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Coping with Holiday Depression
Coping with Holiday Depression There’s something very rare and very real when people who struggle with depression open up and share their struggles around coping with holiday depression. As a recovering depressed person, I can always tell if the discussion is clinical and factual or if it is coming from the heart or the gut… There’s a pain that comes with depression that you can’t pretend. I am always reading about depression; depression and food, depression and exercise, depression and state of mind thinking, etc. Today I read a really good article written by Kasandra Brabaw. In the article she shares the experiences of four women with depression at holiday…
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Are Boys Better Than Girls At Math?
Are Boys Better Than Girls At Math? When you were in grade school, did you ever wonder…are boys better than girls at math? I know I just didn’t think I was very good at math. Partly I think because my mom told me she had never been good at math, I my assumption was that I wouldn’t be good either. There’s a very good article in Psychology Today written by Jane Huchinson, M.P.P. that I want to share with you. In the article she says in part: “…throughout the elementary school years, boys and girls perform similarly across a majority of basic numerical tasks (e.g. number comparison, quantity comparison,…
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Look Back or Look Ahead
When the year is ending, do you look back or look ahead? I’m not talking about taxes or a business plan here although they are very important. What I’m referring to when I ask if you look back or look ahead is your attitude toward your life. Are you someone who looks back, holds on to the past and regrets the year that is ending, or are you someone who relishes new year with its opportunities, challenges and excitement? The unknowns, the dreams to be achieved and realized…where does your focus lie? This is a particularly important question from my point of view, because as a chronically depressed person for the…
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Antidepressants and Suicide
Antidepressants and Suicide Today, I want to give you the opportunity to grab a free ebook from one of the most interesting and respected authorities on women’s health, Dr. Kelly Brogan. The ebook is titled, “Change Your Food, Heal Your Mood”, which is exactly what I did! I really want you to get this as it has great information you need to have now! Dr. Brogan, once a devout allopathic doctor, has come to the functional medicine side of treating her patients as she now realizes drugs treat symptoms, not the whole person. Prescribing antidepressant drug in the hope of alleviating symptoms leads to more symptoms as a result of…
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Winter Blues
Winter Blues It’s been a pretty crazy winter so far. Below zero one day, and in the 60s a couple of days later. One thing that’s been consistent is that it’s been pretty grey with not a lot of sun, and this can give many of us the winter blues. Have you ever been around people who, after an endless period of rainy, dark days will say, “I need some sunshine”. I know I am one of those people, and when I struggled with depression, it would really get me down. One of the things I discovered that helped me was to use a full spectrum light to simulate sunshine. …
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Have a Vision Not a Goal
Have a Vision, Not a Goal! If you want to accomplish as much as you possibly can, the most important thing to get right is the vision or goal with which you begin. This is essentially the same as setting your GPS; without a starting and an ending point, you don’t stand much chance of getting to your destination. Unfortunately, many people don’t know how to correctly write goals, and this can ultimately prevent them from standing out in their chosen field. But if you’re setting off to write a goal, you should know that visions are often more helpful than goals, so have a vision not a goal. That’s…
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National Mutt Day…how about sharing your life with a dog?
Today is National Mutt Day! You may not connect the dots on this one and see what in the world National Mutt Day has to do with MajorUpbeatMe, but it has everything to do with it. Did you know that sharing your life with a pet is really good for your health? It lowers your blood pressure and makes you a happier person. Your dog helps you get off the couch, go for a walk and get some exercise. This doesn’t even take into consideration that you’re giving a good home to an innocent animal. I have only ever shared my life with mutts; no purchased pedigrees for me. I…
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Your mood and your food…
Your Mood and Your Food Do you know how much what you eat affects your mood? Your mood and your food can make it a good day or a not so good day. If you want to live a Major Upbeat Life every day, it’s important to feed yourself well and eat nourishing whole food…lots of fruits and vegetables with some lean protein… but not too much protein. I made a video for you with some suggestions you can put to use when you travel and when you just get off track which we all do from time to time. If you are challenged with depression as I was…
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Afraid of Failure? Learn to Use that Fear to Propel You to Success!
Are You Afraid of Failure? People can be so afraid of failure that they do everything imaginable to avoid it! Some people avoid taking any chances at all because if they try something and it doesn’t work for them, they are terrified they will be looked upon as a failure. To make matters worse, we often see successful people profiled in the media and think they must either be geniuses or were naturals at what they did. Yet, if you look closely at the lives of these people, you are likely to discover a much different picture. What we don’t see is all the hundreds of times these people have…
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Happy Festivus! Do you Celebrate it?
I Want to Wish You Happy Festivus! Did you know today is Festivus Day? It is, and for your enjoyment, I’m going to give you a link to the Seinfeld episode that shows the great scene with Frank Costanza (Jerry Stiller) that brought the holiday of Festivus to us all. No matter what holidays you do or do not celebrate, humor and the ability to laugh at ourselves is so important. The back story on how Festivus came to be is pretty cool, too, and you can read about it here. I had no idea how it came to be… Seinfeld was such a classic, and it’s always good for…
