The Dementia Difference
“What Is Dementia Anyway?” After addressing a wonderful audience at a Community Based Presentation recently, a woman asked me: “What exactly is …
How Going to the Hospital can Cause Dementia
We as a country have known for quite some time that people who go to the hospital, particularly to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), have a tendency to develop a …
Planning Ahead for Dementia/Alzheimer’s
If you knew you were going to develop Alzheimer’s, what would you really want your family to do? Browsing through video choices recently, I happened upon the …
How To Get Un Stuck
Ever have one of those days when you feel stuck? You’re in a funk and don’t know why? You’re unhappy but you can’t put your finger on …
Who is That Voice In Your Head? Mind Chatter
If you are like most people, there is this little voice in your head constantly talking to you. It’s known as mind chatter. From the moment we open our …
Through a Glass Darkly: A Way to Understand Depression
The phrase ‘through a glass darkly’ is from the Bible, “12 For now we see through a glass, darkly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; …
The Main Reason People in Therapy Are Diagnosed
Our human body systems are similar and predictable enough in response to disease and illness that physicians are able to study how medical symptoms develop and …
Stress and Its Effects on Mental and Physical Health
In today’s culture, stress is a given. From the moment we wake, throughout the day, and sadly for some, throughout the night, stress and its effects …
After Holiday Blues
The tree, the packages, the wrappings, the dishes that still need to be put away, and the people gone. Gone with them are the recent memories created. Gone …
Living With A Partner Suffering From PTSD – How To Be Helpful?
A person who suffers from PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder has a hard time trusting others, opening up about the incident and their feelings and even …