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Our beautiful children: Never put an orchid in the freezer
We bet the title of this blog post has caught your attention? It certainly caught ours. We’re bringing you a snippet of Mary Miller’s latest article below, which focuses on children and their wellbeing, and we’ll be treating you to the full piece very soon – just keep an eye on the website for more. …
The perfect balance point
We live in an absolutely organized universe. Nothing here is random and everything, including us as human beings, seeks a perfect balance point. I could make the argument that stress is a function of the distance between our perfect balance point and how we live our lives. In other words, stress is what happens when …
Mary Millers Up and Coming Schedule
International author, speaker and educator Mary Miller is traveling across America and Canada bringing you exciting events to better your health, happiness and relationships. Mary has kindly provided us with a schedule of her upcoming events; to learn more and find out how to register see what Mary has to say below. 1. NOVEMBER …
How Childhood Patterns Influence Grown-Up Stress
For over 30 years, I have been involved in the research and development of technologies to reduce and eliminate stress. Stress in adult life can easily be related to financial worries, work pressures, relationship mismatches, loneliness, demands of children and family, concerns over what to do with our lives, etc. All of these are very …
Acne and Stress
The Relationship Between Stress and Acne Many years ago I worked as a psychotherapist. And, while I cannot claim any official clinical trial, I can tell you from personal observation that in my clients who suffered from acne, there was a clear correlation in most cases between emotional stress and acne outbreaks. The acne itself …
The Mental Health System: Missing Standards
In the field of physical medicine, there are standards that are used in determining any treatment of choice. While, clearly, there are cases where these standards are overlooked or ignored, the general idea is to find an effective treatment for any given condition. The standards involve, among other things, repeatability, reliability and effectiveness. For example, …
Homeschooling And Mental Health
A few decades ago, homeschooling was primarily done for religious reasons by parents who wanted to teach their own children in order to preserve their religious beliefs and cultures. Today, Homeschooling is far more widespread and with good reason. In my opinion, Homeschooling is one of the few pathways parents can take when they wish …
SCHOOL “DAZE”: Reclaiming Your Natural Self (Part One)
Between 1983 and 2006, I had the privilege of working for a non-profit research organization with a mission to develop alternative and complementary pathways to good mental health. We were searching for the most common forms of mental and emotional harm so that we could both track and attempt to resolve these imbalances. It was …
