Why Is Everyone Obsessed with Being Thin? I’m a skinny person. I don’t mean to be, and I certainly don’t try to be; I am. It’s a certitude of my life, and it’s something that everyone around me senses the need to comment on. We are a skinny-obsessed civilization, and it is notorious. Individuals make comments about how much weight…
How a Simple Life is Better Our world today is a world of consumerism, the message we are constantly hearing is one of “always needing more but never having enough.” Advertisements bombard us making us think and feel that we need to shop more, become more self-indulgent and, to even eat more. For me, this was a very normal…
How to deal with the guilt of having Anxiety When we identify with Anxiety, we reach conclusions about ourselves that are not true. We value ourselves based on it and this, causes us to suffer. To get out of that state, it is essential to learn to deal with the guilt that exists in Anxiety. Guilt is an emotion that…
Holidays Are Stressful and Difficult When it Comes To Alcohol And Drug Abuse: Here Is Why. Holidays are not invariably cheerful and encouraging and, inconveniently, possibly particular circumstances for those with alcohol and drug abuse disorder. This year, the most challenging for many in recent time, even individuals without identified problems with substance abuse may stumble. While vacations are a basis…
I started a Plant-Based Diet in my 40´s: This Is How I Feel One Year In As a young kid, I remember that chicken, beef, pork, or fish were always the focus of lunch and dinner. I saw grains such as rice as okay and vegetables as an obligation. I HAD to eat those veggies, although it was a drag….
Building Better Mental Health Our mental health influences everything we do: how we think, feel and behave in daily life. It affects our ability to cope with stress, overcome challenges, build relationships, and recover from life’s setbacks. Strong mental health isn’t just the absence of mental health problems. Being mentally healthy is much more than being free of depression, anxiety,…
Living with an alcoholic Medical and psychological support is essential to help solve the difficult problem of alcoholism in the family. The daily dealings with addicts and family members make us establish definitions that, although they are not always true, in most cases, they are not wrong. We usually say that every alcoholic is witty and seductive, and we also…
Why is meditation so important? Meditation is good for the body, it calms anxiety and is generally beneficial. This has been scientifically proven. So, there are many reasons why we should all meditate. There is no doubt that it helps us relieve stress, depression, and anxiety. It is useful to deal with the emotional problems of everyday life, when things…
What is codependency? Merriam Webster defines it as follows: A psychological condition or a relationship in which a person is controlled or manipulated by another who is affected with a pathological condition (such as an addiction to alcohol or heroin). Wikipedia‘s definition: Codependency is a behavioral condition in a relationship where one person enables another person’s addiction, poor mental health,…
Emotional & Verbal Abuse The first thing that usually comes to mind when we think of abuse is physical abuse, but there is another form that is just as bad, if not worse… and that is emotional abuse. Emotional abuse involves any behavior, verbal or nonverbal, which negatively impacts the emotional well-being of another person. There are cases of emotional…
