Five Most Common Retirement Myths

What is so hard about retirement? Many people have asked themselves this question. Well, if it is so easy, then why are 41% of retirees five years out depressed and say retirement was the most difficult transition of their life? Now they are unhappy and tell us their life was better when they were working! You can avoid this fate. To learn how, you need to understand the difficulties associated with this transition, beginning with why there are so many negative psychological associations with... Read more »

Chronic Pain - Do You Get Angry When They Blame You For It?

Chronic pain is very different from acute pain, and many health professionals try to blame the patient by suggesting that the pain is the patient’s fault because of their thinking styles. Does that make you angry? You are certainly not alone, because literally millions of people are experiencing the same thing. We know that chronic pain rates have increased dramatically of the past 4 decades, and that the vast majority of doctor visits are because of chronic pain, and that in turn the majority... Read more »

Improve Your Memory In 5 Easy Steps With Simple Memory Techniques

People assume that memory deteriorates as you grow older, but this is not necessarily true for everyone. It depends on how you exercise and use your memory during your lifetime. Although there are some people who have a hard time remembering facts and figures, appointments, peoples names, sequences etc. This need not be the case for you. Memory can always be improved by proper memory techniques and practice. Everyone can benefit from using memory techniques, and the younger you are when you start... Read more »

Accelerated Learning Themes And Concepts

Recent research has generated new conceptions of learning in five distinct areas. New information about human learning has being investigated by psychologists and views of how effective learning proceeds have shifted to focus on students’ understanding and application of knowledge and away from the benefits of diligent drill and practice. Accelerated Learning has adopted these practices to change the way in which learning occurs for the better. The five areas involve memory, analysis, early... Read more »

About the Fear of Flying - The Psychology of Fear

Fear is like a self-replicating computer virus. It needs only to start for it to develop a momentum of its own. It is difficult for anyone suffering from a fear to examine it objectively because the very process of examining it will change it, and in all probability change it for the worse. Our fears control many of our conscious and unconscious thoughts and a fear will gather information to support itself, while at the same time prevent us from collecting information to dislodge or deny it. The... Read more »

Does Your Website Have Good SEO And User Experience?

You have included your tags, meta tags, keywords and did your link building like every good website owner has done. What next? Will the search engines beat a path to your door and get you enormous amounts of traffic that will crash your server? The answer is no. The above is just one tiny step towards achieving your business goal. First of all, sit down and write your goals. What is it you are looking for? Is it leads where you just want visitors to leave their names and contact information? Or is... Read more »

Interventions or, What’s a Family to Do?

As a family member becomes increasingly alcohol dependent, most families find themselves wishing they knew what to do. Initially we all tend to look the other way and hope that we’re wrong, but eventually most of us will start getting angry as the side effects begin to spill over into our lives. Then we’re also, probably, going to feel guilty about being angry. It is, after all, a disease, isn’t it? How can we be mad at someone who is ill? Lewis Thomas, M. D., essayist and... Read more »

Humor No Humor Found In Lies

Many people find great humor in gossip, but there is no humor found in lies that are told on people. This type of humorous behavior is generally a pathetic sign that the person is insecure and everyone privy to the gossip will have to make a decision on where their level of humor is at that particular point in time. Other people that know that there is no humor found in lies might choose to use abbreviations to work themselves out of a difficult situation. In order to fit in with the crowd at work,... Read more »

Gendai Reiki is a popular form of Reiki that is used in Japan

Gendai Reiki is a type of Reiki that combines traditional methods with specific types of healing training methods that can be used for more recent types of practices. By focusing on spiritual concepts which were taken from ancient Japan, this method allows those interested to use Gendai as a healing method. The originator of Gendai Reiki in Japan is Heroshi Doi. He was a part of the original system and its founding. The meaning of Gendai is modern and relates to the methods that he established with... Read more »

Naltrexone: Not a Magic Bullet, But Still Pretty Darn Good

As the treatment of alcohol related conditions has become more sophisticated, the use of medications has too. Until recently the only commonly prescribed adjunct was disulfiram (Antabuse), an aversive drug whose use resulted in violent illness when combined with even trace amounts of alcohol. That worked for those willing to risk the results and fit well with the frequently punitive nature of many treatment regimens. Currently, however, a preferable alternative has appeared. Naltrexone (ReVia)... Read more »