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Weight Release Begins with Seeing Our Reflection Clearly Here’s a great guest post by Freeman Michaels: What do you see when you look in the mirror? In mid-2007, when I was 275 pounds, I looked in the mirror and what I saw shocked and disgusted me – in a little more than ten years I…
Sustainable solutions to depression In my previous post I outlined what causes depression and how drugs might help mitigate the symptoms, but don’t address the cause. Now let’s talk about healing the cause so you not only get well, but stay well. The core of curing depression lies in addressing the exhaustion that causes it….
Part one Traditionally, women have reported suffering from depression more than men have. But in this economic situation, that’s changing. An article in PsychCentral warns therapists to prepare to treat more men for depression. Prozac Nation NOTE: Before you decide that I am going to tell you all anti-depressants are bad, and that no one…
In this age of enlightenment we like to think appearance is less important than it used to be. Unfortunately, that’s just wishful thinking. A New York Times article quotes Michael Kimmel, a sociology professor at the State University of New York, as saying “women are able to provide for a family, so they are more…
Who Is in Charge – Your Rational or Emotional Brain? A recent NPR story speaks about how our emotional brain often makes those tough decisions – but that’s not a surprise. If we’re to get honest, we would admit that the big or stressful decisions are often emotional decisions. In our rational culture we…
Image via Wikipedia It’s not you, men. For women, happiness comes from how they experience life. Marcus Buckingham and his team polled thousands of women to discover what made them happy. He found that women’s happiness comes from focusing on the moments rather than the goals, plans or dreams. Focusing on the moments means being…
