Health
The Importance of Trust
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Trust is fundamental to life. If you cannot trust in anything, life becomes intolerable
You can’t have relationships without trust, let alone good ones. Intimacy depends on it. I suspect more marriages are wrecked by lack of trust than by [...]
Laughter . . . Good Medicine
Laughter is a sure-fire way to change your mood for the better. In difficult times laughter isn’t only fun for those enjoying it, but has real benefits for your health. Laughter can relieve tension, help to calm down anger and give you a chance to connect with others in an open and genuine way.
Don’t Take it So Personally
Letting your emotions rule is a sure recipe for increased stress
Why should getting too emotionally involved in what you say or do be a problem? Taking things that people say too personally will cause you stress when others disagree with you. It will feel as if they are attacking you, not what you are talking [...]
Nature’s Anti-Depressants Are Always On Hand
How to make yourself feel better without pills
I found two interesting articles last week. One on May 28th — about balancing your moods naturally. The other on May 27th — about giving placebo pills to children. Both articles suggest ways in which we can use substances to help us to feel better. We may go [...]
How to really help yourself
You are the best person to know how to organize your life. No one else will be able to help you as well as you can help yourself.
Don’t be swayed by other’s ideas
There are many books and programs on the market with titles which have the words Self Help in the title. These books and [...]
Is it really bad (or good) for you?
Chocolate used to be an absolute “no-no;” now it’s a health food. So what really is the truth about what we eat? Maybe you should slow down and think about that.
Cocoa beans, the source of chocolate (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
I���ve just been reading the latest edition of the AARP Bulletin. There’s a page in [...]
Enough With The Worrying!
Start taking responsibility for your own problems
Have you noticed the most typical sound in our society? It’s not muzak, or TV commercials, or the latest pop blockbuster. It’s people talking about their problems.
“Oh…my life is so difficult (I’m scared I’m going to lose my job, won’t be able to keep up my mortgage payments, won’t [...]
Are your standards too high for normal mortals?
Have you ever been with a group where things didn’t go quite as you expected. You turn up at a luncheon with your best pal, only to find you’ve been assigned seating miles apart; and when you complain, and sit with your friend, you’re treated like a pariah because you’ve messed up the arrangements? Or [...]
To see how to enjoy life, start by watching a cat
More easy recipes for beating stress
Cats are masters of focus, conservation of energy, and making sure they enjoy life whenever they can. We could learn a lot from them about how to cope with increasingly stressful lives.
Don’t waste energy
Be active and quick when it’s needed. The rest of the time, chill out.
All cats, from the [...]
Overcome stress the easy way
A first handful of ideas to help you live your life with less stress and greater enjoyment.
1. Always move on.
“Move on.” These two simple words will save you more stress than any others I know.
Don’t dwell on your mistakes or other people’s successes. Don’t wonder “what if.” It will drive you insane. The past is [...]
