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The Importance of Mind-Body Work for Treating Grief - by Michael Roth- Penn State Sports Scandal Destroys Lives - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2011 from Estelle GoldsteinA beloved football coach – I might even say a living legend – finds his life destroyed after a luminous career. All because of alleged inaction – perhaps to shield a friend, perhaps to preserve the “old school” or for other reasons. And the sad story of Joe Paterno is only one more chapter ...
Views: 1561(2 votes) - Turn Your Darkness Into Light: The Highest Perspective - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2011 from Anne Whitehouse PhDNo matter how positive our outlook in life, unpleasant things are going to happen which bring us down. People betray us, hurt us and disappoint us. People attack us with their spiteful words. They misjudge us, take credit for our work or malign us. When we experience this sort of thing in our ...
Views: 1483(4 votes) - Rape and Sexual Assault: Liberation and Empowerment Visualisation - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2011 from Anne Whitehouse PhDAfter an assault, the first priority is to help your mind release the pain, shock and trauma of the experience in order to move on. To do this, you have to coax your subconscious into unfreezing itself and allowing these changes to occur. The following healing exercise is one I have used many ...
Views: 1699(1 vote) - Holistic First-Aid For Cats and Dogs: You Can Help Them Feel Better - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2011 from Anne Whitehouse PhDWe all value our pets. They give us so much: affection, love and entertainment. So it's very hard to watch them when they are ill, afraid or suffering. Over the years I have sometimes been asked to provide healing for pets. Let me share with you some simple and effective healing techniques which ...
Views: 1380(1 vote) - Rape and Sexual Assault: Your Way Back to Life - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2011 from Anne Whitehouse PhDIt is a tragic fact that many women suffer rape or sexual assault at some point, and for some it can ruin their lives. Are you one of these women? It is possible to turn this terrible experience around completely, and not only get your life back, but grow far beyond what you believed ...
Views: 1291(1 vote) - Rape and Sexual Assault: Self-Help for Healing and Empowerment - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2011 from Anne Whitehouse PhDWhen you have suffered rape or sexual assault, you are carrying that shock and trauma in the cells of your body. It is particularly important to clear that shock from your system as soon as possible. If you do it straight away, the damage to you will be minimal. If, however, you leave it to ...
Views: 1690(1 vote) - Broken Heart First Aid: Self-Help for Those First Few Weeks - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2011 from Anne Whitehouse PhDThe person you hoped to spend your life with has left you, for whatever reason. Your heart is broken. Initially, that pain and heart-ache is unbearable and you don’t know how you’re going to get through the next minute, let alone the next day. Obviously you need to go through a grieving ...
Views: 1308(1 vote) - USING MINDFULNESS-BASED PSYCHOTHERAPY AND MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TO OVERCOME TRAUMA - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Beth PattersonAs a psychotherapist specializing in trauma and grief, the tenth anniversary of 9/11 gave me the opportunity to contemplate anew working with trauma -- including my own. I was an eyewitness in New York City to the horrors of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center that beautiful ...
Views: 1394(1 vote) - Chakra Healing for Optimum Emotional and Physical Health - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Kirsten NagyChakra is the Sanskrit word for wheel and in ancient Eastern traditions chakra is the word used to describe swirling energetic hotspots all over the body. There are thousands of chakras from the tips of your fingers to the bottoms of your toes. However, there are seven major chakras that run ...
Views: 1385(1 vote) - Living with Long-Term Brain (Head) Injury - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Craig LockArticle Title: Living with Long-Term Brain (Head) Injury Submitted by: Craig Lock Category (key words): head injury, brain injury, William Fairbank, effects of brain/head injury, neuro-psychology, brain, cognitive difficulties, medical information, medical resources (enough there now, ...
Views: 1870(1 vote) - Steve Jobs Didn’t Have To Die of Pancreatic Cancer - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2011 from Dorothy NeddermeyerOctober 5, 2011 - With the passing of Steve Jobs the world lost a visionary, brilliant scientist, and innovator, who some say is equal to Albert Einstein. At 56 he could have had several more decades of life ahead of him, but his life was cut short by Western/Allopathic cancer treatments, ...
Views: 2466(1 vote) - 09/11 Ten Years Later: A Tim for Reflection - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2011 from Daniela RoherWhy another blog on 9/11? Because I want to remember this date by offering something that hopefully can shed further light on some of the repercussions of the fateful events of ten years ago. As a psychotherapist, I am deeply aware of the importance of traumatic events that occur ...
Views: 1105(2 votes) - Trauma and the Brain: Understanding What Happens and Why You Feel Changed - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2011 from Michele RosenthalThere’s a lot to understand about post-trauma recovery. If you’re struggling with symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), you’re juggling many psychological and even physical symptoms while you learn to 1) grieve and let go of your former self, 2) function in a world that no longer ...
Views: 1633(1 vote) - Tips to Overcoming Anxiety - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from cedric riceTips to Overcoming Anxiety Anxiety can rob us of much of the pleasure that life entitles us to. In most cases it can be helped by combining a few changes in your daily routine. Anxiety can be handled like any sickness or disease although I wouldn’t classify it as a mental illness. There are ...
Views: 1348(1 vote) - Therapy is Best When Self Help and Mind Over Matter Techniques Fail - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2011 from Randi FineSelf-improvement advice on virtually any topic that interests us, written from endless points of views, is right at our fingertips. Most of the articles I write are of this genre, often with a New Age slant. Websites like SelfGrowth.com and Curezone.com are entirely devoted to this topic. A ...
Views: 1654(1 vote) - How to Get Things Done When You Are An Emotional Wreck - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2011 from Beth DargisEven though I am still reeling from my son’s death, things still must get done – taxes, money stuff, work, prosecution stuff… Here’s what’s been working for me: 1. Have grief sessions every morning and/or evening. Just a time to let whatever you are feeling out – through music, ...
Views: 1263(1 vote) - Head Injury: A Practical Guide: YOU ARE AN EXPERT ALREADY - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2011 from Craig LockArticle Title: Head Injury: A Practical Guide: YOU ARE AN EXPERT ALREADY Author: Trevor Powell Submitted by: Craig Lock Category (key words): head injury, brain injury, neuro-psychology, Web site: http://www.headway.org.uk Other articles on this subject are available at: ...
Views: 1021(4 votes) - Overcoming Trauma - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2011 from Gail CloudHow do we overcome trauma in ourselves and our lives; through truth, resolution and understanding to create new action. Did you ever have the experience of someone giving you terrible news? Your child was in a terrible accident,your partner asked you for a divorce or separation, your friend was ...
Views: 997(1 vote) - Freedom From Past Issues, Charges and Pain - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2011 from Pamela TurnerWhen we were young, very young, we made decisions about ourselves and the world we live in that have lasted throughout our lives. These decisions, or agreements about life, were made before we had a rational mind or the perspective and experience of an adult. Most of our beliefs about the world ...
Views: 1176(2 votes) - They'll Call You Crazy and Lock You Up! - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2011 from Dan L. HaysAfter years of struggling as a writer, by 1996, I had written two books, had publishers interested in both, and had walked away each time. Finally, in complete frustration, I gave up the dream of being a writer. I still felt something was locking up my writing, but I had no idea what it was. ...
Views: 1532(3 votes) - Why Is This Fantastic News So Scary? - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2011 from Dan L. HaysNote: the real names of the author and her publisher are used with their permission. “Mr. Hays, I really loved the book your book, “Search For Peace.” I spent all weekend reading it, and I just couldn’t put it down. I’d like to talk to you about publishing it.” Those are thrilling words ...
Views: 1310(2 votes) - Heartbeat - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2011 from Dan L. HaysIn the fall of 1986 someone said to me "You write very lyrically. Are you a poet?" I replied pretty vehemently, "No, no, I'm not a poet!" as if I was physically trying to push away the concept. I was also ignoring the fact that I had published poetry in a school literary magazine when I was in ...
Views: 1333(2 votes) - How to Deal with Situational Stress - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2011 from cedric riceFor the purpose of this article let me give you my definition of situational stress. Situational stress is the stress associated with being near or around a particular person, place, or thing. There will always be a negative event associated with this type of stress. One example for me was an ...
Views: 2711(1 vote) - The Effects of War on the Families of Soldiers - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Gayle Joplin Hall“I’m just trying to be a father, raise a daughter and a son, be a lover to their mother, everything to everyone…yeah, I’m real good under pressure being all that I can be…I just work straight through the holidays, and sometimes all night long…’cause freedom don’t come free.. I’m an American, an ...
Views: 2041(1 vote) - Reasons Why Soldiers Have Difficulty Adjusting to a Civilian Lifestyle After Serving Their Country - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Gayle Joplin Hall“The hardest part, by far, is to make the bad pictures go away. In war time, the world is one big long horror movie, image after image. If this is anything like Vietnam, I’m in for a lifetime of wee-hour creeps.” – Tim O’Brien, Vietnam Veteran. Assimilating back into an everyday routine is ...
Views: 3023(1 vote) - Letting go of guilt - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Bob WalshDo you feel guilty about something? Even though guilt makes us feel bad, it is actually a good thing. Guilt is a signal, a message. It tells us that we should do something differently. But sometimes we get stuck, and we can't let go of guilt. Remorse and regret paralyze us - and that is the ...
Views: 1046(1 vote) - Stressing Over Murdoch Madness - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2011 from Michele RisaLiving in a world where technology evolves into more complex forms by the second is an incredible accomplishment. Yet at the same time, it can generate manipulation, corruption, and invasion of privacy, given we are all too aware of computer hacking, cyber bullying, and identity theft. There ...
Views: 799 - Finding forgiveness for you - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2011 from Lene StJohnFinding Forgiveness for Your Sake “To forgive is to give forth. It releases you from the past.” - “Positively Positive” on Twitter Forgiveness comes in many forms but the most important aspect to remember is that it's for the one who was offended or victimized. The offender or perpetrator ...
Views: 954(2 votes) - What is PTSD? - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2011 from Eric RyanTo receive a diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), you must have experienced an event that “involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of self or others” and must have reacted with “intense fear, helplessness, or horror”. PTSD ...
Views: 928(1 vote) - Learning To Leave - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2011 from Susan McNeal VelasquezSome of my most cherished beliefs about who I am are the exact ones that I have had to surrender to allow the winds of transformation entrance into my life. When I married at nineteen, I was crystal clear that I was making a solemn vow “for better or worse/ for richer or poorer/ in sickness ...
Views: 1452(2 votes) - Benefits with Brain waves mp3 only - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2011 from David KigerWith the evolution, man has always been trying to get control over its mind to enhance its functionalities and working capabilities. He has been trying to find different methods to expand awareness, consciousness and achieving self actualization. The traditional methods to achieve the said ...
Views: 1629 - The way of the brain with brain wave mp3 - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2011 from David KigerThere is a very easy method that gives us all a chance to find peace of mind and better health, clear thinking and a lot less stress in our life. You will have much more love,and joy, and be completely free from worry. While reading this article you will find out about a great discovery that ...
Views: 896 - Loss and Self Worth - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from sherri rabinowitzLoss and Self Worth By Sherri Rabinowitz Why are these two words so interconnected? They are. When you have a loss of any kind your self worth plummets. Why? Why is it, that all our beliefs and values disappear when something bad happens? It is as much a mystery to me as it is ...
Views: 2215(2 votes) - Hypnosis aids a stroke victim - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2011 from Nicholas PollakNICHOLAS D. POLLAK Clinical Hypnotherapist Certified Master Hypnotist Handwriting Analyst 310.204.3321 www.hypnotherapy4you.net nickpollak@hypnotherapy4you.net Just recently I went on a three day cruise with my wife to attend her high school reunion. While there I talked with many ...
Views: 6238(1 vote) - My new web page - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2011 from Teresa Joyce1. Why did you decide to share your story with the world? Answer – This is a very good question and one I have asked myself many times over. The answer is not very black and white; it’s was a combination of many factories. It truth at first it was a way of trying to heal myself, if I could ...
Views: 1031 - Hypnosis and Healing the Trauma of Sex Abuse - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2011 from Margit Cathrine MollerHypnosis as a professional practice has been used for most trauma-based healing processes and counseling therapy, but it has grown popular lately because it is used in the healing process of victims of sex abuses. Because of fear and the controversy surrounding hypnosis as a practice, first ...
Views: 2604(1 vote) - Forgiveness - Freeing and Comforting - by Submitted on May 28, 2011 from Edith SiegForgiveness – freeing and comforting I’ve heard a lot about the importance of forgiveness. You probably have too. But what I heard this past week about a benefit of forgiveness, I had never heard before. And it might change - well - everything. Story: The effect of forgiving your ...
Views: 1230(1 vote) - Dore Frances, Ph.D. Celebrates A Decade Of Helping Families in Crisis With Troubled Teens at Horizon Family Solutions - by Submitted on May 12, 2011 from Dore' FrancesIn 2001 Dore Frances created Horizon Family Solutions, LLC (H.F.S.) with the intention to help and educate parents during a time of crisis with their teenager. This year Horizon Family Solutions is celebrating over a decade of assisting families. During these ten years, Dore Frances has been ...
Views: 2293(2 votes) - Homeopathy for Past Birth Trauma - by Submitted on May 12, 2011 from Renita HerrmannSince working with mothers and children in homeopathy, I’ve come across a large group of people that have experienced birth trauma, either as the mother or child. Often what affects one will affect the other. In her book, Origins, Annie Paul describes monitoring of the pregnant mothers' physical ...
Views: 3090(2 votes) - Overcoming a Tragedy - by Submitted on May 12, 2011 from Margit Cathrine MollerOvercoming Tragedy The first half of 2011 was filled with news about tragedy - from floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, and fires to manmade tragic events such as the political turmoil in the some countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Even the news of Osama Bin Laden’s death reminds the ...
Views: 942(1 vote) - Dream Therapy - Learn How to Fight Neurosis Before it Becomes a Severe Mental Illness - by Submitted on May 12, 2011 from Christina SponiasNeurosis is a very common mental illness, even though its existence is completely disregarded by our modern civilization. We live in a world ruled by violence, immorality, indifference, hypocrisy, and greed. Everyone on Earth is mentally ill, but nobody pays attention to this global absurdity. ...
Views: 1398(1 vote) - Instant Healing, Really? - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Susan Crampton DavisWe want fast food, speedy customer service, instant messaging and expedited payments. And yet, there is something about the familiar that wants us to stay connected to Freud’s old paradigm that healing, forgiveness, and letting go of old beliefs is an arduous task that will take years. So, when ...
Views: 1037(2 votes) - Facing Guilt in Your Past - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Karen KleinwortRIDDING YOURSELF OF SHAME FROM YOUR PAST It’s only human to make mistakes, and we all have done things of which we’re not proud. Although time can blur the memory and alleviate the pain of stressful incidents from our past, often it’s not a simple task to overcome the guilt that stems from ...
Views: 2828(2 votes) - Overcoming Fears of Earthquakes and Other Natural Disasters - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from Janis EricsonIndividuals who live on or around major fault lines are wise to keep in mind the possibility of an earthquake, and take appropriate precautions. But if the fear of a potential quake that is designed to serve as a warning becomes an obsessive phobia, an individual should seek help from a ...
Views: 8909(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: It makes me very very upset, angry, pissed-off, and sad. - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I saw your article "Surviving Loss and Thriving Again" while searching for answers to my own issues. The 'loved one' I lost was myself. I loved life, loved adventure, travel, people, photography, mostly adventure! In 2 seconds my life was 'taken' away pretty much. This ...
Views: 1876(2 votes) - Why We Get Sick - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from Carole SeaverWHY WE GET SICK Meta-Medicine which has been developed by Johannes Fisslinger and Richard Flook is based on Dr. Hamer's findings which were discovered and published over 30 years ago. Meta-Medicine and Dr. Hamer's German New Medicine tell us that there is a biological purpose to a living ...
Views: 1258 - Bullying Behavior:Behavior that No One Forgets - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2011 from James BurnsI speak to teachers all over New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia so I was thrilled when I got a call from my hometown school district, and they asked me to do a workshop for their teachers. Some of the teachers I had when I was a student were still there, and it was a lot of fun for ...
Views: 1041 - Life Has Its Ups and Downs: Don't Let It Get You Down - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2011 from Sara DillingerAh, the gentle pitter-patter of rain upon the roof of a mobile home! The sound can be so soothing that it lulls you to sleep. Who needs an expensive ambient sound machine? This is nature’s own. Just lie back, secure in your comfy nest of bed and blankets and let Mother Nature sing her watery ...
Views: 1933(1 vote) - When Anxiety Makes it Difficult to Work on Your Anxiety - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Jolyn Wells-MoranIt's possible to be so anxious that you can't focus on what you need to do to decrease your anxiety or, sometimes, even remember what to do. Every once in awhile, I see a person like this: He or she just can't seem to settle down enough to follow even very basic instructions. So, what can be ...
Views: 1875(3 votes) - The Psychological Aspect of Disaster Preparedness - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Margit Cathrine MollerThe Psychological Aspect of Disaster Preparedness Minamisanriku, Japan Mayor Jin Satomayor had just given a speech to the town assembly about tsunami preparation when the earthquake struck. Half an hour later, the tsunami that came exceeded any expectations and overwhelmed all preparations. ...
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