Mother’s Day means different things to different people. It has been around a long time, dating back to the early Greeks and Romans in 250 BC, then again in 1600 AD England as “Mothering Sunday,” and became an official U.S. holiday in 1914. The holiday is observed in different forms throughout the world, but the intent is the same – to honor the mothers or grandmothers who raised us. In the current era, Mother’s Day[…]
A research study was recently published out of Rutgers University that may be of interest to you. (BL Alderman et al. Translational Psychiatry; 2016) I write of it here in case you heard or read about it in the general news. It’s a very small study that looks at the combination of physical exercise and meditation, done back-to-back, to help relieve the symptoms of depression. The researchers then go on to try to see, in[…]
Did you see this really cool posting on the website Care for Your Mind™ yesterday? It is particularly meaningful at this time of the year when we think of our future goals and activities for the coming year. The Care for Your Mind™ website is a collaboration of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) and Families for Depression Awareness (FFDA) who developed it as an online community. Its purpose is to engage their members[…]
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