Posted in brain and mind, stress management on Aug 31st, 2010
The ability to touch people around us in deep, meaningful and long lasting ways is a gift we all have. We need to remind ourselves of the powers and strengths of human connections and use them wherever we see an opportunity. We also need to be mindful of the fact that, in the same way [...]
Posted in brain and mind on Aug 25th, 2010
In the previous blog post we discussed how the dysfunctionality of our relationships with our surrogate parents – politicians and government representatives and other people in leadership and power positions – have taken away the feelings of protection, security and safety we used to feel. Now not only we don’t trust them any longer, but [...]
Posted in brain and mind, stress management on Aug 19th, 2010
A recent analysis by the Rockefeller Foundation indicated that most Americans feel more financially insecure now than ever before in their lives, due to the effects of the current economic recession. And, worse still, they don’t believe things are going to change any time soon.
Data from 2009 indicates that more than 20% of Americans experienced [...]
Posted in brain and mind on Aug 10th, 2010
The sixth of August marked the 65th anniversary of the atomic bomb dropped by the Americans on the city of Hiroshima, in Japan. Yesterday, August ninth, was the 65th anniversary of the second atomic bomb dropped by the Americans in Japan, this time on the city of Nagasaki.
Without getting into a political or moral discussion [...]
Posted in brain and mind, stress management on Aug 3rd, 2010
Who doesn’t like vacations? We all love and look forward to them with eagerness and excitement. Planning and anticipating them, seeing new places, going on new adventures, doing different things than what we do regularly are very appealing. Aside from the enjoyment, however, is there other value in taking time off from our regular schedules [...]
