2012: PROPHECY OR PANIC?

There are many reasons to think that 2012 could be the last year for our world. Iran is getting closer to becoming a nuclear power. North Korea is more unstable than ever. The European debt crisis is not going away, nor is America's. Larger and more devastating natural disasters seem to be increasing and medical experts agree we're due for a major pandemic. On top of all this, many assert that there are ancient predictions, based on a Maya

We recently traveled to Los Angeles and had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Cheryl Pappas, a social commentator and psychotherapist, about the media’s interest end-times’ stories like the 2012 phenomenon connected with the Mayan Calendar. She also commented on how such news and our society’s hunger for sensational stories can affect us. Dr. Pappas posted a related column for The Huffington Post. - Blog intro by André van Heerden, Presi

We recently traveled to Los Angeles and had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Cheryl Pappas, a social commentator and psychotherapist, about the media’s interest end-times’ stories like the 2012 phenomenon connected with the Mayan Calendar. She also commented on how society is becoming desensitized by a constant barrage of information from the media – a lot of it pointless. Dr. Pappas posted a related column for The Huffington Post. - Blo