Bringing Inner Peace to Rwanda
In Rwanda, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is nothing short of a national epidemic. The many millions of men, women and young adults who survive...
In Rwanda, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is nothing short of a national epidemic. The many millions of men, women and young adults who survive...
Francesco Clark | Posted 04.19.2012
I started to realize that my work ethic, while good for work, was leading to an unbalanced life. It made me ask: How do you realize the difference between a passion and having a complex?
Maria Rodale | Posted 05.30.2012
by guest blogger Maya Rodale, writer of historical tales of true love and adventure Bad moods happen to the best of us. Sometimes hunger, fatigue, ...
Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. | Posted 04.07.2012
As any patient (and their loved ones as well) knows only too well, treatment for cancer is a long and winding road. It is also an emotional roller coaster. From the moment of initial diagnosis it injects a strong element of anxiety into patient and family alike.
Maria Rodale | Posted 02.21.2012
The foods we eat have a huge impact on our emotional well-being. Some foods can give you a sharper, more energized, happier brain, while others tank y...
Joseph Bobrow | Posted 02.20.2012
With the provision of such a safe emotional atmosphere, people find their own way to reconnect within themselves, with their peers, with their families and with their community.
Maria Rodale | Posted 12.26.2011
The other day I saw a report that said that one in 10 Americans over the age of 12 take antidepressants. That seems so sad to me. But what was truly ...
Rubin Naiman, Ph.D. | Posted 09.23.2011
When it comes to conversations about insomnia, one might think we were at war. This isn't all that surprising, since we fight disease, combat infections, kill germs and go to battle with our symptoms.
Jennifer Lauck | Posted 11.17.2011
Forgiveness is a lifetime path, perhaps a walk that is never fully complete but it is there and ready to be walked on one step at a time. I find the most important person to forgive, as I go along, is myself and then I work out from there.
Matt J. Rossano | Posted 05.26.2011
Recent studies suggest that placebo healing is real, and understanding it may shed light on how healers of the ancient past, such as Jesus, had such powerful positive effects.
Maria Rodale | Posted 11.17.2011
Why do we do it--garden--when it makes us sweaty, sore, and often cranky? By the end of the harvest season, our faces are red from cooking tomatoes an...
Laura Silverman | Posted 05.25.2011
If you buy your chicken stock in a box or a can--even it it's the organic stuff--you'll be amazed by the difference when you make your own. Time-...
Maria Tirmizi | Posted 11.17.2011
ISLAMABAD: The white plastic drums immediately catch the eye in Jabri. They are in abundance; sold at makeshift stalls, lugged up the mountains on vil...
Jennifer Edwards | Posted 11.17.2011
As we head further into summer, take advantage of local forested areas; you may do more than simply stretch you legs and breathe fresh air. A Japanese...
Jessica Olien | Posted 05.25.2011
I never have liked massages. They go against all of the rules I ever that learned in public school health class which dictated that if ever confronted by a combination of naked+rubbing+swimsuit line+stranger I was to "call out for help".
Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 11.17.2011
While overly powerful vibrations can hurt our soft parts, gentle vibrations can stimulate body systems in a healthful way.
Dana Ullman | Posted 11.17.2011
When a person experiences relief from any treatment, conventional or alternative, one should not necessarily assume that a real healing has occurred.
Maria Rodale | Posted 11.17.2011
H1N1 comes on fast. Flu usually does. It's not a day or two of sneezing leading to a stuffy nose. It's waking up with a sore throat or a cough and getting a fever and feeling like crap all on day one.
Dr. Robert A. Kornfeld | Posted 11.17.2011
Inflammation is a critically important defense mechanism. It's our natural siren to alert us that a body part needs attention.
Sara Avant Stover | Posted 11.17.2011
Here's one of my favorite (fast) recipes to make when temperatures start to drop.
Kay Goldstein | Posted 11.17.2011
Think of the body as an energy system: the less fuel needed to keep our muscles tight and ready to run, the more that is available for other body functions -- such as the brain.
Nick Ortner | Posted 05.22.2012