Tag Archives: mental-health

Unlearning our anger

Posted on 09/05/2013 by

I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe.  I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I watered it in fears, Night and morning with my tears; … Continue reading →

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Meditation Goes Mainstream: Western Medicine says Yes

Posted on 08/30/2013 by

It’s just me in the sunroom before breakfast, sprawled out on my yoga mat, doing meditation for 15 or 20 minutes.  A series of deep breaths and letting my limbs go slack, a visualizing of a good moment.  The hard … Continue reading →

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Mindfulness and the recovery of compassion, empathy and joy

Posted on 03/26/2013 by

Nearly always I come upon new reads, not through lists but, unexpectedly, in the marketplace of life.  I like it this way–the surprise of it, the joy of discovery, the smack of fate rather than coincidence, like the chance finding … Continue reading →

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What if: Reducing chronic worry

Posted on 03/13/2013 by

We worry about a great many things:  How will my interview go? What will people think of me?  Will I pass the test?  How will I pay this bill?  Will I get the loan?  Do I have cancer?  When worry … Continue reading →

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The folly of being in control

Posted on 02/05/2013 by

Often life can unexpectedly catch us in a high wave and we lose our balance and may even go down.  Not liking this, we try to lasso life’s randomness through structure or control and spare ourselves surprise.  Though this may … Continue reading →

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Anxiety is not a mental illness: reflections on psychiatry’s abuse

Posted on 01/30/2013 by

Well, that’s finally settled!  After months of vociferous debate the American Psychiatric Association has given its blessing to a revised edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical  Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 5th edition), often called the Bible of psychiatric diagnosis.   … Continue reading →

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Finding joy

Posted on 01/19/2013 by

While joy is fundamental to our living life well, many of us can’t fully enter into it, given the stress of daily living.  It’s just plain hard to have joy when you’re out of work, ill, or facing problems in … Continue reading →

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Spare me your heart: the plight of the mentally ill

Posted on 12/18/2012 by

In the aftermath of the Newtown shootings, a shocked nation seems finally to be taking a hard look at mental illness, although for the wrong reasons.  Gun control, with 250 to 300 million guns out there, owned by 60 million … Continue reading →

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