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Perspectives on Death and Loss

Posted on April 3, 2024 by Emma Bragdon 3 Comments

Perspectives on Death and Loss Excerpts from the writings of Paramahansa Yogananda Though the ordinary man looks upon death with dread and sadness, those who have gone before know it as a wondrous experience of peace and freedom. Death Experience At death, you forget all the limitations of the physical body and realize how

Posted in Spirit, Spiritual Emergency after death communication, death, fear of death, life after death, loss, spirit, Yogananda

Anoop Kumar, MD, on His Out of Body Experience

Posted on March 28, 2024 by Emma Bragdon

Dr. Anoop Kumar on Out of Body Experience Highly Recommended: an interview with an Indian medical doctor who speaks about his own Out of Body Experience, Astral Projection, Out of Body and Astral Travel Meditation. Dr Anoop Kumar practices emergency medicine in Washington, DC. Preetika Rao, a podcaster, is the interviewer. The interview

Posted in Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness, Spiritual Emergence

Moral Injury and Spiritual Emergency

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Emma Bragdon 3 Comments

Moral Injury and Spiritual Emergency by Emma Bragdon, PhD Joshua Mantz, (above), fresh out of West Point Academy, was a second lieutenant in the army deployed in 2006 to a dangerous zone in Baghdad, Iraq, at age 23. Within months he was shot by a sniper, almost bled to death, and flatlined for 15 minutes

Posted in Spiritual Emergency chaplain, existential crisis, moral injury, religion, spiritual emergence, spiritual emergency, spirituality, suicide, veterans

Valid Challenges to the DSM

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Emma Bragdon

Valid Challenges to the DSM The following recent report and manuals encourages us to reflect more deeply on problems within the mental healthcare system and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)—They profile its failures and suggest cogent, effective alternatives that are now available. Readers: Please use the comment box below to write

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Mental Health abuse of power, DSM, ICD-10, improving mental health outcomes, indicative trauma impact, lucy johstone, mary boyle, power-threat-meaning

New Book: The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines

Posted on February 8, 2024 by Emma Bragdon

The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines: Antidepressants, Benzodiazepines, Gabapentinoids and Z-drugs. 1st Edition by Mark Horowitz, and David M. Taylor … “with the express purpose of limiting the damage that we have seen far too many people experiencing – whilst the medical profession has been slow to recognize what has been happening to real life patients.”—from a

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Medication antidepressants, benzodiazepam, benzos, deprescribing, getting off meds, harm reduction, psychiatric medication, taper, tapering

Gross Misconduct — The Final Nail in the Coffin for Antidepressants

Posted on January 30, 2024 by Emma Bragdon 1 Comment

Antidepressants-Updated Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola, First published: January 30, 2024 STORY AT-A-GLANCE The Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) study published in 2006 was the largest and longest-running antidepressant effectiveness trial ever conducted and, importantly, it used real-world patients. The authors claimed an overall cumulative remission rate of 67%, and this study has

Posted in Anti-Depressants, Integrative Mental Health anti-depressants, depression, inflammation, medication, mental health, probiotics

Spiritual Bypassing

Posted on January 24, 2024 by Emma Bragdon

Spiritual Bypassing Defined The term, spiritual bypassing, was made popular in the 1980’s by the late John Welwood, PhD, a Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist who observed the phenomenon in his own spiritual community. Sometimes life is painful. What we do with our pain makes a difference when we are also in relationships with others. The

Posted in Integrative Mental Health John Welwood, meditation, spiritual bypassing, spiritual practice, spirituality

Teaching Mindfulness to Youth

Posted on December 26, 2023 by Emma Bragdon

Mission Be — Teaching Children Mindfulness Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola Originally published Dec. 24, 2023 and now archived on https://takecontrol.substack.com/ —————————– STORY AT-A-GLANCE Mission Be, a nonprofit organization that brings mindfulness into schools, was founded in 2013 by social worker and yoga instructor, Carin Winter Mission Be’s curriculum is based on evidence-based practices like breath,

Posted in Children, Meditation children, consciousness, emotional health, mental health, mindfulness, play, school curriculum, school lessons, secular education, social health

CHD Launches ‘Reform Pharma’ Initiative

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Emma Bragdon 2 Comments

CHD Launches ‘Reform Pharma’ Initiative to End Big Pharma Influence, Corruption Children’s Health Defense has launched Reform Pharma, an initiative that aims to curb the pharmaceutical industry’s influence in government, promote informed consent, ban drug ads and restore integrity in healthcare. This article was originally published November 9, 2023, by The Defender — Children’s Health

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Mental Health censorship, CHD, corruption, Justine Tanguay, Mary Holland, medical freedom, pharmaceuticals, psychotropic, reform AAP

Antidepressants & Mass Murder

Posted on October 29, 2023 by Emma Bragdon

Antidepressants & Mass Murder 2.5 min video by Peter Goetzche, a brilliant MD/researcher, on risks of psychiatric medications for adults and youth Antidepressants and Other Psychiatric Drugs Psychiatric drugs are mind altering chemicals designed to alter emotions, behavior and thinking processes. At their best they can be helpful so patients do not feel as

Posted in Anti-Depressants, Integrative Mental Health antidepressants, depression, mass murder, mental illness, psychiatric medication, suicide

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