As we experience a culture that seems more focused on screen and keyboards, there is at the same time an epidemic of anxiety, stress, and depression. According to statistics, 11.3% of adults here have experienced a major depressive episode. (Women more than men). That's a huge number for a country that has so many advantages. [...]
More often now, I find myself explaining the way anxiety and depression affect the brain’s function. My clients who are scientist or engineers, or are ‘digital natives’, find the language of neuroscience makes sense to them. We have so many more sophisticated ways now to see how the brain and the nervous system process things. [...]
For me, a lifelong subscription to National Geographic has kept me enthralled. The pictures are always stunning, and now they are publishing books as well. Dan Buettner’s “The Blue Zones of Happiness” referred to in the November issue, details countries where happiness is the most prevalent. The United States has one of the highest rates [...]
After caring for my mother into her demise for about eight years, I noticed that I was very drained and seemed to have lost my creative spark. Having always regarded myself as a creative person and since I had been a dancer and then a creative arts therapist for so many years, I assumed [...]
Last night we attended an annual Halloween dance party which has been part of a nearly thirty-year tradition for our circle of friends. It is always fun to try to guess who the familiar person might be, under some outlandish costume. Sometimes it is easy (despite the elaborate disguise), to pick up a known trait [...]
It’s no secret that our thinking minds are very powerful; we often believe most things we tell ourselves. Then there is the problem of what we interpret OTHERS are thinking, and that can get very confusing in interpersonal relationships…ever gotten anxious about that? Last week I was convinced that I had upset my website [...]
Now I am officially a senior, I get the AARP newsletter, which often has articles about strategies to live a longer and more enjoyable life, and how to reduce stress. It always strikes me as ironic that as elders we are still looking for the Magic Elixir, even though we have less time left in [...]
Lately, I have found myself talking with friends and clients about the Pros and Cons of using the Social Media. I must say that I can hardly imagine being without my Smartphone these days, but I notice myself anxiously checking it far too often. There is a sense of being on ‘hyper alert” for any [...]
The National Geographic some years ago had an article with research on longevity. There were seniors who were living into their 100’s in three different areas of the world. All these seniors agreed that one reason to stay on the planet was having friends and family around. So we know that feeling connected and loved is huge. However [...]
A group of my friends were recently discussing how it works when we trust ourselves. That’s fascinating to me! I’ve spent most of my life exploring how to know whether I am on the right path. Whether it’s choosing a partner that is right for me, or whether I’m in the place I’m supposed to [...]
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