future”

On the day of Calderon’s sentencing, the victim who signed the lawsuit read a statement in which she described what she had experienced.

“I spent almost a year in a locked-down facility, with a disgusting, horny, grown man that’s supposedly my probation officer. I’ve never been blackmailed, let alone sexually abused, until I entered that camp,” she wrote in the statement. “It’s been two years, and I still feel it. I feel the depression of the past, and the anxiety of the future. I can still smell his disgusting breath when he kissed me.”

After Calderon’s release from jail, Justin E. Sterling, one of the victim’s two attorneys, described how dismayed he was at the fraction of his sentence that Oscar Calderon has served.

“It’s unfortunate,” Stering said. “When someone is sentenced to a year, and he does less than a month. And he was also able to skirt sex offender charges, because of his plea deal. It’s very disappointing.” This is especially true, said Sterling, “when you understand both what he was accused of and what he pled to.”

Juvenile advocates we asked about Calderon’s release expressed similar dismay.

“A young girl was horrifically abused while in custody and will likely experience a ‘life sentence’ of traumatic memories,” said Jacqueline Caster, president and founder of the Everychild Foundation. “Yet the officer who victimized her, suffered virtually no consequences and is back on the street without rehabilitation. This is not only an insult to her and the other young victim, and a minimization of the abuse they experienced, it also communicates an utter lack of concern for other potential victims.”

(Caster is also a member of the LA County Probation Commission, but spoke to WLA personally, as a youth advocate.)

The matter of early release

When asked about how Calderon’s release was calculated, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which oversees the county’s jail system, sent WitnessLA the following explanation.

Inmate Oscar Calderon was released according to our early release criteria due to overcrowding. He appeared at Clara Shortridge Foltz Justice Center and was sentenced to 364, with 5 days custody credits for the charge of 149 P.C. (Assault by a Peace Officer). On November 13, 2017, it was determined that Inmate Calderon had served 11.40% of his sentenced time. The charge of 149 P.C. does not fall under the more serious traditional sentence charges also known as M-7 criteria, therefore he was required to serve a minimum of 10% of his sentence.

The LASD noted that, “as the result of a court decision commonly referred to as the Rutherford Decision, LASD is required to manage the crowding levels within the jail,” which is done using a number of strategies. Early release is one of them.

Under the terms of his plea agreement, Calderon was also placed on formal probation for five years, and ordered to stay away from “all victims” during those five years.

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Being Alone, Andrew Bogut, and Beautiful: BELINDA GIVEN UP FOR HER HEALTH. AN AFFECTIONATE. GENTLE, PLAYFUL & PERFECT GIRL WAITS FOR A FAMILY TO GIVE HER THE LOVE AND CARE SHE NEEDS TO BE WELL. "Please help me?" Id 55784, 7 Yrs. Old, 53 lbs, Waiting in hope.... At the Brooklyn ACC INTAKE DATE – 2/25/2019 *** NEEDS MEDICAL FOLLOWUP ASAP *** She’s got a beautiful heart. That’s all anyone can think or say when they meet velvety soft BELINDA, given up at the age of 7 Years because of her health. She has a mass the size of a grapefruit on her chest, a mass that the medical team did radiographs of and that they said appeared “unremarkable.” It may be a fatty tumor (these are mostly benign) but only a biopsy will confirm what it truly is. Instead of being surrounded by a family who loves her and will comfort her in her hour of need, she is alone in a kennel, waiting and hoping with all her heart that someone will foster her, so that she can get the care she needs. She got a stellar behavior assessment – a LEVEL ONE – the highest you can get! Gentle, affectionate, loving and good, she is brave and stoic in the face of this latest adversity. Won’t you give her a soft place to land? If you foster her, the rescue that pulls will pay her medical expenses. You add love and support. PM our page or email us at [email protected] for assistance. BELINDA, ID# 55784, 7 yrs old, 53 lbs, Unaltered Female Brooklyn ACC, Large Mixed Breed, Gray / White Owner Surrender Reason: surrendered due to owner not being able to afford vet care. Shelter Assessment Rating: LEVEL 1 Medical Behavior Rating: OWNER SURRENDER NOTES - BASIC INFORMATION: Belinda is an approxmately 7 year old grey large dog that the owner got from a relative. She was surrendered to BACC due to owner not being able to afford vet care. She previously lived with 2 adults. Belinda is friendly and outgoing around strangers. She has not been around children, other dogs or cats. Belinda has no reported resource guarding and no bite history. She is housetrained and her energy level is described as very high. Belinda has a medical issue. She has a large mass on her chest. Other Notes: Belinda is not bothered when moved off the furniture, when her sleep is interrupted, or when restrained. Belinda will jump right in when being given a bath, and enjoys having her coat brushed. Belinda is not bothered when her feet are touched and when someone approaches the house, she will bark but then become friendly. Belinda is friendly when someone approaches the family member. For a New Family to Know: Belinda is described as friendly, affectionate, playful, and excitable. Belinda will follow someone around or be in the same room when someone is home. Belinda will play with her frisbee and has been kept mostly indoors. Belinda has slept on the towel on the floor and has been fed dry food twice a day. Belinda is house trained and will use the potty on any surface outside. Belinda is well behaved when left home alone and understands how to sit and give paw. Belinda will go on brisk walks on the leash and pulls very hard. Belinda will stay close by someone's side or will wander but come back when called. INTAKE NOTES – DATE OF INTAKE, 25-Feb-2019: Behavior during intake: Belinda allowed to be scanned for a microchip, to be leashed and having her previous leash taken off. Belinda accepted treats and was rushed to medical due to her mass. Belinda pulled very hard on the leash. SHELTER ASSESSMENT SUMMARIES - Date of assessment: 27-Feb-2019 LEASH WALKING Strength and pulling: Moderate pulling Reactivity to humans: None Reactivity to dogs: None Leash walking comments: SOCIABILITY Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Highly social, seeks contact, somewhat explores Call over: Approaches readily Sociability comments: Readily accepts treats, soft mouth HANDLING Soft handling: Accepts contact, neutral body Exuberant handling: Accepts contact, neutral body Handling comments: AROUSAL Jog: Engages and follows loosely, soft Arousal comments: Knock Knock Comments: No response Toy Toy comments: Grips firmly, moves away INTAKE BEHAVIOR - Date of intake: 25-Feb-2019 Summary: Allowed all handling MEDICAL BEHAVIOR - Date of initial: 26-Feb-2019 Summary: Head down, tail tucked, allowed handling BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION: Level 1 Behavior Asilomar H – Healthy MEDICAL EXAM NOTES 26-Feb-2019 Spay-Neuter Waiver Documentation. Your newly adopted pet is currently temporarily waived from the spay/neuter requirements of the City of NY by the staff veterinarians due to illness. Follow up care at your regular veterinarian is recommended to ensure continued treatment. Your veterinarian will advise you if surgical sterilization is appropriate. 26-Feb-2019 DVM Intake Exam. Estimated age: 7 years reported. Microchip noted on Intake? No. Microchip Number (If Applicable): N/A. History : owner surrender - mass present since "last year"...rdvm said fatty tumor at that time. Subjective: large pendulous mass from sternal area roughly grapefruit sized (4 in diameter). ventral aspect is ulcerated and infected. coat very thin over entire body. skin scrape negative. Observed Behavior -head down, tail tucked, allows exam. Evidence of Cruelty seen -n. Evidence of Trauma seen -n. Objective: T = , P =60, R =wnl, BCS 5/9. EENT: Eyes clear, ears clean, no nasal or ocular discharge noted. Oral Exam: limited, some staining noted. PLN: No enlargements noted. H/L: NSR, NMA, CRT < 2, Lungs clear, eupnic. ABD: Non painful, addtional 2cm mass noted at left flank U/G:intact female. MSI: Ambulatory x 4, geographic thin coat. CNS: Mentation appropriate - no signs of neurologic abnormalities. Assessment: large mass, ulcerated. Thin coat. Mass ddx: mammry tumor vs lipoma vs other. Alopecia unknown cause: pyoderma vs paraneoplastic vs allergic vs other. Prognosis: fair. biopsy of mass imperative for long term outlook. Plan: chest rads, 2 views, no significant findings, chem/cbc/t4: rimadyl 100mg , clavmaox 375mg first doses given. sedated for rad 0.5 dexdormitor 0.5ml torbugesic im. SURGERY: Temporary waiver due to illness *** TO FOSTER OR ADOPT *** If you would like to adopt a NYC ACC dog, and can get to the Shelter in person to complete the adoption process, you can contact the Shelter directly. We have provided the Brooklyn, Staten Island and Manhattan information below. Adoption hours at these facilities is Noon – 8:00 p.m. (6:30 on weekends) If you CANNOT get to the Shelter in person and you want to FOSTER OR ADOPT a NYC ACC Dog, you can PRIVATE MESSAGE our Must Love Dogs page for assistance. PLEASE NOTE: You MUST live in NY, NJ, PA, CT, RI, DE, MD, MA, NH, VT, ME or Northern VA. You will need to fill out applications with a New Hope Rescue Partner to foster or adopt a NYC ACC dog. Transport is available if you live within the prescribed range of states. Shelter contact information: Phone number (212) 788-4000 Email [email protected] Shelter Addresses: Brooklyn Shelter: 2336 Linden Boulevard Brooklyn, NY 11208 Manhattan Shelter: 326 East 110 St. New York, NY 10029 Staten Island Shelter: 3139 Veterans Road West Staten Island, NY 10309 *** NEW NYC ACC RATING SYSTEM *** Level 1 Dogs with Level 1 determinations are suitable for the majority of homes. These dogs are not displaying concerning behaviors in Shelter, and the owner surrender profile (where available) is positive. Some dogs with Level 1 determinations may still have potential challenges, but these are challenges that the behavior team believe can be handled by the majority of adopters. The potential challenges could include no young children, prefers to be the only dog, no dog parks, no cats, kennel presence, basic manners, low level fear and mild anxiety. Level 2 Dogs with Level 2 determinations will be suitable for adopters with some previous dog experience. They will have displayed behavior in the Shelter (or have owner reported behavior) that requires some training, or is simply not suitable for an adopter with minimal experience. Dogs with a Level 2 determination may have multiple potential challenges and these may be presenting at differing levels of intensity, so careful consideration of the behavior notes will be required for counselling. Potential challenges at Level 2 include no young children, single pet home, resource guarding, on-leash reactivity, mouthiness, fear with potential for escalation, impulse control/arousal, anxiety and separation anxiety. Level 3 Dogs with Level 3 determinations will need to go to homes with experienced adopters, and the ACC strongly suggest that the adopter have prior experience with the challenges described and/or an understanding of the challenge and how to manage it safely in a home environment. In many cases, a trainer will be needed to manage and work on the behaviors safely in a home environment. It is likely that every dog with a Level 3 determination will have a behavior modification or training plan available to them from the behavior department that will go home with the adopters and be made available to the New Hope Partners for their fosters and adopters. Some of the challenges seen at Level 3 are also seen at Level 1 and Level 2, but when seen alongside a Level 3 determination can be assumed to be more severe. The potential challenges for Level 3 determinations include adult only home (no children under the age of 13), single pet home, resource guarding, on-leash reactivity with potential for redirection, mouthiness with pressure, potential escalation to threatening behavior, impulse control, arousal, anxiety, separation anxiety, bite history (human), bite history (dog) and bite history (other).

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bloojayoolie · 6 years

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Being Alone, Andrew Bogut, and Apparently: 3 YRS OLD DAVID BECKHAM ID# 5537 LIVED AND PLAYED SWITH A KID, LARGE DOG & YES CAT! BROOKLYN ANIMAL CARE INTAKE DATE: 21-Feb-2019 Bend It Like DAVID BECKHAM! Friendly Gray/White Pup Who Lived With Children, A Large Dog & A Cat! A Staff Member Writes: Per his previous owners, DAVID BECKHAM is playful, friendly, affectionate and has a high activity level. He was relaxed with 3 young children in the home, playful with another large 14 year old female dog in the home, and would play gently with a cat in the home. Here in the Care Center, he is fearful and hesitant to interact at times, so we feel he would be best set up to succeed with an experienced rescue partner who can allow him time to acclimate and decompress at this own pace. DAVID BECKHAM, ID# 55371, 3 yrs old, 53 lbs, Brooklyn Animal Care Center, Gray / White Male, Owner Surrender Reason: Landlord Issues Shelter Assessment Rating: No children (under 13) Medical Behavior Rating: OWNER SURRENDER NOTES - BASIC INFORMATION: David Bechham is a 3 year old male that has no previous or current medical issues that the owner is aware of. Owner had David Beckham in the home for 1 month but had to surrender due to landlord issues. He previously lived with 3 adults and 3 children. When a stranger would come to the owners home or approach David when he was on an on leash walk, he was wiggly and wag his tail the whole time. David has been around children ages 7,9 and 12 and was relaxed and respectful around the children.David has been around a large breed female dog in the home and owner stated that he would play exuberantly with the other dog. The other animal was 14 years old and very mellow so she did not want to play and owner stated that when they would tell him to calm down, he was respectful around the other animal. His owner had a male cat in the home too and stated that David would play gently with the other animal. David was not bothered when someone would approach his food, treats or toys. He does not have a bite history. He is housetrained and his energy level is described as high. Other Notes: David is not bothered when someone would hold him/ restrain him, being pushed off furniture, being disturbed while sleeping. being given a bath, having his nails touched, having his coat brushed or when unfamiliar people would approach the home or owner. Has this dog ever had any medical issues? No Medical Notes David does not have any known medical issues For a New Family to Know David is described as friendly, affectionate, playful and excitable. He has a high activity level and likes to play with balls. In the home, David liked to follow the owner around from room to room. He was fed dry food only Pedigree. David was kept mostly indoors and is house trained. When left alone in the home or yard, he was well behaved. David knows the cues come, sit, down and roll over. For exercise, David was taken on brisk walks outside or be let out in the yard. When on leash, David does not pull. Owner has never tried to take him on an off leash walk so behavior is unknown. BEHAVIOR NOTES: Means of surrender (length of time in previous home): Owner surrender Previously lived with: 3 adults, 3 children (aged 7, 9 and 12) Behavior toward strangers: Wiggly, wags Behavior toward children: Relaxed, respectful with resident children Behavior toward dogs: Playful, respectful towards former resident dog Behavior toward cats: Played gently with former resident cat Resource guarding: None reported Bite history: None reported Housetrained: Yes Energy level/descriptors: Friendly, affectionate, playful and excitable with a high energy level SHELTER ASSESSMENT - Date of assessment: 24-Feb-2019 Summary: Leash Walking Strength and pulling: Mild pulling Reactivity to humans: None Reactivity to dogs: None Leash walking comments: Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds): Wanders, sniffs, checks in briefly with handlers Call over: Approaches readily Sociability comments: Handling Soft handling Exuberant handling Handling comments: The handling portion was unable to be conducted as David Beckham actively attempted to move away from the handler when restrained on leash. Arousal Jog: Follows a bit fearful, low bodied, low wagging Arousal comments: Knock Knock Comments: No response Toy Toy comments: No interest PLAYGROUP NOPTES - DOG TO DOG SUMMARIES: David Beckham was surrender as a stray so his past behavior with other dogs is unknown. 2/22: When off leash at the Care Centers, David Beckham avoids the novel female dog. He stays in one pen, displaying a low tuck tail. 2/23: Although David Beckham was much more confident at greeting at the gate, he continued to avoid the greeter when the gate door was open. INTAKE BEHAVIOR - Date of intake: 21-Feb-2019 Summary: Growled upon scanning for microchip MEDICAL BEHAVIOR - Date of initial: 21-Feb-2019 Summary: Tense body, tail tucked, defecated and low growl during handling ENERGY LEVEL: David Beckham displays a medium energy level in the care center. BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION: Behavior Asilomar TM - Treatable-Manageable Recommendations: No children (under 13) Place with a New Hope partner Recommendations comments: No children: Due to David Beckham's overall level fear, we feel he would be best set up to succeed in an adult only home at this time. Place with a New Hope partner: Though he has shown some improvement, David Beckham remains highly fearful in the care center and is hesitant to interact at times. We feel he would be best set up to succeed if placed with an experienced rescue partner who can allow him to acclimate and decompress at his own pace; force-free, reward based training only is advised when introducing or exposing David Beckham to new and unfamiliar situations. Potential challenges: Mouthiness/poor bite inhibition Fearful/potential for defensive aggression MEDICAL EXAM NOTES 21-Feb-2019 DVM Intake Exam Estimated age: 3-4yrs Microchip noted on Intake? no Microchip Number (If Applicable): History: Brought in by field. Surrenderer reports dog urinates a lot. Subjective: Dog is BARH Observed Behavior - extremely tense, tail tucked, defecated, growls during exam but does not fight restraint or escalate to higher aggression Evidence of Cruelty seen - no Evidence of Trauma seen - no Objective T = NA P = wnl R = wnl BCS 4-5/9 EENT: Eyes clear, ears clean, no nasal or ocular discharge noted Oral Exam: NE (muzzled) PLN: NE H/L: NSR, NMA, CRT < 2, Lungs clear, eupnic ABD: Not palpated U/G: Male intact MSI: Ambulatory x 4, skin free of parasites, no masses noted, healthy hair coat CNS: Mentation appropriate - no signs of neurologic abnormalities Rectal: N Assessment: Apparently healthy Prognosis: Good Plan: Acceptable candidate for adoption or rescue pending behavior evaluation. Monitor for PU/PD. SURGERY: Okay for surgery *** TO FOSTER OR ADOPT *** If you would like to adopt a NYC ACC dog, and can get to the shelter in person to complete the adoption process, you can contact the shelter directly. We have provided the Brooklyn, Staten Island and Manhattan information below. Adoption hours at these facilities is Noon – 8:00 p.m. (6:30 on weekends) If you CANNOT get to the shelter in person and you want to FOSTER OR ADOPT a NYC ACC Dog, you can PRIVATE MESSAGE our Must Love Dogs page for assistance. PLEASE NOTE: You MUST live in NY, NJ, PA, CT, RI, DE, MD, MA, NH, VT, ME or Northern VA. You will need to fill out applications with a New Hope Rescue Partner to foster or adopt a NYC ACC dog. Transport is available if you live within the prescribed range of states. Shelter contact information: Phone number (212) 788-4000 Email [email protected] Shelter Addresses: Brooklyn Shelter: 2336 Linden Boulevard Brooklyn, NY 11208 Manhattan Shelter: 326 East 110 St. New York, NY 10029 Staten Island Shelter: 3139 Veterans Road West Staten Island, NY 10309 *** NEW NYC ACC RATING SYSTEM *** Level 1 Dogs with Level 1 determinations are suitable for the majority of homes. These dogs are not displaying concerning behaviors in shelter, and the owner surrender profile (where available) is positive. Some dogs with Level 1 determinations may still have potential challenges, but these are challenges that the behavior team believe can be handled by the majority of adopters. The potential challenges could include no young children, prefers to be the only dog, no dog parks, no cats, kennel presence, basic manners, low level fear and mild anxiety. Level 2 Dogs with Level 2 determinations will be suitable for adopters with some previous dog experience. They will have displayed behavior in the shelter (or have owner reported behavior) that requires some training, or is simply not suitable for an adopter with minimal experience. Dogs with a Level 2 determination may have multiple potential challenges and these may be presenting at differing levels of intensity, so careful consideration of the behavior notes will be required for counselling. Potential challenges at Level 2 include no young children, single pet home, resource guarding, on-leash reactivity, mouthiness, fear with potential for escalation, impulse control/arousal, anxiety and separation anxiety. Level 3 Dogs with Level 3 determinations will need to go to homes with experienced adopters, and the ACC strongly suggest that the adopter have prior experience with the challenges described and/or an understanding of the challenge and how to manage it safely in a home environment. In many cases, a trainer will be needed to manage and work on the behaviors safely in a home environment. It is likely that every dog with a Level 3 determination will have a behavior modification or training plan available to them from the behavior department that will go home with the adopters and be made available to the New Hope Partners for their fosters and adopters. Some of the challenges seen at Level 3 are also seen at Level 1 and Level 2, but when seen alongside a Level 3 determination can be assumed to be more severe. The potential challenges for Level 3 determinations include adult only home (no children under the age of 13), single pet home, resource guarding, on-leash reactivity with potential for redirection, mouthiness with pressure, potential escalation to threatening behavior, impulse control, arousal, anxiety, separation anxiety, bite history (human), bite history (dog) and bite history (other). New Hope Rescue Only Dog is not publicly adoptable. Prospective fosters or adopters need to fill out applications with New Hope Partner Rescues to save this dog.

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Being Alone, Andrew Bogut, and Cats: SENIOR ANGEL ALERT BROOKLYN ANIMAL CARE CENTER ID# 52856 8 yrs old 77.25 lbs INTAKE DATE: 01-17-2019 The sweetest lady and the most gentle soul – Split is a cute cow printed sweetheart, who came into the shelter with her housemate Jupiter. Their owner is hospital for one year now and the family cannot longer care for them. Split is a little chunky and so cute. She enjoys to be petted, to cuddle, wags her tail the whole time, walks nicely on leash and takes her treats softly. Please share this lovely sweetheart for a loving forever home! MY VIDEO: Angel Cow <3 https://youtu.be/bl7Ydtv8gCc Split https://youtu.be/mnGEhyd6X8c SPLIT, ID# 52856, 8 yrs old, 77,25 lbs, Brooklyn Animal Care Center, Medium Mixed Breed Cross, White / Black Female, Owner Surrender Reason: Jupiter and Split were surrendered by their owner’s nephew because their owner has unfortunately been in the hospital for about a year at this point and the nephew’s unable to continue caring for them. Shelter Assessment Rating: Level 2 Recommend no dog parks Medical Behavior Rating: Blue CAME IN WITH Jupiter ID# 52854 OWNER NOTES: Basic Information: Split is a ten year old black and white female that was surrendered to the center due to the owner not having enough time to care for her. She doesn't have any known health issues and has not seen the vet recently. Previously lived with: One adult and one dog How is this dog around strangers? She is shy around strangers. How is this dog around children? She has not live with children. How is this dog around other dogs: She lived with a medium male dog. She was relaxed around him. How is this dog around cats? She didn't live with cats. Resource guarding: She is not bothered if her food is touched while eating nor if an object is taken away from her. Bite history: No bite history with a person or animal. Housetrained: Yes Energy level/descriptors: high Other Notes: She is not bothered when held/restrained nor when disturbed while resting or being bathed. She barks when someone unfamiliar approaches the house or a family member. Has this dog ever had any medical issues? No For a New Family to Know She was described as friendly, affectionate and playful. She follows people around or likes to stay in her favorite spot. She plays with balls, stuffed and chew toys. She was kept mostly indoors. She eats dry food. She is house-trained and goes potty on grass and dirt. She might destroy the furniture when left alone in the house. She listens to sit and come. She is used to playing in the yard for exercise. BEHAVIOR NOTES Upon Intake: Behavior upon intake: Split was shy at first however allowed to be collared, scanned and petted after giving her treats and food. Split scanned negative for a microchip. Means of surrender (length of time in previous home): Owner Surrender Previously lived with: 1 adult, 1 dog Behavior toward strangers: shy Behavior toward children: unknown Behavior toward dogs: relaxed with resident dog Behavior toward cats: unknown Resource guarding: none reported Bite history: no history Housetrained: Yes Energy level/descriptors: prior owner stated she had high energy DATE OF ASSESSMENT: 19-Jan-2019 Summary: Handling Assessment Leash Walking Strength and pulling:Mild pulling Reactivity to humans: none Reactivity to dogs:none Leash walking comments:walks nicely Sociability Loose in room (15-20 seconds):Moderately social, checks in with handler; solicits attention but also explores room Call over:Approaches readily Handling Soft handling:Seeks contact, leans in, rolls over, jumps up, licks muzzle Exuberant handling:Seeks contact â€“ leans in, rolls over, jumps up, licks muzzle Arousal Jog:Unresponsive, does not engage (fearful) Arousal comments: followed then stopped and appeared fearful unwilling to move. She approached once assessor knelt and spoke softly to her. Knock:No response Toy:No response PLAYGROUP NOTES – DOG TO DOG SUMMARIES: According to Split's previous owner, Split was social with the other resident dog. 1/18: When off leash at the Care Centers, Split slowly approaches the gate to greet the novel dog. She freezes then growls when the greeter is near. Due to these behaviors, the gate was not opened. ADDIOTIONAL STAFF NOTE: Jupiter and Split were surrendered by their owner’s nephew because their owner has unfortunately been in the hospital for about a year at this point and the nephew’s unable to continue caring for them. While they reportedly were social with each other in the home, they both displayed concerning behavior towards other dogs when introduced during playgroup (freezing, growling, etc) so we recommend a home with no other dogs. They don’t appear to be bonded so we believe they can be separated if necessary. Date of intake: 17-Jan-2019 Summary: shy Date of initial: 18-Jan-2019 Summary: active, allows exam ENERGY LEVEL: Split has shown a low to moderate energy level while in the care center. BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION: Level 2 Behavior Asilomar TM - Treatable-Manageable Recommendations: Recommend no dog parks Recommendations comments: Split was only socialized with resident dog in previous home. Due to her reaction in play group we recommend no dog parks at this time and that a thorough dog interaction is done if going to a home with another dog. Potential challenges: Handling/touch sensitivity Fearful Potential challenges comments: Split appears to be a bit shy and fearful at times and show some sensitivity to handling. She needs a slow approach. MEDICAL EXAM NOTES 18-Jan-2019 Bloodwork Interpretation CBC/Chem/T4- wnl 18-Jan-2019 DVM Intake Exam Estimated age: Approx 8 years Microchip noted on Intake? Negative, placed at intake History : Owner surrender Subjective: BARH, active, allows exam Evidence of Cruelty seen - none Evidence of Trauma seen - none Objective P = wnl R = wnl BCS = 7/9 EENT: Eyes clear, ears - moderate dark discharge and erythema AU, no nasal or ocular discharge noted Oral Exam: moderate tartar PLN: No enlargements noted H/L: NSR, NMA, Lungs clear, eupnic ABD: Non painful, no masses palpated U/G: Female intact, pendulous MGs MSI: Ambulatory x 4, skin free of parasites, no masses noted, healthy hair coat, but some scarring and small wounds on muzzle, pressure sores/callouses on legs CNS: Mentation appropriate - no signs of neurologic abnormalities Rectal: Externally normal Assessment: Dental disease Otitis AU Overweight Pressure sores/callouses Prognosis: Good Plan: Ears cleaned, Claro applied AU CBC/Chem/T4 - preop bloodwork Spay, adoption Recommend weight loss and dental cleaning upon placement SURGERY: Okay for surgery * TO FOSTER OR ADOPT * If you would like to adopt a NYC ACC dog, and can get to the shelter in person to complete the adoption process, you can contact the shelter directly. We have provided the Brooklyn, Staten Island and Manhattan information below. Adoption hours at these facilities is Noon – 8:00 p.m. (6:30 on weekends) If you CANNOT get to the shelter in person and you want to FOSTER OR ADOPT a NYC ACC Dog, you can PRIVATE MESSAGE our Must Love Dogs page for assistance. PLEASE NOTE: You MUST live in NY, NJ, PA, CT, RI, DE, MD, MA, NH, VT, ME or Northern VA. You will need to fill out applications with a New Hope Rescue Partner to foster or adopt a NYC ACC dog. Transport is available if you live within the prescribed range of states. Shelter contact information: Phone number (212) 788-4000 Email [email protected] Shelter Addresses: Brooklyn Shelter: 2336 Linden Boulevard Brooklyn, NY 11208 Manhattan Shelter: 326 East 110 St. New York, NY 10029 Staten Island Shelter: 3139 Veterans Road West Staten Island, NY 10309 * NEW NYC ACC RATING SYSTEM * Level 1 Dogs with Level 1 determinations are suitable for the majority of homes. These dogs are not displaying concerning behaviors in shelter, and the owner surrender profile (where available) is positive. Some dogs with Level 1 determinations may still have potential challenges, but these are challenges that the behavior team believe can be handled by the majority of adopters. The potential challenges could include no young children, prefers to be the only dog, no dog parks, no cats, kennel presence, basic manners, low level fear and mild anxiety. Level 2 Dogs with Level 2 determinations will be suitable for adopters with some previous dog experience. They will have displayed behavior in the shelter (or have owner reported behavior) that requires some training, or is simply not suitable for an adopter with minimal experience. Dogs with a Level 2 determination may have multiple potential challenges and these may be presenting at differing levels of intensity, so careful consideration of the behavior notes will be required for counselling. Potential challenges at Level 2 include no young children, single pet home, resource guarding, on-leash reactivity, mouthiness, fear with potential for escalation, impulse control/arousal, anxiety and separation anxiety. Level 3 Dogs with Level 3 determinations will need to go to homes with experienced adopters, and the ACC strongly suggest that the adopter have prior experience with the challenges described and/or an understanding of the challenge and how to manage it safely in a home environment. In many cases, a trainer will be needed to manage and work on the behaviors safely in a home environment. It is likely that every dog with a Level 3 determination will have a behavior modification or training plan available to them from the behavior department that will go home with the adopters and be made available to the New Hope Partners for their fosters and adopters. Some of the challenges seen at Level 3 are also seen at Level 1 and Level 2, but when seen alongside a Level 3 determination can be assumed to be more severe. The potential challenges for Level 3 determinations include adult only home (no children under the age of 13), single pet home, resource guarding, on-leash reactivity with potential for redirection, mouthiness with pressure, potential escalation to threatening behavior, impulse control, arousal, anxiety, separation anxiety, bite history (human), bite history (dog) and bite history (other). New Hope Rescue Only Dog is not publicly adoptable. Prospective fosters or adopters need to fill out applications with New Hope Partner Rescues to save this dog.

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stellacarrierimaginationbuilders · 5 years

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Shocking Adventures of Futuristic Culinary Employee Spencer Truman With Added Inclusion of Part Two and Additional Resources

Start time by 519 pm Sunday June 2 2019

Completion time by 558 pm Sunday June 3 2019

Shocking Adventures of Futuristic Culinary Employee Spencer Truman With Added Inclusion of Part Two and Additional Resources

ADDED INCLUSION OF PART TWO and additional resources

Resume Time by 948 pm Sunday June 2 2019

Resume Completion by 959 pm Sunday June 2 2019

This is career psychic coach Lawson Ronin who has been helping out Spencer Truman for over 8 years now. I specialize in using my psychic abilities to help people either keep their jobs andor transition to jobs where they sign a guaranteed time contract of at least 4 years. More of those guaranteed 4 and 8 year jobs are becoming popular because it has been proven that many of the private sector jobs that required a time contract similar to military enlistments produced men and women employees who were successful in purchasing completely paid for homes, were promoted faster and were paid more over the long term than even more educated andor more experienced professionals who were not on a contract. Spencer Truman is in a private sector job with an 8 year contract that became available by the year 2092 which was by the same year that men and women holding student loans for at least 7 years were eligible to have all of their student loans forgiven unless their income was at least 2100 dollars a month after taxes for a consistent 4 years in a row. This was the precursor for why the U.S. government decided to have more private sector jobs grant 4 year enlistments to a male or female worker after they voluntarily stayed at a job past 3 months.

What This has to do with my work with Spencer Truman is that he has asked me to train him to be my apprentice for the type of career recruiter job that helps more male and female professionals became qualified for guaranteed 4 and 8 year jobs in both the private and government sectors to match the government sectors. In exchange, Spencer Truman refers a high number of married people from his matchmaking business for my services because a high number of married men and women in addition to those who prefer to be a bachelor or bachelorette come to me to see what they can do to qualify for a job that guarantees them the job security of at least a 4 to 8 year contract. More on this within the next session.