EVOLVE with Dr. Milton

Setting your life's priorities in the proper order is key to living a life of significance, and purpose. If you are feeling burnt out, out of breath, and you find yourself having a hard time saying no to other people's request well then you have a priority issue. If other individual's urgencies all of a sudden become your priorities I can guarantee that you feel unaccomplished and dead. The Life H...

Life is all about the decisions and choices we make. One simple decision can catapult you into a completely different destination. A simple change in your decision making process can create a different outcome. It's easiest to blame the world for our greatest demise however at the end of the day we can only blame ourselves. You need to get to a point in your life in which you stop blaming your bio...

Believe it or not, studies show that those who consume pornography more frequently have brains that are less connected, less active, and even smaller in some areas.  To be fair, the studies only show that there’s a correlation between porn consumption and smaller, less active brains, but they raise the question: Can porn literally change your brain? Scientists used to believe that once you finishe...

So what exactly is persuasion? In The Dynamics of Persuasion, Perloff defines persuasion as "...a symbolic process in which communicators try to convince other people to change their attitudes or behaviors regarding an issue through the transmission of a message in an atmosphere of free choice." Key Elements Persuasion involves a deliberate attempt to influence others People are not coerced; they...

Suicidal ideation (or suicidal thoughts) is thinking about suicide with deliberate consideration or planning. It is not a diagnosis in the DSM-5, but is rather a symptom of many mental disorders.   Youth Suicide: Facts, Signs and Risk Factors Suicide is the second leading cause of death in the United States—starting with children at age 10 all the way up to adults at age 33. More teenagers and you...

Perfectionism by definition: perfectionism is an outward expression of an inward lack of peace. Perfectionism is driven primarily by internal pressures, such as the desire to avoid failure or harsh judgment. There is likely a social component as well, because perfectionistic tendencies have increased substantially among young people over the past 30 years, regardless of gender or culture. Greater...

 What exactly is a DYSFUNCTIONAL family? The McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of modern Medicine defines the term 'dysfunctional family' as "a family with multiple 'internal' conflicts, e.g. sibling rivalries, parent-child conflicts, domestic violence, mental illness, single parenthood, or 'external' conflicts, e.g. alcohol or drug abuse, extramarital affairs, gambling, unemployment-influences that...

What is a Victim Mentality? Victim mentality is a psychological term that refers to a type of dysfunctional mindset which seeks to feel persecuted in order to gain attention or avoid self-responsibility. People who struggle with the victim mentality are convinced that life is not only beyond their control, but is out to deliberately hurt them. This belief results in constant blame, finger-pointing...

The reason some of people are faltering and failing right now is that they have a visualization of themselves that does not coincide with the Word of God. And what you visualize in your spirit will happen in your life. Vision is a powerful thing! Thats why the enemy of our souls works diligently to abort you from having a visualization of seeing yourself any better off than you are. He does not wa...

By definition: Codependency is characterized by a person belonging to a dysfunctional, one-sided relationship where one person relies on the other for meeting nearly all of their emotional and self-esteem needs. It also describes a relationship that enables another person to maintain their irresponsible, addictive, or underachieving behavior. Signs of codependency include: Difficulty making decisi...

Will my life ever change or am I destined to fail? Is this my lot in life? Why is life so unfair? Does this run in my DNA? Is it my family tree? Is it my parents life? Am I too old to change my destination? These are some of the questions that I am frequently asked by people that have reached a point of frustration because life seems to never change. They continue to make the same mistakes. Their...

The Bible tells us to take every thought captive. (2 Corinthians 10:5) That means that I have a chance to do something about all thoughts that are not well-pleasing to God, before they enter my heart and become a part of me! “As a man thinks, so is he.” Proverbs 23:7. What we think about is crucial to who we are. Scientists don’t agree on how many thoughts we have each day, but all agree there are...

Adolescent mental health issues are on the rise especially during COVID-19 and the suicidal hotline has seen a spike in their calls. Their activity has increased by 800%. We cannot and should not turn our backs on a very evident issue we are facing today. We would like to blame it on social media, the culture of the times and some go so far as to blame it on the presidency. However, the truth of t...

Trails, for some people, are a curse, bad luck, or perhaps God's heavy hand of punishment over their lives, however for others they are an opportunity for growth, sanctification, and the doorway to blessings. Trials are the refiner's fire that removes impurities and brings forth the true value and beauty from within us. Trials are processes that God allows us to go through. He doesn't orchestrate...

Psychological manipulation can be defined as the utilization of undue power (social, relational, familial, sexual, financial, professional, etc.) for the purpose of benefiting the manipulator at the expense of their victims. Dr. Gottman's Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: 1. Criticism Criticizing your partner is different than offering a critique or voicing a complaint.  It is an attack on your par...

Vision is a powerful God-given gift that many have forsaken. Sight is of the eyes but vision is of the heart. (Helen Keller - the only thing worse than being blind is having sight yet no vision)Vision goes hand in hand with God’s promise for you and your family. People of great faith are able to envision God’s promises coming to fruition in their lives (affirmation and declaration without action i...

FEAR is a LIAR. FEAR incapacitates, handicaps, and paralyzes you. FEAR as an acronym: F alse E vidence A ppearing R eal   The more you repeat an idea in your mind, whether true or false, the faster your subconscious mind will accept it as a reality. And your whole physiology will come into alignment with what it believes.   Hardly ever is FEAR genetically coded within our DNA, 90% of the time it i...

COVID-19 has three demons attached to it: DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, and FEAR.    Depression is on the rise and fear has become a normal emotion that people are learning to live with, notice I didn't say cope with I said live with.    A third of Americans show signs of clinical depression and anxiety. These and other mental conditions are becoming amplified during the recent pandemic, while COVID-19 pat...

I want to encourage you today to be filled with hope and to wait on the Lord who is more than able to show Himself strong in your life and who can suddenly change your circumstances God is preparing you for the promise. He’s not preparing the promise for you though. The promise is there. It’s been there! It’s easy to believe for someone else's healing It’s easy to believe that God is able to set t...

You can control your feelings if you control your thoughts and if you control your thoughts you can also control your final outcome in life! We have been taught that we are what we eat and although there is some truth to that I am here to tell you that you are what you THINK! *There are two solid differences between successful and unsuccessful people... they think differently and they have a diffe...

Taking old habits into a new chapter will only produce the same results - Changed beliefs will produce a different outcome. *If you always do what you have always done, and you always think what you have always thought you always get what you have always gotten… Deut 30:19 This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and cu...

Vision is a powerful thing! Thats why the enemy of our souls works diligently to abort you from having a visualization of seeing yourself any better off than you are. he does not want you to see yourself Progressing moving forward Overcoming walking in victory, being consecrated living holy walking in deliverance •he would rather give you visions of you falling Falling getting sick going down Agin...

I am blessed with two boys and two grandkids and my ultimate goal in life is to lead them to the Father through the Son. My focus is not that they become popular, wealthy, or attend the best universities, or land a dream job....NO... my only focus is to live a life that will cause them to thirst and hunger after God.  - your actions speak so loudly that I can’t hear what you say - R. W. Emerson 1...

This is my TED Talk from 2015. It is a portion of my life's testimony and some of the lessons I learned through the process. I hope it blesses you.

One of the most difficult things in life is not knowing what to do when you fall, when you fail, when you falter, when you have to face tragedy or affliction. To know that your life is not over and the game doesn't stop just because you bruised your arm, skinned your knee or, you ran into some roadblocks People of great faith envision trials, dark valleys and hurts as opportunities and not as setb...