Is mental health genetically-based?
Pure Joy - Deverter Photography News reports giving statistics of the increasing prevalence of mental illness, depression and suicide in both the young and the elderly are being published every day in...
View ArticleWorld Smile Day Pre-empts Mental Health Week in Australia
World Smile Day, this Friday, was launched in 1999 by the creator of the smiley symbol that we all know so well. He felt that all of us should devote one day each year to smiles and kind acts...
View ArticleMental Health Week: Lucky to be of sound mind?
Since it’s Mental Health Week in Australia, I’m reposting Carey Arber‘s comment on Mental Health Month in NSW. Carey is the Media Representative for Christian Science in NSW. Is mental health really a...
View ArticleIs Christian Science the same as faith healing?
We’ve all felt judged by others, at times. And it doesn’t leave a very good taste in your mouth, especially when you’ve been trying so hard to do the best you can. Some friends I know have felt judged...
View ArticleSpirituality >>> Better Mental Health
Amazing discoveries are being made in the laboratory today! “The brain is an object of thought, and not the thinker”, my colleague Keith Wommack, media spokesperson for Christian Science in Texas, has...
View ArticleANZAC Day reflections on health, and the hereafter
This post first appeared on ON LINE Opinion, Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate, as ANZAC Day: A Day to Reflect on Life and Health. Rush out the door early with my husband ….. head...
View ArticleLoneliness, depression and Olympic fairy-tale endings
This post was first published on ON LINE Opinion - Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate. There is nothing like the feeling of standing on the stage or dais clasping your hard-won medal...
View ArticleA Mandate for Future Healthcare
This article was published on ON LINE Opinion, Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate, as Melbourne Integrative Medicine Conference Points to Holistic Future for Healthcare. It was fun...
View ArticleHelping to avert a suicide
It’s heartbreaking to learn that suicide rates across Australia have increased by 20% in the last decade. Is there nothing we can do to reverse this tragic trend? Many are striving to do so. Some are...
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