MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'beliefs'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:05:13 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4753689&cid=t_184296_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdr-steve-novella-defends-science-and-reason-on-the-dr-oz-show%2F2011.04.26 I must say I was a bit shocked two weeks ago when I was contacted by a producer for The Dr. Oz Show inviting me on to discuss alternative medicine. We have been quite critical of Dr. Mehmet Oz over his promotion of dubious medical treatments and practitioners, and I wondered if they were aware of the extent of our criticism (they were, it turns out). Despite the many cautions I received from friends and colleagues (along with support as well) – I am always willing to engage those with whom I disagree. I knew it was a risk going into a forum completely controlled by someone who does not appear to look kindly upon my point of view, but a risk worth taking. I could only hope I was given the opportunity to make my case (and that it would survive the editing process). The Process Of course, e... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4753689 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:36:35 +0100 4753689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734209&cid=t_184296_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F04%2F19%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-april-19-2011%2F Have you ever read A Parable by author Barbara Stanny? It’s a story about a farmer who was terribly afraid of an ugly, horrifying monster that lived in the forest near his home so he spent his life building a fence to keep it out. But all that time he devoted to building walls to protect himself prevented him from spending time with his friends and family. When he was finally fed up with being afraid, a fairy godmother appeared and told him how to make the monster disappear. For that to happen he needed to find the monster and embrace it. The farmer was frightened and paralyzed with fear and thought the godmother nutty for suggesting it and himself crazy for thinking of doing it. But, “his pain had gotten worse than his fear.” And he so he faced it by finding the monster,... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734209 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:05:36 +0100 4734209 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4664507&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E5%2FOI4tNNoV-Yg%2FOd-TB2-01b.mp3 Following my post Can You really Banish A Self Limiting Belief In An Hour? and the guest post from Morty Lefkoe, Change Doesn’t have To Be Difficult I decided to throw caution to the wind and record a coaching session in which Morty weaves his belief changing magic on me to banish a self limiting belief of my own. After we spent the time on undermining and expelling my belief I put a few questions to Morty about the process, how he came up with it and what it can be used for. I have to say that I was really impressed with his skill and genuinely do believe that even if I haven’t completely eradicated that belief, it is at the point now where it is tenuous enough to not hold me back. I intend to do some playing about with this with clients and on myself because in my opinion it’s too ... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4664507 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:34:38 +0100 4664507 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4615469&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2F713VTSyHaEQ%2F In my last post I asked if it were possible to banish a self-limiting belief in an hour? And after spending way less than an hour talking to Morty Lefkoe, the man that pioneered the Lefkoe Method, I concluded it is. I’m still unsure if this will work for every person, every time, but I’m convinced that it’s a very cool technique that offers a tremendous amount of value to anybody that wants to use it, not just Life Coaches. With than in mind I invited Morty to write a guest post so he could share his ideas directly with you and explain the process in more detail. On Friday I will be speaking with Morty and setting myself up as the Guinea Pig as he runs me through the process again and exposes another limiting belief I didn’t know I had! I’m hoping to post that next week, so i... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4615469 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:09:40 +0100 4615469 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4606072&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FPJVjXN7qxf4%2F I first heard of the work of Morty Lefkoe a year or two ago. Apparently Morty had discovered and refined a way for banishing even the most persistent self-limiting beliefs for all-time. It’s not unusual to hear somebody claiming they have developed a proprietary method of dealing with some area of Life Coaching or self development. Most of those claims are weak at best and fraudulent at worst, so I have to be honest and say I was skeptical and neglected to follow up. Then about a month or two ago I got an e-mail from a good friend back in the UK, Nic Eatch, who used to be a former manager of mine. Nic is a very astute guy and he was raving about Morty and the Lefkoe process and urging me to give it a go. As a Life Coach helping clients eradicate self-limiting beliefs is an almost daily e... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4606072 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:22:54 +0100 4606072 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4525054&cid=t_184296_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F02%2F26%2F3-top-sources-of-psychology-myths%2F In a recent interview I asked Scott Lilienfeld, the author of 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology, about the sources of psychology myths.  Here’s what he has to say about where psychology myths come from: The primary source is the huge, burgeoning pop psychology industry: self-help books, the internet, films, TV shows, magazines, and the like. But many of these myths also spring from the allure of our everyday experience; many of these myths seem persuasive because they accord with our common sense intuitions. But these intuitions are often erroneous. The public can defend themselves against shams by becoming armed with accurate knowledge. Many other fields — not just psychology — are subject to myths disseminated by the media. So what are some of the top sources of psy... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4525054 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 12:19:26 +0100 4525054 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4490012&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FVgTp8hGLJws%2F The recent debate that arose after the guest post on Binaural Beats got me thinking about all the self development stuff I either once believed in or was open-minded to, that I now either dismiss out of hand or have serious reservations about. The idea for a post was already taking shape in my mind when I had an exchange of e-mails with a blog reader (and she is free to name herself in the comments if she wants to) ending up with me being asked whether I believed in God and past life regression. This is a a blog on Life Coaching and self development so I doubt you have any interest in my opinion on God. But maybe you’re interested in hearing about things that are connected to the self development industry that I’ve done a volte face on since becoming a Life Coach and dealing one-on-one... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4490012 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:45:44 +0100 4490012 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4313962&cid=t_184296_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F05%2Fdiversity-and-health-care-2010-vol-7-no-4%2F Diversity and Health Care 2010 Vol. 7 No. 4 Contents Page Fade Fave: A comparative study of traditional postpartum practices and rituals in the UK and Taiwan Fade Skinny: This paper discusses a study comparing postpartum practices and rituals in women in the UK and Taiwan, with 3 months of delivering. Ritual practices followed in both countries consist of those associated with choosing and predicting the gender of the baby, food fads, taboos and the use of herbs during the postnatal period. The most helpful person reported during the postnatal period is the mothers’ husband or partner. An NHS Athens password is required to access this article online, alternatively contact the Library for a copy of this article. Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals, Oo... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4313962 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 09:02:49 +0100 4313962 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4266279&cid=t_184296_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fmeetings-spirituality-recovery%2F The effects of spirituality in Alcoholics Anonymous on alcohol dependenceNew research shows that attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings may increase spirituality and help decrease frequency and intensity of alcohol useAlcoholics Anonymous is a widely known 12-step program that can help individuals control their dependence on alcohol, and spirituality is a large partA new study shows that spirituality does increase over time, which can lead to better alcohol outcomes and an improved rate of recoveryThese results indicate that spirituality is an important factor in the multi-faceted recovery from an alcohol-use disorderAddictions, whether it is to drugs or alcohol, are a very difficult hurdle for individuals to overcome. But, there are ways to help people with their recovery through 12-step... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4266279 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:30:00 +0100 4266279 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4125313&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FnR5Xu6uZLCM%2F Without doubt the most important work I do with clients is to help them understand their own core values. I’ve said many times I’ve honestly no idea how anybody can be a successful Life Coach without doing at least some work around values. Your values are you, they are at the core of your identity. You literally cannot go any deeper into a persons personality without delving around in hard-wired responses. If I don’t know what your values are, I don’t know you, and if I don’t know you, how can I know what drives, inspires and motivates you? And if I don’t know what drives, inspires and motivates you, how can I coach you? The majority of my clients feel stuck in their lives. Contrary to popular opinion I seldom get a phone call from somebody wanting help setting goals. Goal sett... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4125313 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:20:10 +0100 4125313 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4098058&cid=t_184296_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F10%2F21%2Fbefore-you-burn-out-%25e2%2580%2593-cbt-for-the-therapist-a-conversation-with-dr-john-ludgate%2F Do you ever wonder about how your therapist does it? If you are a therapist, do you ever have a day when it takes everything in you not to reach over and slap your patient silly? Or raise a white flag in defeat? Occasionally people ask me, “How do you listen to peoples’ problems all day long without becoming depressed yourself?” The answer is the same for whatever the job is: we need to pay attention to balance. I do my best to balance the hours I dedicate to work, for family time, and for just plain old time off and play. But to be perfectly honest, there are those days when I find myself severely stressed out. It could be I’ve over-booked myself too many days in a row, or had a series of challenging sessions or maybe just one person I wonder if I’m really he... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4098058 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:46:51 +0100 4098058 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3994369&cid=t_184296_165_f&fid=37959&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthskills.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2F23%2Fworking-with-thoughts-habits-take-time-to-change%2F If only there was a magic wand. I could make millions out of a ‘quick fix’ to changing habits! Unfortunately my magic wand is red and glittery – and plastic. I call it my ‘self management’ wand because it reminds me that self management is no quick fix, and a good deal of the work we need to do is about helping people recognize unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that might work in the short term, but not so in the long term. Changing patterns for sleeping well despite chronic pain is no different – what might have been going on for years isn’t likely to change overnight. Some of the thoughts that people have when embarking on cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia can be quite unhelpful. One woman I worked with became despondent and eventually gav... HealthSkills Weblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3994369 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:35:51 +0100 3994369 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3976733&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2F2hEnRnmn6Ls%2F Think about the one thing that you’d like to achieve in your life that you think is unrealistic and you’ll never get round to? Now ask yourself what exactly is it that makes you think it really is so unrealistic and out of reach? Do you think you’re too old? Or maybe you don’t have time, enough money, enough education or even enough dedication? I’m guessing it’s a shortage of something, because people often think they don’t have enough, except when it comes to excuses for not being who they can be. Then, there is never a shortage. The following post is one I wrote a couple of years ago. I have rewritten it so some extent and I make no apologies whatsoever for repeating it here now. If you read this, ALL of it,  you cannot, presuming they are physi... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3976733 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:16:41 +0100 3976733 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3965736&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2Fj23nAAmQ26o%2F You cannot be the person you truly want to be without changing your belief system, unless that is, you’re already the person you want to be, in which case what are you doing reading a life coaching blog? To change from who you are to who you want to be you have to think differently, there is no way round that. As Einstein said, “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them” I’m pretty sure you get that and can see the sense in what I’m saying. If you continue to adopt the same thoughts, behaviors and actions as you have always done, for the most part you’ll continue to get the same results. If this is so obvious to anybody that gives it any serious consideration, why on earth do you suspect so many people have difficulty thinking radically di... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3965736 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:39:53 +0100 3965736 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3946663&cid=t_184296_136_f&fid=39212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbahtocancer.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fdeclaration%2F Well, the first driving lesson in 20+years went surprisingly well. Hill starts, 3 point turns, roundabouts, junctions, and a little bit of the A1, where I got up to 55mph and 4th gear. (There are, I’m sure, fingernail marks in the steering wheel from where I was gripping. I need to get my head round the fact that a car does not, in fact, have a mind of its own and will simply do as it is told. I’m not learning to ride highly-strung bareback horses at a circus, after all.) All the time I was driving, there was a little part of me saying, “But I don’t drive. I’m a non-driver. I don’t do driving. I’m a passenger. I failed my test and moved to London and never really got around to it again.” These, I realised, are the things I’ve been sa... Bah! to cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3946663 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:28:14 +0100 3946663 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3924893&cid=t_184296_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F2fRRpKleDJY%2F By Roger PilonToday POLITICO Arena asks: Is Joe Miller’s win in Alaska a sign of the tea party’s potency as a national political force? My response: Joe Miller’s win in Alaska isn’t simply a sign, but one more in a long string of signs of the Tea Party’s potency as a national political force. From Virginia, New Jersey, and Massachusetts to the massive Beck rally on the National Mall on Saturday, forces are stirring in the nation as they haven’t for years. And as that rally showed, they aren’t entirely or even mainly political forces. Nor are they mainly religious in any narrow sense, as the mainstream media seem to be saying, once again missing the point. Rather, the Tea Party movement, like the original Tea Party over two centuries ago, is a r... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3924893 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:55:43 +0100 3924893 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3867064&cid=t_184296_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fhealthy-sexuality-2%2F Many areas of our life need healing. One important part of our life is our sexuality. Our feelings and beliefs about our sexuality, our ability to nurture, cherish, and enjoy our sexuality, our ability to respect ourselves sexually, our ability to let go of sexual shame and confusion, may all be impaired or confused by our codependency. Our sexual energy may be blocked. Or for some of us, sex may be the only way we learned to connect with people. Our sexuality may not be connected to the rest of us; sex may not be connected to love – for others or ourselves. Some of us were sexually abused as children. Some of us may have gotten involved in sexuality addictive behaviors – compulsive sexual behaviors that got out of control and produced shame. Some of us may have gotten invo... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3867064 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:49:00 +0100 3867064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3707006&cid=t_184296_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Finjured-fantasies%2F Many people have dysfunctional beliefs. Not all of these are in one person but if there is a great many then that person may be dysfunctional. Alcoholics, addicts, codependents and Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA’s) may identify. Some of these dysfunctional beliefs are; That I can control my emotions. That I can control someone else’s emotions or actions or thoughts. That I deserve: . . .to get something good. . . .to get something bad. . . .to be punished for mistakes. . . .to be rewarded for perfection. . . .to be rewarded for good behaviour, intentions, thoughts, feelings, whatever. That I can "make" sense out of anything. That I am responsible for . . .for achieving other peoples success. . . .for other people’s feelings, thoughts... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3707006 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:53:21 +0100 3707006 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3617894&cid=t_184296_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F06%2F01%2Fhow-to-see-yourself-through-others-eyes%2F You and I can talk, we can reach out and touch each other on the arm and we can see each other, but we can never know exactly what’s going on in the other’s head. It’s why psychological science is so hard and it’s why understanding others can sometimes be so hard. It’s also why understanding how we are viewed by others is so hard. Even the least narcissistic of us spend some time trying to work out how others view us: Do they find us attractive, intelligent, trustworthy, funny? The news may not always be good, but it still would be fascinating to know. Research shows that we normally try to work out how we are viewed by others by thinking about how we view ourselves, then extrapolating from that. The problem with this approach is that to varying degrees we a... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3617894 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:44:02 +0100 3617894 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3443656&cid=t_184296_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D8480 Discussion about Cancer in the USJ forums. Here are some of the rather outlandish beliefs of people participating in the forum “There’s no cure for cancer, chemo is not a cure, it is just a temporary measure to slow down the spread of cancer cells.” (absolute crock) “The fact is it has a lot to do with diet, you can’t just throw everything into your stomach. There are many reports on thestar newspaper that avoided cancer after changing their diet without going through the ‘cancer specialist’.” (there’s a very strong obsession with our local population about disease and diet - everything must be linked to food) “The star articles was cancer patients and not healthy patients. They were saved from the cancer by changing their diet an... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3443656 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3443656 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3385555&cid=t_184296_151_f&fid=35805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ftwelvestepfacilitation%2FwAgT%2F%7E3%2FRgK8HtiR1JU%2F What can be confidently said about AA in general and about the role of spirituality in AA in particular? First, there is convincing evidence that alcoholism severity predicts later AA attendance. Second, atheists are less likely to attend AA, relative to individuals who already hold spiritual and/or religious beliefs. However, belief in God before AA attendance does not offer any advantage in AA-related benefits, and atheists, once involved, are at no apparent disadvantage in deriving AA-related benefits. Third, the spiritually-based principles of AA appear to be endorsed in AA meetings regardless of the perceived social dynamics or climate of a particular meeting, eg, highly cohesive or aggressive. Fourth, significant increases in spiritual and religious beliefs and practices seem to oc... Twelve Step Facilitation.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3385555 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:26:00 +0100 3385555 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3366458&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2Fo4m7ATIDDQ0%2F “Mosk” courtesy of Maciej Mizer Our life is what our thoughts make it. Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil. ~Marcus Aurelius A belief is something you consider to be true. You cannot decide to believe one thing this week and another, opposing thing, next week. You might think you can, but it really doesn’t work like that. I read recently that baby circus elephants are tied to a strong metal post with a heavy chain because they will try to escape and expend a lot of energy on pulling at their tether. After some time, they accept that they will not be able to escape and so stop pulling. The adult elephants are tethered to a wooden stake with a light rope: they could easily escape, but they believe they are unable to do so, and so the light tetherin... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3366458 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:18:46 +0100 3366458 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3335594&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FsVCNZVsH3q4%2F I have finally decided to give the Life Coaching farm away and take the time to explain the process I use to help a client understand his or her values and how that knowledge can benefit them. If you aren’t that keen on in-depth posts I suggest you check out 7 Killer Life Coaching Questions, because that has lots of lovely sub-headings and bullet points for you to admire. This one isn’t scannable, because to do it justice I’m also (probably) going to use video to explain the process I take clients through. So what I’m really saying is this is some heavy personal development shit that needs your total concentration and commitment if you’re going to get the most out of it. And make no mistake, it’s the single most powerful thing you can do if you genuinely want to understand ... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3335594 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:36:06 +0100 3335594 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318451&cid=t_184296_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F01%2Fthe-situation-of-political-and-religious-beliefs%2F Science Daily summarized an intriguing (and, no doubt, soon-to-be-very-controversial study) finding that “Intelligent People Have Values Novel in Human Evolutionary History,” (such as liberalism and atheisim).  Here are some excerpts from that summary. * * * More intelligent people are statistically significantly more likely to exhibit social values and religious and political preferences that are novel to the human species in evolutionary history.  Specifically, liberalism and atheism, and for men (but not women), preference for sexual exclusivity correlate with higher intelligence, a new study finds. The study, published in the March 2010 issue of the peer-reviewed scientific journal Social Psychology Quarterly, advances a new theory to explain why people form particular pr... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318451 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:59:45 +0100 3318451 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3288066&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FJoeae4jX2K4%2F The title of this post is somewhat strange and not the kind of thing you’d expect from a Life Coach writing a self development blog, but sometimes it’s necessary to push the boundaries. Today I’m going to explain why I think capital punishment is not just useful, but fundamental for the success of any modern society. I’m also going to explain why we should stop pussy-footing about and put the many hundreds of people on death row out of their misery as soon as logistically possible. The purpose of incarceration isn’t to exact revenge, or least no Government would ever admit as such. The purpose is to reform or ‘correct’ people. To show perpetrators the error of their ways and help rehabilitate them so that they can return to society without posing a threat. If we presume the a... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3288066 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:45:22 +0100 3288066 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3246855&cid=t_184296_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F02%2F06%2Fjournal-of-medical-screening-2009-volume-16-no-4%2F Contents Page Fade Fave: Perceived barriers to flexible sigmoidoscopy screening for colorectal cancer among UK ethnic minority groups: a qualitative study Fade Skinny: Evidence from existing UK screening programmes indicates disparities in uptake rates between UK ethnic minorities and the white majority population. Looks at beliefs about bowel cancer, perceived barriers to the test and ideas about ways to increase uptake. Finds most barriers were shared by all ethnic groups but health educators should supplement approaches designed for the majority to incorporate the specific needs of individual minority groups to ensure equitable access. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals Tagged: Athens Password, Colorectal C... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3246855 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:50:04 +0100 3246855 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3236105&cid=t_184296_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2Ff5wzgOPj86A%2F Ms Marty Mann A FEW THOUGHTS FROM MARTY MANN ON STIGMA Marty Mann was the first women to join Alcoholics Anonymous. After several years of sobriety she started a major influential advocacy agency. “Few among you consider alcoholism a proper subject for open discussion, few among you would willingly label yourself, or a friend or colleague, an alcoholic, and even fewer would be able to recognize alcoholism early, when there is the best chance for recovery. All of this is the result of stigma, a state of mind which we inherited from our Puritan and also our Victorian forebears; a state of mind which is essentially mindless since it overlooks all the things which have been learned; a state of mind which produces public attitudes that are anti-therapeutic to say the least. In bald languag... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3236105 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:43:25 +0100 3236105 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3228015&cid=t_184296_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fwe-agnostics%2F A Spiritual Agnostic “We used to amuse ourselves by cynically dissecting spiritual beliefs and practices when we might have observed that many spiritually-minded persons of all races, colours, and creeds were demonstrating a degree of stability, happiness and usefulness which we should have sought ourselves. “Instead, we looked at the human defects of these people, and sometimes used their shortcomings as a basis of wholesale condemnation. We talked of intolerance, while we were intolerant ourselves. We missed the reality and the beauty of the forest because we were diverted by the ugliness of some of its trees. We never gave the spiritual side of life a fair hearing.” © 2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pgs. 49-50 In my early recovery I often confus... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3228015 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:19:49 +0100 3228015 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3223494&cid=t_184296_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FhoBFgiAWcdo%2F Conclusions: God belief appears to be relatively unimportant in deriving AA-related benefit, but atheist and agnostic alcoholics are less likely to initiate and sustain AA attendance relative to spiritual and religious alcoholics. This apparent reticence to affiliate with AA should be taken into account when encouraging AA participation. Reference; Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 63: 534-541, 2002. See also; 12 Spiritual Questions Developing Spirituality Maturity of Mind Through a Spiritual Awakening Spiritual Health Blockages Keep It Simple Related Reading: (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com) Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3223494 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:54:51 +0100 3223494 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3194051&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2Flhg_fMGYv3M%2F I was floating on a magnificent cruise liner somewhere in the Caribbean Sea. My gorgeous new bride was by my side as I sipped my rather camp, but luscious Strawberry Daiquiri and basked in the golden tropical sun. I gazed at the crashing waves and the endless expanse of azure ocean and thought to myself “It really doesn’t get much better than this” With that I put my drink down, lay back and picked up my book and continued to read ‘Take It Like A Man’, the autobiography of Boy George. And then I was hit by the bombshell. George Michael is GAY! George what are you saying mate? You can’t possibly print something so obviously untrue and libelous. In my haste to sit up I knocked my drink over and scrambled to stop the red syrupy sweet liquid running over my Walkman, watch and a... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3194051 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:44:42 +0100 3194051 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3182376&cid=t_184296_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FeK2YrNIPO7k%2F People can be isolated by dysfunctional beliefs People can have many dysfunctional beliefs. Not all of these are in any one person but if there is many then that person may be dysfunctional. Alcoholics, addicts, co-dependents and Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA’s) may identify. Some of these dysfunctional beliefs are; That I can control my emotions. That I can control someone else’s emotions or actions or thoughts. That I deserve: . . .to get something good. . . .to get something bad. . . .to be punished for mistakes. . . .to be rewarded for perfection. . . .to be rewarded for good behaviour, intentions, thoughts, feelings, whatever. That I can “make” sense out of anything. That I am responsible for . . .for achieving other peoples success. . . .for other people&#82... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3182376 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:59:25 +0100 3182376 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3172239&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FMtxIEwoLP2c%2F I found Gary Veynerchuk’s site a couple of years ago and on first visit was impressed. His short, engaging and punchy talks to camera always made perfect sense and the guy obviously had charisma by the boat load. I shot him an e-mail to ask him something or other one time and within a couple of days received a short reply answering my query. What a lovely fella I thought to myself, I bet he’s kind to his mum and cute puppy dogs too. Fast forward to fall of last year and Gary is looking for reviewers of his new book ‘Crush It’ and I threw my hat into the ring via the e-mail he was giving out. I heard nothing. A few weeks later I ‘saw’ Gary on Twitter and mentioned this. In the full glare of the Twitter he told me to e-mail him my mailing address and he’d send me one toot suite... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3172239 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:41:05 +0100 3172239 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3153675&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2F5ufpxirJiNY%2F A few months ago I was sat in my office one evening beavering away like Barry the Bustling Beaver when my wife walked into the room. She stood at the door without saying anything and I glanced up to see her giving me one of her ‘special looks’ “What’s up?” I asked rather suspiciously. She looked at the clock above my head and then back at me. Then at the clock again and then back at me.  Then once more the clock and me. Then with a tilt of the head and raised eye brows she asked: “I thought you were a Life Coach. How is this any different to when you were working all hours of the night and day when you were in sales?” I glanced sheepishly at the clock and realized it was past 9.00pm and I was still ‘working’ I gulped inwardly for a moment, struggling to come up with a le... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3153675 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:10:14 +0100 3153675 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3092739&cid=t_184296_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F15%2Fpsych-central-mindapps-offer-ecbt-iphone-app%2F A few months ago, MindApps released an iPhone application called “eCBT Mood.” It allows a user to apply tried and true cognitive-behavioral techniques in their everyday life, and track their progress with those techniques over time with a simple graph. I liked it because it explained CBT stuff in a direct, easy-to-understand manner, and most importantly, was “actionable.” It walks you through specific steps of an automatic thought, for instance, and gives you encouragement to try and change it as it’s happening. The application’s core is an “eCBT toolbox” that allows you to learn more about your thoughts and feelings, identify your automatic thoughts, keep a feeling and thoughts log, challenge automatic thoughts, and identify and challenge co... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3092739 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:36:00 +0100 3092739 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3067343&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FBQRHBx7KPOw%2F If I asked you to go and stand in front of your bathroom mirror and say “I love you” to yourself, would you do it? Could you do it even? I know it’s not the kind of question you get asked every day, but how does the thought of it make you feel? Could you do it if you were allowed to be sarcastic or jokey? Or is it completely out of the question for you no matter how you approached it? For a surprising amount of people the above request would make them feel uncomfortable at best and downright anxious and physically nauseous at worst. If that applies to you then there is a good chance you’re Dracula, have a phobia of mirrors or you’re suffering from low self-esteem. One of the subjects that came up in the comments and via e-mail after my ‘Is NLP A Scam?‘ post was th... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3067343 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:14:17 +0100 3067343 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2999891&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FO2X0BpYpyNY%2F Do me a huge favor will you please? This post really wont work if you don’t go and read this review of How To Be Rich and Happy first. Go on, humor me it’ll only take a couple of minutes, but please do NOT read the comments before you pop back here to finish this post. This is not a pathetic attempt to get you to read about my book because if it were, I’d send you to a review that was a bit more gushing and there are plenty of them (he says in a smug voice). So off you go to read it and I’ll be waiting for when you get back. Ok, so I’m trusting you’ve read it. If you haven’t that’s very naughty and you should go to bed without any dinner. What did you think of the review? More to the point, what did you think Stephen thought of the book? My first take was it was the most di... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2999891 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:40:06 +0100 2999891 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2967567&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FxB_44oKNDCU%2F Before I kick off let me ask for a favor if I may be so bold. If you know somebody that wants to quit smoking or you think would quit with the right help, send them this post or a link to this post. There really is no need for anybody that wants to quit not to be able in this day and age. I got an e-mail from somebody that reads The Discomfort Zone recently asking about advice on quitting smoking. I have touched on the subject once or twice in the past, but never in any great detail and not for some while. I think the reason primarily is because not only is it not something I do these days with clients, but it’s such a tough subject to cover off in one blog post without the risk of missing stuff out and I feel sure I  will do that, so feel free to add your tips in the comment field. Ho... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2967567 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:09:49 +0100 2967567 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2927602&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2Fa8R1_xonf8M%2F The Offer: Before I get into todays post I have a quick offer to throw out there for anybody that has been toying with hiring a life coach called Tim. I have been working with a face-to-face client recently that booked 6 sessions. To cut a long story short we were done after 4. He has very kindly said he doesn’t want me to refund the money. Therefore, I have a crazy mad dog offer that I want to throw out there. He paid $697 for 6 sessions, so that means there is $232 worth of credit. I’m happy to round that up to $250 and knock that off my normal 6 phone session fee of $597 to make it $347. The Criteria: There is only ONE place available at this cost and the person has to start coaching on prior to November 3rd and commit to setting the first 4 sessions in the calendar and sticking to ... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2927602 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:03:46 +0100 2927602 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2924763&cid=t_184296_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F10%2F25%2Fswine-flu-vaccination-what-you-need-to-know%2F Title: Swine flu vaccination: what you need to know Skinny: Information for the public about swine flu vaccination. Publisher: DH Size of Publication: 12p Published: 22/10/2009 Posted in Health Beliefs, Health Promotion, Influenza, Pandemic Tagged: Grey Literature, H1N1, Immunisation, Influenza, Pandemic, Patient Information (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2924763 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:02:37 +0100 2924763 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2886799&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38613&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stevepavlina.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F10%2Fremove-a-limiting-belief-in-about-20-minutes%2F Limiting beliefs can seriously hold us back in life. But most of the time such beliefs are invisible to us. They control some of our thoughts and behaviors behind the scenes, enough to curtail our results in some area of life. For example, if you have the false belief that mistakes and failure are bad, then you’ll avoid many growth and learning experiences because you have to be willing to fail in order to build new skills. As another example, if you have the belief that rejection is a bad thing, you’ll avoid approaching new people, and you’ll miss out on many wonderful social connections. Where do these beliefs come from? Many limiting beliefs get installed during childhood, but that isn’t always the case. The pattern is that your mind drew false generalization bas... Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2886799 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:27:35 +0100 2886799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2852087&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FnNeBWMYruPg%2F Once upon a time when dragons roamed the earth, guru’s were thin on the ground and the Internet was still on dial-up, there lived a very wise man in a land far, far away (probably China). This particular wise man was so wise he was deemed to be a Zen Master.  In the wisdom stakes that’s pretty damn good, let me tell you. He was revered by all the villages as the go-to guy on any issues pertaining to wisdom and trivia quizzes. Then one day it all went horribly wrong. Our Sage was sat in his hut, stroking his chin and drinking green organic decaffeinated wild mountain tea when the door burst violently open. In stepped Bob the village Fishmonger brandishing his best fish filleting knife and not looking at all happy. “You have been sleeping with my daughter” screamed the irate Bob. �... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2852087 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:12:34 +0100 2852087 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2828149&cid=t_184296_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F24%2Funderstanding-fathering-masculinity-diversity-and-change%2F Title: Understanding fathering: masculinity, diversity and change (Findings Summary) The Skinny: Investigates the parenting beliefs and practices of fathers from 29 ‘ordinary’ two-parent families living in non-affluent neighbourhoods from four ethnic groups: White British, Black African, Black Caribbean and Pakistani. The study explores: How fathers, mothers and children view what it means to be a father. How individual interpretations of fatherhood are influenced by personal history, culture, ethnicity, faith, and social circumstance. Are there common ideals about fathering and the behaviours of fathers across ethnic groups? To what degree members of the same family share beliefs, attitudes and practices. How beliefs and practices vary within and across ethnic groups. How fat... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2828149 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:35:07 +0100 2828149 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2765957&cid=t_184296_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F04%2Fpoverty-inequality-and-human-rights%2F Title: Poverty, inequality and human rights (Executive Summary) The Skinny: Using international experience this report focus’ on how human rights have been used to understand poverty; how communities experiencing poverty use human rights to act against injustice, build alliances between disparate groups, and articulate their conditions and claims; the tools that communities and their allies use to hold the state accountable for its human rights obligations; how human rights have been implemented in practice in anti-poverty work by governments and other organisations; and lessons for integrating human rights and anti-poverty work in the UK. Publisher: Joseph Rowntree Foundation Size of Publication: 61p (4p) Published: 03/09/2009 Posted in Deprivation, Grey Literature, Health Beli... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2765957 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:04:59 +0100 2765957 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2725325&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FV2rrswSGilg%2F As you are reading this I’m probably lying by the pool in Vegas soaking up the rays, sipping on a cocktail and hurling obscenities at Scrabble on my iPhone for cheating and using words I’ve never heard of again. However, I didn’t want to desert you whilst in the desert so I thought I’d leave you this post to keep you going. Feel free to browse the archives in my absence and if you really want to make an old man very happy indeed, grab yourself a copy of ‘Don’t Ask Stupid Questions’ in either hardback or ebook. The book of which sales guru (and I use that word advisably, this guy has sold millions of books) Jeffrey Gitomer said: “I recommend you buy it now, read it as soon as you get it, and put it into practice an hour after you read it” Good old Jeffers, that’s wha... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2725325 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:00:49 +0100 2725325 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2705364&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FMzajz1d4Hhk%2F This started off life as a very lazy post indeed. In fact so lazy it was lying around on the sofa watching TV, drinking beer and couldn’t even be arsed to press the button on the remote to change channels when Fox News came on. I intended to re-post with some minor changes, a post originally published about nine months ago. However, as I was checking through it I started taking bits out, adding bits in and generally changing it around more than I initially intended and it has ended up twice as long. I do think that we have barely scratched the surface of what the human brain is capable of. I’m not even sure whether I believe stuff like levitation, mind reading, and yes, even manifestation are beyond the realm of mankind. Maybe they are and maybe they aren’t. The one thing I am sure t... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2705364 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:20:20 +0100 2705364 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2645638&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FjmxCMcWB7v8%2F I once had a life coaching client accuse me of repeating myself. It’s actually quite difficult remembering exactly what I say to each and every client as I usually have about 50 ‘live’ clients at any one point in time and speak to 15 or so per week.. After the first session or so I don’t like taking too many notes because it’s impossible for me to be note taking and be fully engaged in the conversation. Try having a phone conversation with a friend whilst simultaneously writing an e-mail and you’ll soon know what I mean. Multi-tasking is a myth. Therefore, I realize I may repeat a story, metaphor of heaven forbid one of my crap jokes from time to time. In fact I’m sure I do this on a semi-regular basis, but most people are too polite to point it out to me, they probably just ... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2645638 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:22:23 +0100 2645638 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2576910&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FfY5Ftr4tBqE%2F Have you ever spent ten minutes looking for the glasses that were on the top of your head? How about coming to an unceremonious halt half way through a sentence when you realize you can’t remember what the hell you were talking about? And what about wasting hours of your life looking for car keys that weren’t where you just know you left them. The fact is, as we get older events like those seem to become more and more frequent. Everybody knows that our cognitive function isn’t going to be quite as good at 50 as it was at 20. The body breaks down and the brain declines as we age and that’s just how the cookie crumbles. But what if it weren’t like that? What if that were merely a belief that we turn into a self-fulfilling prophesy? If you put on twenty five pounds of weight the evi... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2576910 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:14:50 +0100 2576910 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2474550&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2F24FNhl7lQ0I%2F A couple of weeks ago I tweeted a few times asking for somebody to defend the law of attraction on this blog. I have been less than forthcoming in my praise for not only the ‘Law’ itself, but also the devotees that just seem to want to roll their eyes at anybody that questions their beliefs. So I wanted a counter argument to the post ‘Is The Law of Attraction A Con?”. The fact is, I’m not at all anti-Law of Attraction, I just haven’t read or heard an explanation that makes any sense to me. I have seen a lot of film of Esther Hicks performing and also read ‘Ask and it is Given.’ I have also read a lot of Wayne Dyer material (whom I love by the way), so I’m not closed off to this by any means. The problem to me, is that I’ve never s... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2474550 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:26:42 +0100 2474550 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2513588&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2FIm8SMJBn2f0%2F If I asked you what is the only man-made object visible from space, what would your answer be? Most people confidently reply that it’s the Great Wall of China. I have heard this many, many times. In fact I used to play in quiz leagues in my twenties and I have even heard it asked as a quiz question on several occasions. The fact is, it’s complete nonsense. Think about it for a moment. The Great Wall of China is never more than about 30 feet wide, so that’s significantly less than a normal four lane highway. Yes it’s thousands of miles long, but so is Route 66 and nobody claims you can see that from Space. Suggesting a wall can be seen from Space (without a telescope I hasten to add) makes about as much sense as saying if I drop a human hair off the top of the Empire State Building ... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2513588 Sun, 31 May 2009 23:02:30 +0100 2513588 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2463344&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2Fz8o-9LqMvjA%2F Firstly, let me kick off by again saying thanks! I got a number of e-mails and some very kind words in the comments about Ellie. It’s really weird because I know some people will be thinking “What’s all the fuss about, it’s only a dog?” And I really get that, because if you have never been a dog (or cat) owner, it’s difficult to comprehend. Anyway enough of that, because today I have a guest post from my very own personal trainer and dispenser of pain, Mr. Ron Betta I like Ron. Not just because he hasn’t got much more hair than I have, he loves dogs and always laughs at my jokes whilst saying, “that’s funny” presumably just in case I was in any doubt what the strange noise coming from his throat was, but also because he’s is fiercely honest, loyal and determined. Quit... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2463344 Thu, 28 May 2009 14:38:50 +0100 2463344 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2463418&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38613&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stevepavlina.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2Fcreating-a-belief-board%2F When you set a new goal, an important step on the road to achieving that goal is to gain the belief that you will get there. If you don’t believe you’ll succeed, then some parts of you will resist your goal, and your progress will be frustratingly slow. In order to believe you’ll succeed, you must believe your goal is possible for you, and you must also believe that you’re actually going to reach your destination. If you don’t believe your goal is possible for you, you’ll block yourself. If you believe it’s possible but you don’t believe you’ll realistically get there, you’ll block yourself.  Beliefs exist at the subconscious level, so they typically operate below the level of conscious awareness. But you can witness their effe... Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2463418 Mon, 18 May 2009 20:45:48 +0100 2463418 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2463347&cid=t_184296_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2Fku_XfEET08g%2F After the rambling intro to last weeks guest post by Pace and the subsequent  mentions of it in the comments. I decided to knuckle down, take the comments in the jovial, well-meaning spirit they were meant and vow to stop gatecrashing my guests posts. Then as I was reading and preparing this post, I thought to myself, “What the hell am I doing? I’m not being creative enough. I should be throwing an artistic hissy fit and going on a huge absinthe fueled rampage resulting in me waking up in a Paris brothel sans my right ear, left kidney and sanity.” Then I though “Nah, I’ll just go back to England for a week and listen to people whine about corrupt Politicians the economy and heaven forbid, the rain. It may not be quite so arty, but it’ll make me more miserable in the long run�... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2463347 Mon, 18 May 2009 17:07:52 +0100 2463347 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2380905&cid=t_184296_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F9hPRXgWOmo4%2F I never liked the “conscience protection” rule, which gives health care workers the right to refuse to provide treatments based on their beliefs. Health care workers can refuse to discuss or treat things relating to contraception, blood transfusions, and even vaccines if they want. But where do you draw the line. What is offensive to one person isn’t to someone else. More than that, if you sign on to be a medical worker, you should treat people as they need and as they request. Refusing to do certain things because you feel it’s wrong, is a way of judging people that I think only God is allowed to do. Now, health care professionals “might no longer be exempt from performing medical procedures that violate their religious beliefs if President Barack Obama reverses a rule ... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2380905 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:39:57 +0100 2380905 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2207948&cid=t_184296_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fplanes-dreams-relationships-when.html You’re sleeping during the night before a scheduled plane trip. Suddenly you wake up from a dream about a plane crash. Do you still get on the plane the next day? Or do you change your travel plans because of the dream?New research examines this and other questions about dreams. The results of six studies provide a look at how dreams affect our daily lives.The plane crash study involved 182 commuters at a Boston train station. Results show that a dream of a plane crash is more likely to affect travel plans than a change in the U.S. government’s national threat level.What if a plane crash had actually occurred on their route the night before their trip? Both the plane crash and the dream would produce a similar level of anxiety.Another one of the studies shows that dreams may affect how... Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2207948 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:58:00 +0100 2207948 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2021332&cid=t_184296_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F12%2F08%2F1847%2F : Kicking Bad Habits final report from the King’s Fund looks at the impact of health promotion and social marketing. It recommends The NHS needs to make better use of social marketing techniques and data analysis tools like geodemographics to identify, target and effectively communicate messages and motivate people to change how they live. Public health programmes shouldn’t rely on just one approach – such as information campaigns or financial incentives – as the evidence shows the most effective behaviour change interventions employ a variety of tactics. A robust evaluation – of short- and long-term changes in behaviour and health outcomes – should be made a requirement of all public health programmes in order to build an evidence base for the future. Frontline staff shou... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2021332 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:13:55 +0100 2021332 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2000284&cid=t_184296_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fintelligencetesting.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fbeyond-iq-project-jrnl-of-ed-psych.html A recent issue of the Journal of Educational Psychology (2008, Vol. 100, 8) had a number of articles dealing with constructs included in the Beyond IQ projects Model of Academic Competence and Motivation (MACMM). Below are the iAbstracts (images captured and emailed from myiPhone). If any reader would like to read one of the articles (I would provide a copy of the pdf file), in exchange for a guest blog post summary to this bog, please contact the blogmaster (iapsych@charter.net)MACMM Self-concept and Self-beliefsMACMM Self-efficacy and Self-Regulated LearningMACMM Achievement goal-orientation (next three)Technorati Tags: psychology, educational psychology, school psychology, neuropsychology, Journal of Educational Psychology, motivation, self-beliefs, self-efficacy, self-confidence, goal... Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2000284 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:31:00 +0100 2000284 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1974923&cid=t_184296_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F11%2F19%2Fthe-potential-impact-of-an-opt-out-system-for-organ-donation-in-the-uk-an-independent-report-from-the-organ-donation-taskforce%2F provides an in-depth examination of this complex question. It results from consultation and engagement with academics, health professionals, members of the public, organ recipients, families of donors and faith leaders and the report reflects the wide range of views heard.  Evidence informing the report is available as annexes to the report: Index to annexes Annexes A - N as single document Annex A Organ Donation Taskforce Main Group Annex B Organ Donation Taskforce Working Groups Annex C Legal Working Group report Annex D Ethics Working Group Annex E Clinical Working Group report (with appendices A-D) Annex F Practical Working Group report Annex G An op-out system initial cost analysis Annex H Systematic review of presumed consent systems for deceased organ donation (Centre for Reviews... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1974923 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:25:10 +0100 1974923 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1970821&cid=t_184296_165_f&fid=37959&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthskills.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F11%2F18%2Fadding-graded-exposure-or-graded-activity-makes-no-difference%2F This study by George, Zeppieri, Cere et al. (2008) looks at a clinical trial comparing the effectiveness of treatment-based classification (TBC) physical therapy alone to TBC augmented with graded activity (GA) or graded exposure (GX) for patients with acute and sub-acute LBP. ‘Graded exercise and graded exposure are specific behavioral interventions that dose exercise and activity parameters on factors other than pain intensity. Briefly, graded exercise uses a quota system to progress subjects’ therapeutic exercise and activity. In contrast, graded exposure hierarchically exposes subjects to specific situations of which they are fearful by starting with exercise or activity that elicits minimal amounts of fear, and then gradually increasing to situations that elicit larger amounts... HealthSkills Weblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1970821 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:34:45 +0100 1970821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1964600&cid=t_184296_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHEALTH%2F%7E3%2Fv1PX-vIx6ag%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. Other Articles You May LikeWhat You Believe Can Kill YouThe Cancer Genome Atlas Reports Molecular Characterization of Brain TumorsThe Promise of Stem Cells to Repair the HeartMapping Connections in the Human BrainIncreased Coffee Consumption Associated with Lower Risk of Liver Cancer (Source: Highlight HEALTH) Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1964600 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:09:53 +0100 1964600 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1746065&cid=t_184296_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F08%2F30%2Fwe-are-responsible-for-our-own-feelings%2F Why does he make me feel this way? What was going through my mother’s head when said such hurtful things to me? Can’t my boss tell that his words cut me down and make me feel so small? These are examples of our thinking sometimes when we feel hurt, ashamed, or angry – that the other person or some external event is making us feel the way we do. But is it? Can someone else make us feel a certain way? Can an event in our life directly cause us to feel a specific way? Michael Edelstein, in his book Three Minute Therapy, argues the line of cognitive-behaviorists and rational emotive therapists have argued for decades. External events and people cannot make us feel any one certain way, even though it often seems that way. We enter into every situation with certain beliefs or... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1746065 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:37:24 +0100 1746065 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1551249&cid=t_184296_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F27%2Fnhs-health-trainer-handbook%2F The NHS health trainer handbook aims to support health trainers in facilitating behaviour change. (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1551249 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:53:51 +0100 1551249 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1466318&cid=t_184296_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fmultiple-sclerosis%2Flife-with-ms%2Fthe-ms-know-it-all%2F Let me begin by stating, unequivocally, that I have never seen any of the traits described in this posting in the regular contributors (nor even the occasional ones) to our HealthTalk “Life with MS” blog community.Have you ever run across the “know-it-all?” You know, the guy or gal who has done, seen, tasted, smelled, tried, succeeded (hardly ever failed, at anything), studied and experienced whatever topic was at hand? And, have you noticed that KIAs (might as well give them a name, right?) usually have opinions about a subject that is opposite yours, on just about everything? How about the MS know-it-all or KIA? I’ve run into KIAs that will tell me that they have cured their MS – and attempt to make me feel bad for not curing mine. Or KIAs who have told me that my disease mod... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1466318 Fri, 23 May 2008 20:44:13 +0100 1466318 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1386018&cid=t_184296_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F04%2F20%2Fkicking-bad-habits-financial-incentives-behaviour-change-and-using-information%2F Individual responsibility for health and self-care are key themes in recent health policy development in England. The King’s Fund have addressed the issue with three papers: Paying the Patient: Improving health using financial incentives identifies programmes based on both positive and negative incentives, finds that financial incentives are effective in encouraging people to perform clearly defined, time-limited, simple behavioural tasks, and also in encouraging participation in lifestyle programmes.However, healthier behaviour is not maintained and financial incentives are not effective when the behaviour change required is complex, for example, giving up smoking. Low-income Groups and Behaviour Change Interventions: A review of intervention content and effectiveness considers int... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1386018 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:02:21 +0100 1386018 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1082845&cid=t_184296_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F12%2F08%2Fall-change%2F How to change practice: Understand, identify and overcome barriers to change  aims to support the NHS and the wider public health community in understanding, identifying and overcoming barriers to change. Set out in three parts, the guide: discusses the types of barriers to change encountered in healthcare, highlighting how awareness and knowledge of what needs to change, and why, are important first steps in enabling change to occur offers practical suggestions on how to identify the barriers to change faced by organisations provides evidence-based advice on what methods work to overcome these barriers, and highlights potential levers to help do this (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1082845 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:17:32 +0100 1082845 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1055602&cid=t_184296_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F11%2F28%2Fsociology-of-health-and-illness-296-ethnicity-health-and-heath-care-understanding-diversity-tackling-disadvantage%2F Just into the library this special issue of Sociology of Health and Illness focus’ on Diversity, Inequalities and Ethnicity. You’ll need your NHS Athens password to access the full text articles. If you haven’t got one and wou work for Liverpool PCT you can apply for one can register here to access them. Locating ethnicity and health: exploring concepts and contexts Waqar I. U. Ahmad and Hannah Bradby pages 795–810 Abstract References Full Text PDF (116 KB) The Black diaspora and health inequalities in the US and England: does where you go and how you get there make a difference? James Nazroo, James Jackson, Saffron Karlsen and Myriam Torres pages 811–830 Abstract References Full Text PDF (197 KB) Race and nutrition: an investigation of Black-White differenc... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1055602 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:02:19 +0100 1055602 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=537751&cid=t_184296_117_f&fid=34612&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoctorweighsin.com%2Fjournal%2F2007%2F4%2F11%2Fdoes-your-doctor-believe-god-heals.html Yes, somebody has actually studied how physicians view the role of religion and spirituality on health outcomes. The results are very interesting, but not really surprising. The more religious the doc, the more likely he/she is to believe that God intervenes in patients’ health, prevents “hard” negative outcomes (like heart attacks), and, in general, influences health.The study, “Physicians Observations and Interpretations on the Influence of Religion and Spirituality on Health,” was published in the April 9, 2007 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. The authors, led by Farr A. Curlin, MD from the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, surveyed a random sample of 2,000 U.S. physicians about their attitudes about religion and spirituality. The surve... The Doctor Weighs In blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=537751 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:30:46 +0100 537751