Healthy Living Articles

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• Where Have All the Bicycles Gone? Kids Today
  Childhood has moved indoors. What a shame. Children are meant to be running free in open spaces, ...
• Better Than Normal: How What Makes You Different Can Make You Exceptional
  Sometimes the title of a book is so intriguing that you can barely contain your eagerness in wanting to begin reading it.  Such may be the case for you as well with Better Than Normal: ...
• What You Need to Know About Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
  Most women would say they have PMS. Inevitably, once ...
• The Now Effect: How This Moment Can Change the Rest of Your Life
  "The psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl said, ‘In between stimulus and response there is a space, in that space lies our power to choose our response, in our response lies our growth and our ...
• The One You Feed: Helping Your Children Find Their Way
  This story was recently passed on to me. An old Cherokee told his grandson: “My son, ...
• The Alzheimer’s Prevention Program: Keep Your Brain Healthy for the Rest of Your Life
  It’s disquieting to forget -- again -- where you left your glasses, where the car keys are, the name of that one woman at your daughter’s school. But everyone forgets, right? Especially these days, with ...
• Seeking Enlightenment: The Spiritual Journey of a Psychotherapist
  Seeking Enlightenment by Catherine Morrison is a short memoir of one therapist’s journey in conceptualizing Eastern and Western spirituality. Morrison tries to come to terms with how these two diverse spiritual traditions cross paths in ...
• Manage Your Depression Through Exercise: The Motivation You Need to Start and Maintain an Exercise Program
  Starting any exercise program can be a tough task.  However, for those suffering from depression, it can be close to impossible.  Just getting out of bed is a struggle for some; how are they to ...
• A Princess and Her Garden: A Fable of Awakening and Arrival
  You thought of Aesop when you read the subtitle, didn't you?  The story in this book is not your typical Aesop's fable.  Not by a long shot.  In fact, Aesop's got nothing on the author ...
• How Clinicians Balance Work and Life
  When you’re passionate about your profession, balancing work with your personal life can get tricky. It gets even trickier when your work requires you to ...
• How Clinicians Practice Self-Care & 9 Tips for Readers
  Self-care is vital for well-being, and no group knows that better than clinicians. Not only do they help clients learn to take better care ...
• Premature Death Rates Rising in Schizophrenia, Bipolar Patients
  People with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder have a substantially raised risk of premature death, research warns, and the risk ...
• Manage Your Depression Through Exercise
  Starting any exercise program can be a tough task.  However, for those suffering from depression, it can be close to impossible.  Just getting out of bed is a struggle for some; how are they to ...
• 15 Tips to Boost Your Well-Being and Happiness
  Taking better care of your body boosts your well-being fairly fast. “[Exercising and eating well] provide nearly instant benefits, ...
• Stepfamilies on TV: Step by Step
  Family has been a main focus on television since the beginning of the television, beginning with families like the Cleavers and ...
• The Mid-Life Crisis: An Opportunity in Disguise?
  In the movie City Slickers the character played by Billy Crystal hits his 39th birthday and finds himself in a ...
• A Special New Year’s Resolution for Procrastinators
  Procrastinators rejoice! The coming of the New Year is a fantastic opportunity for you to energize yourself toward achieving ...
• ADHD and Menopause: What You Need to Know and What You Can Do
  It’s hard enough having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). But if you’re a woman ...
• 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done
  In 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done, Peter Bregman doesn’t offer a slew of strategies to accomplish all your activities per day. What he does offer is an ...
• The Natural Medicine Guide to Bipolar Disorder
  Having a special interest in how diet & physical activity help ease the symptoms of mood disorders, I was excited to review Stephanie Marohn’s book The Natural Medicine Guide to Bipolar Disorder.  This review covers ...
• The Neighborhood Project: Using Evolution to Improve My City, One Block at a Time
  David Sloan Wilson’s The Neighborhood Project: Using Evolution to Improve My City, One Block at a Time, sports a misleading title. While it does contain teachings that hint at ways we might improve our municipalities, ...
• Natural Remedies for Dealing with Stress
  Many Americans today are under huge amounts of stress. With the decline of the economy, many find themselves dealing with ...
• Alternative Treatments for Depression
  There are a wide range of alternative treatments for depression. Before seeking out a mental health professional or talking to their doctor, a ...
• 4 Tips To Change the Way You Deal with Stress
  Dr. James C. Dobson once said “there are very few certainties that touch us all in this ...
• How Couples Can Help Each Other De-stress and Improve Their Relationship
  “Stress impacts our love relationships more than we are aware of or acknowledge,” according to Judy ...