“Leo has given us some wise ways to relax, simplify, and take life more slowly, but you might still find it tricky to always put these suggestions to use. Or, perhaps for you, some days flow smoothly, but there are still some – or many – during which taking a break feels impossible. On those days, instead of an evening, an hour, or even 15 minutes to relax, could you spare 6 seconds?”

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Recovery is not managing illness
It’s discovering wellness
Recovery is not fixing what’s broken
It’s finding wholeness, meaning, and purpose…

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“…Rather than using the Internet to search for and read health information, people are increasingly taking part in online communication with peers, unknown professionals, and their family doctors. In addition, the Internet is being used by more people for ordering medical health products…”

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After his owner died nine months ago, Fred, an African Grey parrot, became depressed and bit off all of his neck feathers. He also began to bob his head up and down all day as a result of his low mood.

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“Has anything changed since the treatments began?” I ask the patient, as he lies down on a stretcher in the ECT suite. The anesthesiologist places an IV line in his arm and checks his vital signs. My attending psychiatrist adjusts the machine that delivers the electric stimulus. I’m a psychiatry intern, and this is my electroconvulsive therapy rotation. I’m here to watch and learn.

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If you’re looking for happiness in life, you might want to turn off the TV. A new study which included 34 years of data and 45,000 participants displayed one striking conclusion — unhappy people watch 20 percent more TV than their happy counterparts.

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In “How to Heal Toxic Thoughts: Simple Tools for Personal Transformation” Sandra Ingerman offers a few more tools you might implement in the all-consuming war against negativity. Here is a Beliefnet gallery based on her book. It begins …

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“In some respects, it’s a little idealistic because our individual level of vulnerability varies. While some may breeze through a major life change, such as a house move or a relationship breakup, others will struggle. For some people, building resilience can be extremely hard work.”

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That’s what a new BBC2 reality-TV show, “How Mad Are You?” asks 10 participants. Three experts watch them perform a variety of tasks, such as doing a stand-up comedy routine or playing paintball, and then have to identify the 5 people out of the 10 who have a mental illness.

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Whether we like it or not, the holidays are just around the corner. While the commercials will show us all how fun and celebratory the holidays can be, for many of us, they serve as a trigger for stress, anxiety, and depression. Distress rises when we’re thrust into social situations we’re not ready for, pressured into buying gifts with money we don’t have, or caring for parents whose health is failing, along with an array of other challenges.

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