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Change
When you love something you wish it goodness,
When you hate something you wish to annihilate it.
Change happens not by hatred but by love.
- Geneen Roth Women Food and God
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Borrowed from My Spiritual Journey
The present is that elusive moment between what no longer exists and what had not yet happened- The Dalai Lama
Mindfulness and mediation are powerful tools to focus on the present.
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Mental Health
I have heard statistics over and over that say 1 in 5 (or 1 in 4) Canadians have mental health issues. I am not good with math or statistics-- need to brush up perhaps- but 1 in 4- I think it's higher. When you factor in drugs, alcohol, addictions, depression, suicidal ideation, family member issues, friend's issues.... it's more than 1 in 4.
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Low Birth Weight
A link between low birthweight and autism spectrum disorders has been established according to a study. Premature infants are five times more likely to have autism than children born at normal rates. Think twice about the immunization theory of autism!!
Source Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
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Mindfullness CBT
Mindfulness CBT as Effective as Antidepressants in Preventing Depression
Relapse
Deborah Brauser
December 9, 2010 - Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is as
effective in preventing relapse in patients with recurrent major depressive
disorder (MDD) as maintenance antidepressant monotherapy, the current
standard of care, new research suggests.
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The Edge
"I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over.
Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center."
Kurt Vonnegut
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“Letting Go”- Author Unknown To Me
To “let go” does not mean to stop caring,
it means I can’t do it for someone else…
To “let go” is not to cut myself off,
it’s the realization I can’t control another.
To “let go” is not to enable,
but to allow learning from natural consequences.
To “let go” is to admit powerlessness,
which means the outcome is not in my hands.
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