Chris Adams, reporting for McClatchy Newspapers, writes: "The VA's ability to provide adequate care for veterans with mental ailments has come under increasing scrutiny, and the agency says it's scrambling to boost its resources to help treat post-traumatic stress disorder, prevent suicides and help veterans cope."
Scottish Daily Record December 31, 2007 THE Beatles, Lulu, Goldie Hawn, Jennifer Aniston and Richard Gere have all turned to meditation at times of stress. Now even troubled rocker Pete Doherty is trying it out in a bid to keep off the booze and drugs.
You're in the airport, when the loudspeaker booms that the so-and-so authority has declared "an orange alert." Do you cringe? Or recognize the attempt to program you into fear? Whether it was yellow, orange, turquoise, or fuchsia, what exactly should you do? Squint suspiciously at your neighbor? Give up your civil liberties until a better hue is announced? Whether you realize it or not, that announcement is "guided imagery," programming your neurology to respond with fear. Entertainment fil
Over Memorial Day weekend, we entertained Susie & Jay, the same folks who hosted us in Gibson, BC for Thanksgiving. Click on Jay’s name to see his incredible photography. On my bus ride up to the country I read a New Yorker Magazine article on Cesar Millar, star of National Geographic Channel’s Dog Whisperer. What a fascinating innate skill this man has for helping troubled and, often dangerous, dogs re-regulate their way of being. On a “road trip” to Woodstock with our guests, I bought M
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Here’s the story, with comments at the link: Chris Dana came home from the war in Iraq in 2005 and slipped into a mental abyss so quietly that neither his family nor the Montana Army National Guard noticed. He returned to his former life: a job at a Target store, nights in a trailer across the road from his father’s house. When he started to isolate himself, missing family events and football games, his father urged him to get counseling. When the National Guard called his father to say
Good-Bye 2007; Don't Let the Door Hit Ya in the A$$ on the Way Out I'm stressing about going back to work the day after tomorrow and it's ridiculous, I know. I should just enjoy today because the next 2 days will pass so quickly - kind of like the boys' first couple of years with us. I tried to get up early to go to the gym, but I'm finding that I just don't have it in me. Not sure exactly why, but I need to go because I think it will do a world of good for stress relief. And, since I'm
Sometimes I feel like such a hypocrite. Saturday night I wrote a post titled "Love Therapy." The next morning, Riley climbed in the bed and proceeded to have a tantrum about a twisted blanket, before I'd blinked my eyes open. We hadn't had breakfast yet when I completely lost my cool on Seth. I felt like an ass all day. So much patience for Riley. Not so much for Seth, even though he's just a little boy. I feel so used up. I've been "on" for seven years. Where our mothers could send th
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) January 21, 2003, Tuesday, Metro Edition INSIDE MnDOT; Motivation can be costly at MnDOT; Spending on conferences, travel and entertainment adds up Dan Browning; Pat Doyle; Staff Writers The committees that plan the Minnesota Department of Transportation's annual two-day conferences in Bloomington say they handpick keynote speakers to get "experts in topics relevant" to the agency. But the featured speakers in recent years weren't hired for their knowledge of a
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