Archives for October, 2011
Can Diet Diminish Depression? Helping Your Body Help Your Mind
You know the story, an apple a day's supposed to keep the doctor away. But can a healthy diet also help keep depression at bay, too? Some researchers see a connection.
And that's important, because sometimes depression's treated as though it's "all in your head."
As it turns out, it may well be in your body, too.
And, if that's the case for you, then it's worth investigating. So let's take a quick look…
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Wishing For Acceptance In Your Life: The First Step To Change
I bought a pair of shoes a little while ago. They're red. They're great. They were the last pair in the shop, my size and on sale. Perfect.
Well, not quite, actually, because they pinched a bit when I tried them on. But surely not...
You Are Not A Machine: Remembering To Relax And Replenish
You are not a machine.
You’re mortal. Organic. You don’t come in a shape that will always easily slot into all the timetables and schedules and systems that beckon.
That's probably no surprise. (And yet how many demands do you put on yourself sometimes?)
So there might be times when you can’t “keep on keeping on,” or where maybe you don’t always have the energy to “push on through.” Where it’s not always so...
Mental Health Day: The Therapist Within
Cloudy days will come.
For you. For your family. For your friends.
And not just the kind that dominate the skies above you. But also the ones that help set the weather within you. The internal cloudy days that send your mental and emotional landscape into overcast sadness.
Cloudy days will
I was thinking this the other day, when some of my family came to Sydney to visit. Even now,...
Mindfulness And Remembering To Actually Live Your Life
I came home tired the other day - flat. Feeling the pressure of all the tasks I "should" be doing. Hearing the list of responsibilities that were calling my name. The weight of obligation over pleasure or rest.
When things start to feel like this, I tend to put my head down, my blinkers on and just keep ploughing through. It's as though there's no time to stop and breathe - that...
Healing Your Chronic Pain And Finding Relief (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this post, we looked into some of the tough parts of living with chronic pain - and some ways you can help yourself through it all.
We ended up talking about pacing as being a way of still being able to do the things that are important to you, without having to hurt yourself to do them.
Pacing is one of the core ideas of a pain...
