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1. Hugs are good for you! I'm a hugger! Nothing in the world feels like a hug. When you don't know what to say, give a hug. Not only do hugs feel really, really good, but they are needed. I believe a hug is worth a thousand words. The posters on this lens can be purchased h...
2. Uniquely Wired: People With Schizophrenia Some of the clients I work with are diagnosed with Schizophrenia. I've learned much from them about their experience of first getting symptoms, and then living with them. I've learned that Schizophrenia is a family matter. It alters the lives of the...
3. The Wisdom of Crayons "We could learn a lot from crayons...Some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, and some have weird names, but they all have to live in the same box." ~ author unknown ~ "The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large exten...
4. Encouraging Joy Who Wants to Have More Joy? I think there is no greater pleasure than encouraging joy in another. "Bringing out the best in one another and thereby in oneself" is one of the guiding principles in my life and my faith.
5. schizophrenia sucks -- here's how to get all sides of the story perhaps one of the most devastating illnesses facing us today. the added burden of dealing with stigma in everyday life can be as bad as the illness itself. 1 out of every 100 people born in the world, across all barriers of race, class, education, i...
6. Fatherless Daughters There are so many things I want to say.  I don't know where to begin.  Sometimes I don't even want to think about this subject because it is very painful and by allowing the thoughts to surface, I relive the emotional trauma of growing up i...
7. Mind Matters: Psychological Findings There are so many exciting things going on in psychological research. Sadly, these results are not very well publicized. The purpose of this lens is to publicize the latest breakthroughs in mental health. Because this is happening on a very regular b...
8. Elements of Wholeness This lens is NOT about perfection. It is about a person's inside being congruent with their outside, having more enjoyable relationships, and allowing life to flow as smoothly as possible. So what's difficult about wholeness? The biggest difficulty...
9. More then 19 million people suffer from Anxiety Phobia Disorders Fear can be so intense that one suffers anxiety because of it. Anxiety is that feeling of dread and/or panic that is felt that causes them to suffer from different physical discomforts including nausea, difficulty breathing, tremblling and a variety...
10. Depression And Suicide This lens will cover a lot of information about Depression. I was inspired to write about this for a few reasons...I myself and several people in my family suffer from depression/anxiety/bipolar you name it and I have lived through the horrible feeli...
11. Positive Psychology Positive psychology is the study of what makes people happy, content, and fulfilled in their lives. More traditional psychology has focused primarily on psychopathology, or mental illness. Positive psychology focuses on what leads to mental health an...
12. Alcohol Abuse To many people alcohol is not dangerous, and rather it is something that they use to enjoy their selves. People who drink casually typically have nothing to worry about, but then there are binge drinkers, and this is where the health problems and con...
13. The 'go to' place for Parents and Grandparents. Created for you by Ilana Founder of www.GrandmothersMillions.com A mini gathering place for parents and grandparents of today. A place to exchange ideas and look through the lens of today's active parents and grandparents. Many of us are co-parenting or raising grandchildren, have second careers, are non-tradition...
14. How to get the most out of psychotherapy To get the most out of psychotherapy, you have to be prepared for the process. This lens will help you prepare for beginning therapy, and make recommendations to assist you in maximizing the experience. The work of therapy begins with a goal. What do...
15. Natural Treatments For Depression And Anxiety Mainstream medicine has many treatments for Depression, most center around Serotonin influencing drugs. This lens will focus on natural treatments which have the potetial to treat and even cure depression at the root level. I realize this is a bold s...
16. Wild Divine Deepak Chopra, MD, is recognized as one of the world’s great leaders in the field of mind-body medicine. He is known worldwide as the award-winning author of more than 49 books translated in 35 languages with more than 20 million copies sold. &n...