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Trading Truth-telling for Shame

Posted on September 25, 2014 by admin

Gayathri Ramprasad has just published a memoir, Shadows in the Sun, which uncovers her intimate story of growing up in India when it was shameful to admit mental disturbances of any kind–especially crippling anxiety and depression. With the help of compassionate peers who had experienced the worst kind of mental disturbances and recovered, Gayathri exposes her

Posted in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Anxiety, Depression, Meditation, Mental Health, Psychiatry, Suicide

Breakfast Cereal !?

Posted on August 19, 2014 by admin

That old standby just may be different than what you thought! Aaaargh! After being exposed to very high temperatures and very high pressure, the grains that go into almost all of the major brands you see on the supermarket store shelves are not only unhealthy, they’re poisonous. Even the whole grains in the “healthier” cereals

Posted in Children, Health, Micronutrients, Nutrition nutrition

Treating Spiritual Emergency

Posted on August 7, 2014 by admin 3 Comments

Treating Spiritual Emergency Learn more about treating spiritual emergency: One of the most unusual ways of looking at mental health crises is they are all “spiritual emergencies”. After volunteering within the Spiritual Emergency Network for 7 years, and dedicating much of my lifework as a therapist to facilitating a safe spiritual emergence process, I also

Posted in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Diagnosis, Mental Health, Spiritual Emergency, Spiritually Transformative Experiences psychic opening, shamanism, spiritual emergence, spiritual emergency, treating spiritual emergency

Bipolar Disorder & Alternatives to Meds

Posted on July 11, 2014 by admin

One in five people who have bipolar disorder commit suicide. It can be a crippling illness characterized by unpredictable, extreme mood swings including profound depression and manic behaviors. Fortunately, there is research that points to the effectiveness of some micronutrients in stopping the symptoms of bipolar disorder. “Some people may inherit the need for

Posted in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Bipolar, Drugs, Medication, Micronutrients, Suicide alternatives to meds, bipolar, depression medication, mental health

ADHD Medications

Posted on June 6, 2014 by admin

Alarming news: one in five boys in the USA will be diagnosed as having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by the time he goes to high school (not quite as many girls). Ten thousand toddlers, age 2-3, are now being given ADHD drugs even though the safety of this has not been studied so prescribing

Posted in ADD, ADHD, Alternatives to Psych Meds, Children, Medication, Micronutrients ADHD, ADHD medications, alternatives to psych meds, mental health

US Ranks 70th in Health

Posted on April 3, 2014 by admin

The Social Progress Index was published on April 2, 2014. It was created by an independent, not for profit org called the Social Progress Imperative—directed by Michael Green and sponsored by the likes of the Rockefeller Foundation. The Social Progress Imperative defines Social Progress like this: “the capacity of a society to meet the basic

Posted in Health, Nutrition, Suicide

Better Mental Health Care Treatment Needed

Posted on November 2, 2013 by admin

CBC News from Toronto, Canada reported in November 2012 that drugs given for mental illness are not as effective as we had assumed. CBC reported that even though there is greater awareness that one in five people are now suffering from mental illness, we find ourselves not knowing how to meet the growing need for

Posted in Depression, Diagnosis, Drugs, Integrative Mental Health, Medication, Meditation, Mental Health, Micronutrients, Psychiatry

Reflections on Spiritual Healing #1

Posted on October 2, 2013 by admin

More and more people are turning to spiritual healing to find relief from their pain and suffering that conventional, biologically-based medicine can not provide. In his commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, Paramahansa Yogananda, a self-realized master, explains that there are two main roots of all physical and mental diseases that are imperceptible to most people:

Posted in Karma, Mental Health, Spirit, Spiritual Healing, Yogananda healing, mental health, mental illness

The Newest DSM*

Posted on September 16, 2013 by admin

The Newest DSM*: Deliberately Seeking Mental Health A colorful, informative and humorous view into the causes of mental disturbance and the symptoms they produce… recommends some effective treatments, too. (Older DSM books say very little about causes & treatments.) Perfect waiting room fare for the office of a health professional, and a heart-warming, fun self-help manual! 19

Posted in Diagnosis, DSM, Meditation, Mental Health, Micronutrients

Reflections on Spiritual Healing

Posted on September 11, 2013 by admin 1 Comment

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