In a culture where drinking is the social norm you can easily excuse / ignore the depression after alcohol and the impact on your physical health, and relationships. After all a drink or two to relax at the end of a long day seems reasonable enough. And social events are…
Have you had success with setting new year resolutions? An increasingly popular way to clarify goals is to create a vision board of images, quotes, and statements. But emerging research identified in Neil Farber's article suggests that this can also limit your chances of success. The studies overall found subjects who utilized…
If your answer yes to any of the following questions then you will benefit from a mindfulness practice. Are you battling to get through the day because of stress, anxiety or depression? Have always been a worrier, always planning, thinking, preparing, and stressing about the future? Do you ruminate over…
Are you experiencing christmas stress? Christmas and New Year is promoted as a special time of the year for sharing, gift giving, and celebration. However, for many the romanticized version of Christmas can be the cause of significant emotional dis-stress. Christmas stress for you might be the pressure of finances, or…
“Each of the four times I have received a life-altering diagnosis, I have felt like a healthy person who has been accidentally drop-kicked into a foreign country:I don't know the language, the culture is unfamiliar,I have no idea what is expected of me, I have no map,and I desperately want to…