Understanding Chronic Pain
"Fall seven times, stand up eight." ~ Japanese Proverb
Those who suffer from chronic pain have a most difficult and challenging path. Generally they have had the pain for a long time, and often have...
Support When Quitting Addictions
"Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town." ~ George Carlin
It can be a challenge to quit using drugs or alcohol when there has been a...
Stress and Health
We know that stress is unhealthy. It can lead to health problems such as headaches, gastrointestinal problems, ulcers, and a weakened immune system. It can affect sleep patterns, and can contribute to psychological difficulties...
Sleep Helps
Scientists now tell us that fatigue can create as much impairment as alcohol. Fatigue seems to be a side effect of busy lifestyles. In earlier times, people rose with the sun, and slept when...
Our Attitude Towards Aging
Remember when you thought 30 was old? If you still do, you're under 20 no doubt. Funny how, as the years pass, the portion of life we think of as middle age slides slowly...
Life’s Many Addictions
We are hearing a lot about addictions these days. It used to be a word that applied to drug or alcohol dependency, but has now been expanded so that we hear of people being...
Hypnosis for Weight Loss
Many people struggle with weight loss, trying diet after diet. They may lose weight initially, but then over time, it comes back. Despite a strong desire and fairly good will power, old habits have...
Help for Smokers Who Want to Quit
"It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.” ~Mahatma Gandhi
"So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their...
Healing Addictions
"The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. " ~ Charles Dubois
Dealing with a family member who has an addiction is...