Guest Blog: Global Summit – Ending Corporal Punishment

ByDorothy M. Neddermeyer Ph.D.

The first Global Summit on Ending Corporal Punishment and Promoting Positive Discipline, June 2-4, hosted by S.M.U. psychology professor George Holden, Ph.D. in Dallas. Attending were activists representing twenty one countries who are dedicated to abolishing all forms of spanking, paddling, slapping, hitting and smacking of children world wide. We discussed studies that show corporal punishment produces no positive outcomes and is associated with increased aggression, as well as behavior and mental health problems. It also fosters lower IQ, poorer academic performance, and increased bullying.

A Dozier Boy’s Nightmare

ByDorothy M. Neddermeyer Ph.D.

Twenty White House Boys have died since 2008, including Michael O’McCarthy, a journalist and activist and incredibly, a boy at Marianna who had received one of the dreaded 100-lash beatings. He passed the story to Carol Marbin Miller, a journalist at the Miami Herald. The story broke two months later. In the end, this strange journey would cost us all more than we could ever have imagined.

Weight – Why Wait! Take It Off and Keep It Off

ByDorothy M. Neddermeyer Ph.D.

Hypnosis allows you to overcome unconscious obstacles which prevent you from taking weight off and maintaining it. You know that eating too much is not what you desire and you know that exercise and healthy food are important. However, these are not conscious, logical issues. Successful weight maintenance is as much about re-educating your unconscious mind as it is about health. Hypnosis is one of the most natural ways to take weight off and maintain it.