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Love that I count as true is this
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She holds him, brother that weighs as much as she, and says he's not heavy. She brings apples down to the corral and helps the children feed the horses. Brings one out for them to ride bareback. She who I held minutes after her birth, now nearly grown.She says it's no trouble.We all live in it, a gigantic circle of love waiting to embrace us if only we let it. A few months ago I would have told you that I had very few friends after our spontaneously combustive leavetaking from our old church.But now I've realized that even one is enough. And I have ten, twenty if you count family. Who am I to call myself poor?The bles...
Source: Turquoise Gates - September 9, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: riches truth friends love old friends Source Type: blogs
Back to life, back to realityEmail this article to a colleague.
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I feel like I'm floating on a cloud this morning. It is the first day of school for our little homeschool, a job interview looms luminescent this afternoon, and I am still riding high from a long date with my lover for our 9th anniversary. After a difficult 7th year and an 8th year that included some very hard work, we are back in the honeymoon of our love this 9th year.It's easy to love a man this handsome.I love this turn of phrase from the Message in I Corinthians 13: "Love takes pleasure in the flowering of truth". This is exactly what I have seen happening in our marriage over the past 3 years, and this year especiall...
Source: Turquoise Gates - September 7, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: honeymoon discipline love self-control marriage Source Type: blogs
My time in jailEmail this article to a colleague.
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Charleston jailDid you grow up thinking being a Christian was kind of like being in jail? Once you were in, you couldn't get out. Inside, it was sort of pleasant because you got to know Jesus better, and you loved Him with all your heart for sacrificing Himself on the cross for you. But God the Father was kind of scary, and you weren't quite sure what the Holy Spirit was doing rummaging around your insides. In jail, you expected to spend most of the time prostrate in praise of God, and the rest of the time, using armor in these epic battles with evil during times of trial. When you finally left jail when you died, you ente...
Source: Turquoise Gates - September 6, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: misconceptions trials perfectionism Gods extravagance depression Gods love anxiety Source Type: blogs
How we loveEmail this article to a colleague.
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Life has taught me this Everyday is new And if anything is true All that matters when we're through Is how we love Faced with what we lack Some things fall apart From the ashes the will dream start All that matters to the heart is how we love How we love How we love From the smallest act of kindness In a world that smart and hurtIn spite of our mistakes chances come againIf we lose or if we winAll that matters in the end is how we loveHow we loveHow we loveI will not forget your kindness when I needed it so muchSome times we forget, trying...
Source: Turquoise Gates - September 4, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: living like youre dying living Jesus love Source Type: blogs
That same smileEmail this article to a colleague.
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Honeymoon, September 2002ooh, baby, babySomething’s just a little bit different in your eyes tonightThey look twice as brightOooh, baby, babySomething’s changed that I can’t quite put my finger on Well I’ve been rackin’ my brainWait just a minuteHold on, nowWhile I get itLove, love, loves lookin’ good, good, good on youWell can you feel it, oh everybody sees itHow your sweet smile has a way of lighting up a roomYeah you shine like diamonds in everything you doOh love, love, loves lookin’ good, good, good on youOooh, baby, babyIsn’t it funny how we don’t need any moneyJust a little luckTo look like a milli...
Source: Turquoise Gates - August 28, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: a life well lived love Aaron marriage Source Type: blogs
{Wine and Love} Nine.Email this article to a colleague.
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Popping the cork for these…
… Willpower. I have none. Makes losing weight oh-so-difficult. Anyone have any tips for gaining willpower?
… Construction. They are remodeling the apartment next door to mine, and because of that, I hear nothing but hammering, sawing, drilling and banging ALL DAY LONG. So I’ve been working from Starbucks pretty religiously the past few weeks and I’m getting so sick of it. Not that I hate Starbucks, but I miss working at my desk, where all my stuff is. I have to drag my laptop, notebook, pen, wallet, meter, etc. etc. to Starbucks everyday and then bring everything ba...
Source: Lemonade Life - August 25, 2011 Category: Diabetes Authors: Allison Blass Tags: Wine and love Source Type: blogs
From End To Beginning: Navigating a Transition WellEmail this article to a colleague.
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I’ve had transitions on my mind recently. A lot of clients I work with feel stuck in the middle of a transition they didn’t quite anticipate, or that felt thrust upon them, or whose ramifications they just couldn’t calculate at the outset of the change.
Marriage, divorce, childbirth, graduating college, losing a job, moving back home: whether positive or negative, transitions can be messy. And they can also give birth to previously unforeseen opportunities for growth.
Therapy is, after all, about change, so I guess it is no surprise that as a therapist I should be witness to transitions galore.
William Bridges, autho...
Source: World of Psychology - August 24, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Sandra Sanger, PhD Tags: General Grief and Loss Mental Health and Wellness Psychotherapy Self-Help Avoidance Childbirth Coming Down The Pike Continuum Distinct Stages First love Graduating College Losing A Job Marriage Marriage Divorce Moving Outse Source Type: blogs
Best of Our Blogs: August 16, 2011Email this article to a colleague.
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Our society has an unshakeable desire to be “normal.” Whatever normal means.
In fact, I have forsaken my own truth at times, because the idea of being normal, problem-free, low-maintenance, unencumbered by illness or age seemed too attractive not to embrace.
But the fact is whether you’re dealing with chronic pain, physical or mental illness, financial issues or weight gain, being free of life and all of its abnormalities is near impossible.
Why are we trying to hide ourselves in an effort to be perfect and illness free?
I realized this after seeing friends I hadn’t seen in a decade. While at first ...
Source: World of Psychology - August 16, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Brandi-Ann Uyemura Tags: Best of Our Blogs Body Image Chronic Pain Compilation Creativity Dangerous Message Decade Desire Glamour Magazine Handful Imperfection Individuality Jess love Low Maintenance Perspective Positive Psychology Professional C Source Type: blogs
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Eros the Bittersweet (Anne Carson)
This is an interesting book that examines the dichotomy of love (Eros type) primarly through association with Greek literature and language (with a focus on poetry). It is ironically romantic in all the right places as well as informative and insightful. Besides being entertaining, I think this book could provide grounding for those who feel dominated by their love feelings.
“Eros is an issue of boundaries. He exists because certain boundaries do. In the interval between reach and grasp, between glance and counterglance, between ‘I love you’ and ‘I love you too,’ the absent pr...
Source: Psych Scamp - August 15, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Tags: books love Source Type: blogs
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Source: Not just about cancer - August 5, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: joy my love family good stuff my kids Source Type: blogs
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You could be doing everything right: seeking therapy, taking medication, living a healthy life. But then someone or something triggers you and your world is thrown upside down. For me, it’s surrounding myself with people and situations from the past. I can conveniently “forget” who I am is not who I was. On many levels, this could be destructive.
It’s forgetting that I am an adult when I am with my family or that I am now allergic to seafood when I was not as a child. I know these seem like minor incidences, but put me in a situation like that for a continuous period of time and I begin to lose myse...
Source: World of Psychology - August 5, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Brandi-Ann Uyemura Tags: Best of Our Blogs Adult Amp Catch 22 Continuous Period Couples Depression Depression And Exercise Eating Disorder Equine health Horses Humor Incidences love Medication Negative Influences Parody Period Of Time Persona Source Type: blogs
it is not self-seekingEmail this article to a colleague.
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Love is patientlove is kind.it does not envyit does not boastit keeps no record of wrongs.~from I Corinthians 13~
Source: Turquoise Gates - August 5, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: love marriage Source Type: blogs
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The Four Absolutes
As used by the Oxford Group and early Alcoholics Anonymous before the Twelve Steps were written
# – Absolute Honesty
Both with ourselves and with others, in word, deed, and thought.
# – Absolute Unselfishness
To be willing, wherever possible, to help others who need our help.
# – Absolute Love
You shall love the Higher Power with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. And. . . you shall love your neighbor as yourself.
# – Absolute Purity
Purity of mind, of body, and of purpose.
These were not used in the AA program as it was thought that alcoholics could ...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - August 5, 2011 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholism Meditation Wisdom Four Absolutes honesty love Oxford Group purity Unselfishness Source Type: blogs
{Wine and Love} Eight.Email this article to a colleague.
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Yet another weekly meme that I’ve missed over the past few weeks! Let’s get rolling…
Things that are making me reach for cork screw…
… Well, the wedding is over and with it is all the drama that ensues. So I’m actually feeling pretty good this week. HOWEVER! And this is actually an old “wine,” but one of the diamonds in my brand new wedding band FELL OUT! I noticed it at the barbeque we had at my parent’s house the day after the wedding. I was shocked! I just noticed that one of the little diamonds on the left side was gone. It was tragic. I hadn’t even worn it f...
Source: Lemonade Life - July 28, 2011 Category: Diabetes Authors: Allison Blass Tags: Wine and love Source Type: blogs
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It's the best place in the world to be a color photographer. The vibrant personality of the beach is even painted on the buildings.I body surf on a skim board and skin my knees on the bottom as the wave flips over the break and pummels me with a million grains of sand. My lips are chapped from the salt. My hair stands tall in the surf, whipped with wind and coated with ocean water. I laugh long and loud and my heart swells in my chest. I almost forgot how true belly-laughing, body encompassing joy feels.I revel in the colors and stare deep into the wavy turquoise of a small fishing boat. I eat shrimp and grits for breakfas...
Source: Turquoise Gates - July 23, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: ocean joy healing brokenness lament God's love Source Type: blogs
{Wedding Wednesday} But First, The Honeymoon.Email this article to a colleague.
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I have had several requests to write about the wedding, but I am still waiting for pictures from our photographer, so sadly that will have to wait until later.
So I am going to start with a recap of our honeymoon. If you missed it, you can check out a little video from our trip on Monday’s post, featuring a cameo from my husband.
Before our wedding, I was pretty discreet about the location of our honeymoon. I don’t really like writing about places I go to before I’m there, unless they are related to a diabetes-event. Call my paranoid, call me skittish, just don’t call me late for dinner. Our honeymo...
Source: Lemonade Life - July 20, 2011 Category: Diabetes Authors: Allison Blass Tags: Oregon love Relationships Source Type: blogs
An Otter-ly Fantastic Honeymoon.Email this article to a colleague.
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We’re back from our honeymoon!
We stayed in a wonderful resort community called Sunriver, which is about ten miles south of Bend, located in Central Oregon. We rented a two bedroom house that was centrally located. We biked, we hiked (a little), we canoed, we kayaked, we barbequed, we ate out, we saw Harry Potter, we saw lava beds, deep lakes and wild animals, including this adorable little otter at the High Desert Museum.
You can enjoy this little video that I made on my brand-spanking-new iPhone (which is why the image only partially fits the screen). I will have more on the honeymoon and, of course, the wedding in...
Source: Lemonade Life - July 18, 2011 Category: Diabetes Authors: Allison Blass Tags: Exploring Oregon love Source Type: blogs
Why Is This Particular Part of Happiness So Hard?Email this article to a colleague.
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I love the novels of J.P. Marquand, and over the weekend, I re-read The Late George Apley. (I love to re-read.) I thought I remembered that it touched on the issue of happiness, and it does. The novel is terrific — funny, poignant, and very thought-provoking.
The first, and most important, of my Twelve Personal Commandments is to Be Gretchen.
Why is it so hard to know myself? and to act in accordance with my own nature, my interests, my values? It would seem that nothing would be easier and more obvious — and yet it’s very, very challenging.
The novel describes the life of the late George Apley — a...
Source: World of Psychology - July 16, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Gretchen Rubin Tags: General Happiness Self-Help Alexander Choices Christopher Alexander Consequences Element George Apley Gretchen Hard love Hardest Thing In The World Inspiration J P Marquand Novel Novels Observation Parents Reminder Re Source Type: blogs
We’re Married!Email this article to a colleague.
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A few photos from the big day are making their way onto the Internet… I’m sure more will be popping up on Facebook shortly. Erik and I are heading off on our honeymoon tomorrow morning, so it’ll be awhile before I find time to write a proper wedding day recap. Until then, here’s a sneak peek at the love and happiness of the day:
(Thanks to Caroline for snapping this pic!)
Source: Lemonade Life - July 10, 2011 Category: Diabetes Authors: Allison Blass Tags: Going to the Chapel Oregon love Relationships Things I Like Source Type: blogs
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I’m ringing in from my hometown in Oregon because today officially begins Wedding Week! I am getting married in five short days and yes, I still have a lot to do! Luckily, everything seems to be coming together pretty well and I’m trying not to stress about the little things. We’ll see how long that lasts!
It is gorgeous here in Oregon today and the projected forecast for Saturday: 77 and sunny. Can you ask for anything better?!
I’m off to spend the day with my mom while also running a few more wedding errands. Enjoy the day!
Source: Lemonade Life - July 4, 2011 Category: Diabetes Authors: Allison Blass Tags: Going to the Chapel Oregon love Source Type: blogs
the good things about being CanadianEmail this article to a colleague.
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Today is Canada Day. I've been feeling pretty out of sorts about my country lately, for a whole bunch of reasons (the most recent of which is our opposition to listing asbestos as a banned substance at the United Nations. Asbestos is a known cause of cancer. This kind of cancer is solely caused by asbestos. Asbestos is banned in Canada. But we still export the stuff. So it's OK to give people in other countries cancer. Shameful.)And I really don't care about the Royal Visit.I've only been to Parliament Hill once on Canada Day and that was more than twenty years ago, before I lived in Ottawa. I'll be spending the day on the...
Source: Not just about cancer - July 1, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: news community pissed off my love preventing cancer family rants good stuff my kids Source Type: blogs
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Anne of Green Gables called them "bosom friends". I have several. Count me among the lucky. All have helped me through this maze of depression, validating my feelings and helping me cope.Last night, I was a complete mess. My face covered in tears, I listened to the voice at the other end of the telephone telling me how to pull myself out of a flashback or a panic attack. She spoke wisdom. I'm going to follow it.Are these moments of transparency a gift from God? Honesty that makes the soul of the other translucent, pink faces of flower shining but brief, looking through each others souls.Two ships sinking bind their b...
Source: Turquoise Gates - June 28, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: love comfort mindfulness old friends encouragement Source Type: blogs
Can You Learn about Happiness from Virginia Woolf?Email this article to a colleague.
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Assay: Recently, I posted a quotation from Virginia Woolf for my weekly quotation. I often quote from Woolf, because she’s one of my very favorite writers.
And, as has happened before, I got a few comments from readers saying, in effect, “Why are you quoting Virginia Woolf about happiness? She committed suicide — what can she know about happiness?”
This response always surprises me, for a few reasons. First, Woolf aside, there’s a big difference between writers’ works and what they personally experience and how they behave in their own lives. Tolstoy, for example. I love Tolstoy’s fiction, and find it ele...
Source: World of Psychology - June 22, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Gretchen Rubin Tags: Celebrities Depression Disorders General Happiness Self-Help beauty Emotion Intensity Kinds Of Wisdom Leo Tolstoy love Madness Nephew People Perception Quentin Bell Quotation Sensation Suicide Surprises Truth Un Source Type: blogs
12 Steps for a SponsorEmail this article to a colleague.
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Twelve Steps of SponsorshipThese can be applied to all 12-Step anonymous fellowships such as Al-anon, Alateen, Gamblers Anonymous, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous etcI will not help you to stay and wallow in limbo.I will help you to grow, to become more productive, by your definition.I will help you become more autonomous, more loving of yourself, more excited, less sensitive, more free to become the authority for your own living.I cannot give you dreams or “fix you up” simply because I cannot.I cannot give you growth, or grow for you. You must grow for yourself by facing reality, grim as it may be at times.I...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - June 19, 2011 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships Addictions Al-anon Alcoholics Anonymous Cocaine Anonymous Codependency Gamblers Anonymous Help an Alcoholic Higher Power Narcotics Anonymous Recovery Sex & love Addicts Sponsorship Source Type: blogs
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I kind of left you in suspense yesterday.I was sitting an exam room, waiting to see my oncologist to discuss whether I could continue my break from chemo. Here's what happened next:We waited.We played a little Lexulous.I knit. My hands shook a little. And then the door swung open and Dr. B. entered the room. Dr. B. is not my oncologist. The cancer centre has a title called GPO (which I assume means general practitioner - oncology) for doctors who work with the oncologists. I hadn't seen Dr. B. in more than a year and without hesitating, we hugged each other - something I've never done with any doctor. She's wonde...
Source: Not just about cancer - June 17, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: breast cancer news remission health care herceptin my love fear metastatic joy chemo cancer blog conversations CT scan good stuff knitting chronic illness Source Type: blogs
not so jaded after allEmail this article to a colleague.
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Yesterday, I had an appointment with my oncologist, the first since our decision that I should take a break from chemo and do Herceptin only for three months.I usually do my appointments over the phone but I decided to go into the cancer centre so that I could have a physical exam and meet with him face to face. Also, I wanted Tim to come with me, so that he would get the same info as I did first hand and have a chance to ask questions. One of the great things about doing appointments on the phone is that I can carry on with my life around the house as I wait for my call. I was reminded of this after waiting first in the w...
Source: Not just about cancer - June 16, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: metastatic joy chemo remission herceptin health care my love conversations writing good stuff chronic illness Source Type: blogs
Hope breaking throughEmail this article to a colleague.
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One misty, moisty morning,when cloudy was the weather;I chanced to meet an old man,dressed all in leather.He began to complimentand I began to grin,"How do you do?How do you do?Hod do you do?" again.~One Misty Morning, children's nursery rhyme~After a week of sun, we had rain and dreary skies yesterday. It was also my first day taking care of my home and children all by myself - the first time since late April. The weather matched my mood.I'm a researcher at heart. Constantly on the look-out for trends, patterns, similarities, differences. I find myself applying a grid to this stage of poor mental health, looking for trigg...
Source: Turquoise Gates - June 16, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: depression coping healing anxiety PTSD God's love Source Type: blogs
{Wine and Love} Seven.Email this article to a colleague.
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Things that make me want to buy a second bottle of wine…
… Realizing that just because our wedding doesn’t feel like a destination wedding, doesn’t mean that it isn’t. Nearly all of our guests are flying and that has caused quite a reality check. That, and this stupid economy and our stupid country with such crappy vacation benefits.
… There’s been some drama drama drama with the seamstress. There was some wrinkling and pulling near some of the seams on the front of my wedding dress and the seamstress was all like “Oh it’s fine, it’s fine. You look bee-YOU-tee-ful...
Source: Lemonade Life - June 16, 2011 Category: Diabetes Authors: Allison Blass Tags: Wine and love Source Type: blogs
Best of Our Blogs: June 14, 2011Email this article to a colleague.
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I have a “friend” who spent their entire 2010 stuck in what-ifs. What if I lose my job? What if I never feel better? What if my dreams don’t come true?
Do you have a friend like that?
Do you have a friend who attacks your self-esteem by laughing at your mistakes, criticizes your weaknesses and points a finger at your flaws. Worse yet, does she ever say, “You won’t ever be successful in life” because all your efforts are “just not good enough.”
Some kind of friend right?
But what if I told you that friend was not a friend at all, but your thoughts. Closer to you than any frien...
Source: World of Psychology - June 14, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Brandi-Ann Uyemura Tags: Best of Our Blogs Amp anxiety Cinderella Day Job Depression Downer Dreams Edmund J Bourne Fairytale June 14 Life Debt love Life Mini Vacation Negative Feedback Neuroscience New Romance News Research Period Of Time Pho Source Type: blogs
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The clouds beckon the coming storm, and I rock in my chair and survey the grandeur. Yellow, orange, pink, purple...and every shade in between. I bask in the eye of the storm, waiting for sunset to fade it's glow melting the the evening sky to bring out it's lights of night. Waiting for the first mist of cold rain to come across the fields.I've been in a storm since the beginning of April. My diagnosis is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and I am taking a slew of medication in an attempt to slow the anxiety and help me keep control of my impulses. I have gone 4 weeks now without hurting myself intentionally. One thera...
Source: Turquoise Gates - June 3, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: weathering storms hospital immortality PTSD God's provision God's love Source Type: blogs
{Wine and Love} Six.Email this article to a colleague.
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Thanks to Nora for hosting!
Things that make me want to take a swig from a bottle of wine…
… Every month I have to send in my COBRA payment. It’s not that much – a mere $236.64 – but it’s important because of that whole chronic illness bit. COBRA payments need to be postmarked by the last day of the month, or you get kicked out of the COBRA system. So it’s really really important that you don’t forget. On Tuesday (which was the last day of the month), I got this strange feeling that I had forgotten to send it in. I decided to take a peek at our bank account, and lo and behol...
Source: Lemonade Life - June 2, 2011 Category: Diabetes Authors: Allison Blass Tags: Wine and love Source Type: blogs
Abandoned Minds: Social Justice, Civil Rights and Mental Health: Part 2Email this article to a colleague.
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The first duty of love is to listen.
– Paul Tillich
Love is no assignment for cowards.
— Ovid
In part 1 of this piece I described the atrocities at Willowbrook State School as the cause for changes in the delivery of mental health services in the U.S. Elsewhere I have described some of the changes in state and federal law surrounding terminology used to describe disabled individuals, and a comparison between the U.S. and the delivery of mental health services in New Zealand. But these descriptions are only the macro version of the movement. There is another side to this story, a personal side.
In preparat...
Source: World of Psychology - June 1, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Daniel Tomasulo, Ph.D. Tags: General Policy and Advocacy Proof Positive Psychology Relationships Age Differences Ancillary Services Color Choices Cowards Dear Friend Exuberance Forthcoming Book Fulcrum Point Justice Civil love Story Macro Version Menta Source Type: blogs
Brain Imaging Shows Overlap Between Emotional Pain And Physical PainEmail this article to a colleague.
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Heart-ache can be a literal thing, as well as a metaphor for all those weepy, jilted-lover torch songs.
Consensus thinking in the peer-review literature is that the parts of one’s brain responsible for physical pain, the dorsal anterior cingulate and anterior insula, also underlie emotional pain.
Researchers at Columbia University in New York recruited 40 people who’d recently ended a romantic relationship, put them in a functional magnetic resonance imaging machine, and recorded their reactions to physical and then emotional pain.
Physical pain was created by heating the person’s left forearm, compared t...
Source: Better Health - May 28, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: RyanDuBosar Tags: Research Break Ups Emotional Pain Fibromyalgia fMRI Functional MRI love Hurts Pain Management Physical Pain Psychiatry Psychology Radiology Relationships Source Type: blogs
kitchen conversation (he's so, so right)Email this article to a colleague.
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My spouse (after listening to lengthy rant #342 yesterday): "Not to excuse that person's bad behaviour, but a lot of things piss you off these days."Me: "True."Spouse: "Oh! We forgot to put the compost out!"Me: (String of expletives, unprintable in a blog my children might read).Spouse (Meaningful silence)Then we both burst out laughing.I need to get some perspective.But at least I can still laugh at myself.If you are reading this post on a site other than Not Just About Cancer (besides Facebook or a feed reader), you are reading stolen content.
Source: Not just about cancer - May 27, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: breast cancer pissed off my love conversations cancer blog rants good stuff Source Type: blogs
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What makes the Diabetes Online Community (DOC) so special?
Understanding, support, encouragement, empowerment, companionship, and love.
The Internet has been around for a while, and since the early days there have been ways to communicate about diabetes. Mailing lists, forums, online message boards, you name it, it’s been there.
But there is something different about what is happening now.
We have all worked very hard to nurture the loving and supportive environment that we are a part of. It’s infectious. And it’s good.
Everyone is welcome, and encouraged to come inside. But you must leave your ego ...
Source: Scott's Diabetes Blog - May 26, 2011 Category: Diabetes Authors: Scott K. Johnson Tags: Blog Posts DOC love Support Source Type: blogs
{Wine and Love} Five.Email this article to a colleague.
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Wine & Love is seriously becoming one of my favorite posts to write. Thanks to Nora for hosting once again. Here we go…
Things that make me want to pour myself a big glass of wine…
… Um, you mean besides slipping and falling down a flight of stairs, bruising my tailbone and spraining my back, then passing out, falling onto my old lady neighbor and spending three hours in the emergency room only to find out that I had a perfectly normal biological reflex to pain and probably could have just stayed home and took nap? Shouldn’t that fulfill my wine quota for the week?
… Ha! You’d like t...
Source: Lemonade Life - May 26, 2011 Category: Diabetes Authors: Allison Blass Tags: Wine and love Source Type: blogs
8 Tips for Writing a Love Letter to Your SpouseEmail this article to a colleague.
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In my post, “Getting the Love You Want … Over and Over Again,” I mention one of the most powerful intimacy tools in my marriage, which is writing a love letter. I write one every day to my husband. Now mind you, these are not lengthy missives. Some of them are just a few sentences. But I do think the brief expression of affection has made our connection much stronger. On some days, it is the only substantial communication between us, because our kids have an uncanny knack of interrupting all of our conversations.
But how do you go about writing a love letter? I found these eight tips on the site, Song of Marriage. Th...
Source: World of Psychology - May 25, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: General Relationships Sexuality 80th Birthday Affection Conversations Dad Emotion Endearment Expression Feelings Intimacy love Letters love Message Marriage Mom Parents Personal Greeting Personal love Letter Personal Source Type: blogs
The next first danceEmail this article to a colleague.
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We were standing as we would at a wedding dance, limbs akimbo.We sit hunched, inches apart, minds flying in opposite directions. He reels me in with the touch of a hand, the electricity of him + me. We sit in the china blue twilight as the frog song goes from song of the forest, wafting, to near cacophony like the blower from the next farm down running straight through the night, all the while you wondering, huddled. Messy.The dog slumps and huffs into her place behind us. She plops down like a worn-out sack of flour, and snuffs at us. I stiffen and enter the gridlock, I am stealthy and disassociated and I nod "yes", shake...
Source: Turquoise Gates - May 24, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: awkwardness depression numb PTSD love flashbacks Source Type: blogs
In the presence of my enemiesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Even though I walk through the valley of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. (Psalm 23:4-6)New life breathes into Psalm 23 as I seek comfort and protection from the flashbacks and nightmares. They are my enemies now, always with their surprise attacks and new weapons and better fi...
Source: Turquoise Gates - May 20, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: God's extravagance brokenness in the presence of enemies God's love Source Type: blogs
{Wine and Love} Four.Email this article to a colleague.
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Things that are making me reach for that bottle of wine…
… Oh my dear Lord! THE WEATHER! What is Mother Nature smoking?? It’s mid-May! Let’s get some sun out here! Although supposedly it’s supposed to be really nice this weekend. But still. I understand the occasional rainy day, but this week-long deluge is ridiculous.
… My A1c. While it didn’t suck - and it actually improved from last time – I’m still not happy with it. OK, for the non-D folks in the room, the A1c is sort of like a status update of how a person with diabetes is doing overall. My “status” is sl...
Source: Lemonade Life - May 19, 2011 Category: Diabetes Authors: Allison Blass Tags: Wine and love Source Type: blogs
selfish (dear loved one)Email this article to a colleague.
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I'm sorry that my fear becomes yours.I regret that you get pulled into my panic.I feel ill when my every cough, ache or bump twists your insides the way it does mine.I would prefer to protect you.I want to watch you smile, hear your laugh, feel your heart thump with joy when you pull me to your chest.I don't want to make you scared, or sad or worried.But I can't wish you weren't ever scared or sad or worried.Because I need to share.Because I need not to feel alone.Because I need you.If you are reading this post on a site other than Not Just About Cancer (besides Facebook or a feed reader), you are reading stolen content.
Source: Not just about cancer - May 17, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: metastatic joy breast cancer lucky my love fear cancer blog chronic illness Source Type: blogs
People Marry For Political CompatibilityEmail this article to a colleague.
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Only church attendance has a stronger role in mate choice than political leanings? Though "variety is the spice of life" and "opposites attract," most people marry only those whose political views align with their own, according to new research from Rice University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Political scientists found that political attitudes were among the strongest shared traits and even stronger than qualities like personality or looks. In an article published in the April issue of the Journal of Politics, researchers examined physical and behavioral traits of more than 5,000 married couples in the United S...
Source: FuturePundit - May 12, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Randall Parker Tags: Brain love Source Type: blogs
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Things that are making me reach for that bottle of wine…
… OMG the shoes!! Here’s the update on the shoe dilemma. I have been searching high and low for a pair of purple shoes that are no higher than 2.5 inch heels. Erik and I are very close in height, and that is the absolute limit without forcing him to wear Tom Cruise lifts (and we just don’t want to go there). While searching for these magical purple shoes, I spotted this pair of Stuart Weitzman heels. They are ivory/champagne peeptoes with a little rhinestone accent. They are really cute, they are comfortable (which is a miracle for this heels-hat...
Source: Lemonade Life - May 12, 2011 Category: Diabetes Authors: Allison Blass Tags: Wine and love Source Type: blogs
I Focused on Who I Wasn’t By My Mid-30sEmail this article to a colleague.
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One reason that this blog has brought me so much happiness is that blogging has widened my circle of friends so much.
I met Melanie Notkin because we’re both interested in using social media to engage with readers, and I’m very excited for her this week — her first book just hit the shelves, Savvy Auntie: The Ultimate Guide for Cool Aunts, Great-Aunts, Godmothers, and All Women Who Love Kids. In it, she shines a light on relationships that bring a tremendous amount of love and happiness — the bond among “aunties” and their nieces, nephews, god-children, etc.
I knew Melanie has done a lot...
Source: World of Psychology - May 12, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Gretchen Rubin Tags: Family General Happiness Interview Mental Health and Wellness Self-Help Auntie Aunties Aunts Business Owner God Children Godmothers Gretchen love And Happiness Mantra Melanie Mid 30s Mid Thirties Motto Nephew Nephew Source Type: blogs
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I used to see God just like this. Me, God, two inexorable features locked tightly in a molded sculpture of perfection. This is what I thought God wanted to do in my life. After all, it's exactly what I deserve. If He is my constant companion, and sees my defeats and torment, surely He is the disciplinarian, the head honcho, the boss you duck to hide from at work:Why does it feel like night today?Something in here's not right todayWhy am I so uptight today?Paranoia's all I got leftI don't know what stressed me firstOr how the pressure was fedBut I know just what it feels likeTo have a voice in the back of my headI...
Source: Turquoise Gates - May 12, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: mystery God's mercy intimacy love God's love Source Type: blogs
If Art Makes You Feel Like You're In Love, Then I'm Having An Affair With BanksyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Semir Zeki, Professor of Neuroesthetics at University College London has recently unveiled research that demonstrates how significant art is to our collective happiness and well-being. In fact, he posits that when we look at art, the effect on our brain is analogous to being in love, as art stimulates the pleasure centers of our brains. If that’s the case, then for years I’ve been having an illicit affair with Banksy, and he doesn’t even know it.
Zeki says, “We’ve recently found that when we look at things that we consider beautiful, the activity in the pleasure and reward centers of the brain...
Source: Healthbolt - May 11, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Christine Estima Tags: emotional health FEEL art dopamine finding-happiness in love Pleasure Zones Source Type: blogs
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Semir Zeki, Professor of Neuroesthetics at University College London has recently unveiled research that demonstrates how significant art is to our collective happiness and well-being. In fact, he posits that when we look at art, the effect on our brain is analogous to being in love, as art stimulates the pleasure centers of our brains. If that’s the case, then for years I’ve been having an illicit affair with Banksy, and he doesn’t even know it.
Zeki says, “We’ve recently found that when we look at things that we consider beautiful, the activity in the pleasure and reward centers of the brain...
Source: Healthbolt - May 11, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Christine Estima Tags: emotional health FEEL art dopamine finding-happiness in love Pleasure Zones Source Type: blogs
