Forgiveness
Forgiveness"To err is human, to forgive divine."- -Alexander Pope (1688 1744) Someone else has hurt all of us, in one-way or another. While it is easy to forgive a friend for the slight distress we feel over a phone call that was not returned, it is not so easy to forgive those who have harmed ...
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A Case Study in Forgiveness
Cynthia is a pretty woman when you first meet her. However, when she begins to talk about her sister, her face becomes contorted and bitter. She is quick to tell anybody and everybody about how her sister wronged her. In brief, Cynthia has always been a loving and supportive friend to her sister who...
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Alcoholism
Ask any drug and alcohol counselor, or for that matter any person in recovery, and they will tell you that there is no cure for Alcoholism. The most recent thought about alcoholism holds that it is a chronic but manageable disease. Managing this disease requires daily maintenance and is ...
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Anorexia
In a society that values “being skinny,” many women and a startling number of men have taken extreme measures to coax their bodies to lose significant amounts of weight.Causes of AnorexiaAs researchers continue to learn more about anorexics, they can identify some common traits and characteristics a...
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Anxiety
Anxiety is often seen as a combination of feelings, mostly fear, apprehension and worry. Anxiety attacks are often accompanied by physical sensations such as palpitations, chest pain and/or shortness of breath. The conditions may exist as a specific brain disorder or may be attributed to outside fac...
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Bipolar Disorder
Sufferers of bipolar disorder can find themselves wrestling with sudden and stunning changes in the ways they think, act, and feel. In the simplest cases, bipolar disorder patients oscillate between severe manic highs, when they feel as though they can accomplish anything, and devastating depressive...
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Bulimia
Recent studies indicate that as many as one in every twenty young women suffer from bulimia, an eating disorder that causes the victim to fear weight gain so much that they take extraordinary efforts to purge food from their systems. Bulimics often mimic normal behaviour by eating, especially in soc...
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Compulsive Overeating
Compulsive overeaters struggle with their condition daily. Unlike alcoholics or drug addicts, who can change their lifestyles to walk away from their demon substances, food addicts must relearn how to use food properly.Possible CausesMany people turn to food in times of stress, panic, or depression....
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Food and Depression
It’s Not Only Additives That Affect Behaviour By Cyndi O’MearaFood fundamentally changes the chemicals in the brain which in turn affect mood and behaviour. This is not fanciful this is fact! It is not coincidence that we can relate back to how food began to change around 25 years ago to a mor...
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Depression
Possible CausesThere are a great many possible causes for depression. Frequently, depression is caused by an organic (chemical) or physiological cause. Possible organic causes include food allergies, heavy metals, prescription drugs, illicit drugs, alcohol, tobacco and caffeine. Depression can also ...
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Understanding Depression
Everyone feels sad from time to time. It’s only natural. Most people go through blue days or normal periods of feeling down, especially after they experience a loss. But what specialists call clinical depression is different from just being “down in the dumps.” The main difference is that the sad or...
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Indigo and Rainbow Children
Indigo children are those special little ones who have incarnated upon earth to offer assistance to the planet in re-awakening to the higher truths of love, kindness, and compassion. These children hold an innate knowing that they are to be of service to others in changing current structures i...
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Insomnia
Fatigued, irritable, having difficulties remembering things? If your answer was yes to one or more of these, it may be related to how you sleep. It is estimated that somewhere between ten and twenty-five percent of the population suffers from difficulties getting to sleep or stayin...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
As many as one in every fifty adults struggle with some form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, and twice as many people have dealt with OCD at some point in their lives. OCD sufferers describe their condition as “mental hiccups” that force them to retrace their steps or pursue imaginar...
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Stress
Most people are aware of many of the “stressors” in their lives. Those, which are most commonly mentioned, include money problems, time pressures, job issues, family concerns and illnesses. Stress can also be environmental in nature. Being too hot or too cold, environmental toxins,...
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Reflexology for Stress
Stress and Anxiety and how Reflexology can HelpCherel Waters "M" is a 42-year-old nurse who came into my clinic room to ask what was the difference between Reflexology and Reiki. I discussed both, whereupon she told me she had suffered a nervous breakdown twelve months ago and had spent a year ...
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