Christmas is depicted as a time of joy and pleasure: families coming together and having fun, lots of giving and sharing, sparkling lights and decoration, great food, and children brimming with excitement for their new toys; not to mention all the warm and loving spiritual stuff. But far too often Christmas becomes an incredibly...
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Depression and anxiety can spread through families like contagious diseases, and children are the most vulnerable to contamination. How Depression is Spread Partners of people with depression often complain of feeling as if they are living near a black hole which is draining their life force. They gradually lose energy and enthusiasm, their lives...
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Thoughts, images and feelings are all a normal part of our internal human world, and we wouldn’t want to be without them. They can fuel our creativity, they can drive and motivate us, they can keep us safe, and they can bring us passion, joy and contentment. But sometimes they can be an absolute...
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Feeling depressed and unhappy can really bring you down. Rates of depression in our population are increasing radically. In the USA rates are ten times higher than they were in the great depression of last century, and people are getting depressed much earlier in their lifetimes. We have an abundance of technology that should...
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It is well known that psychological trauma of any sort can have a lasting, damaging effect on human beings. The earlier the trauma, the more profound the effect, so the impact of a difficult birth on the infant as he develops into a child and adult can be especially significant. The Birth Experience Imagine...
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Food is essential to human life, and it can feel good to eat, but how does what we consume affect our mental and emotional states once we have left the dinner table? Some Stuff is Bad Loads of studies have linked diet to mental health. Some studies look at the affect of toxic substances...
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