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EveryDay Strong: Kids feel alone — here’s what you can do about that

I have overseen a volunteer crisis team for the past 15 years within Utah. If there’s a suicide or a shooting in a school, or a community needs help, they’ll fly our team out. I’ve been involved with close to 55 youth suicides either as a first responder or as a consultant. In about ...

Garden Help Desk: Reducing bitterness in homegrown cucumbers

Some of our cucumbers are bitter. I’ve heard that once a plant produces bitter cucumbers it will always produce bitter cucumbers. Is it really a lost cause? Should I pull out the plant? That bitter flavor that you tasted in your cucumber is cucurbitacin, a natural defense compound in ...

Ask Dr. Steve: Understanding your family script: How change is possible

The patterns we carry into adulthood often have their roots in the roles we played in our childhood families. These roles developed as intelligent survival strategies — ways to navigate our family's emotional landscape and secure love, safety and belonging. They helped us make sense of ...

Garden Help Desk: It’s time to harvest garlic and prepare it for storage

My garlic (it’s my first time growing garlic) is getting some yellowing leaves, and the base of the plants looks a little dry. I started watering more often to see if they could recover and get larger, but they aren’t responding and greening up again. What can I do to keep them growing ...