Why Our Brain is Wired to to Be Unsatisfied…All the Time MO’ (ANYTHING) MO’ PROBLEMS – Aug. 5, 2022 - The paradox of choice and having a mindset that the grass is always greener on the other side can be helped by practicing acceptance and gratitude. Psychiatrist Dr. ... Read More...Aug 9 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental Health
To Raise Successful Kids Neuroscience Says Do This PERCHANCE TO DREAM MORE – July 2022 - Finally, in districts that have in fact delayed start times, it does appear that students shift a considerable chunk of their newfound time to sleep. It all seems to add u... Read More...Aug 2 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediainsomniainterventionlife expectancyMental Healthteenagers
Quote of the Week – BILL RUSSELL “Friendship is a full-time job.” – BILL RUSSELL (1934-2022) ... Read More...Aug 2 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionlife expectancyquote of the week
Watch Joni Mitchell’s First Performance in 20 Years “Both Sides Now” July 24 The Newport Folk Festival VIDEO – HOLDING BACK THE TEARS – July 24, 2022 - Joni Mitchell, who hadn’t performed live since 2013 until earlier this year, made a surprise appearance for a full set today (July 24) at the 2022 Newport Folk ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediagrammy winnerJuly 26 2022life expectancyRecovery
Suicide Hotline # 988 Gets Over 96,000 Calls During First Week VIDEO – SAVE A SOUL, SAVE THE WORLD – July 24, 2022 - The 988 system will build on an existing network of over 200 crisis centers nationwide staffed by counselors who answer millions of calls each year - about ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassiondepressioninterventionJuly 26 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoverysuicideTrauma
Quote of the Week – Oscar Wilde “Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.” – Oscar Wilde ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionJuly 26 2022life expectancyquote of the week
Young Women Say State Abortion Laws Would Influence Where they Live LAND OF THE FREE NO MORE – July 13, 2022 - A new poll conducted by Generation Lab and Axios found that 50 percent of young people felt upset after the ruling came out. Forty-one percent felt mad, and 32 percen... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJuly 19 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Ty Herndon On Being Suicidal After Drug Relapse LIFE HAS A WAY – July 16, 2022 - Herndon ended up calling a friend for help that night, albeit he doesn’t remember the call. Twelve hours later, he remembers waking up in a Texas rehab facility and that’s when ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietydepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewJuly 19 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRehabrelapsesuicideTrauma
Claes Oldenburg Dies at 93; Pop Artist Made the Everyday Monumental Monumental Impact – July 18, 2022 - One of his most famous installations, erected in 1976 — the bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence — is “Clothespin,” a 45-foot-high, 10-ton black steel sculpture of prec... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionJuly 19 2022life expectancy
Meet Mckenzie: Pregnant, homeless and living in a tent THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD... – July 12, 2022 - A hole in a chain-link fence around the restaurant parking lot opened onto a ragged train of tents. They clung to a steep embankment above eight lanes of who... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediahomelessinterventionJuly 19 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Man Begged for Mental Health/Addiction Support in Prison Until He Died INJUSTICE WINS – July 12, 2022 - “They’re offering people time off their sentences for intolerable conditions in the HMP, but yet my brother is passed away … it don’t make sense,” she said. “My brother... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 19 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoveryRehabTrauma
988 National Mental Distress Hotline NOW ACTIVE 988 VIDEO – TEXT FOR LIFE – July 16, 2022 - National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. We can all help prevent suicide. The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress... more@SAMHSA ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressioninterventionJuly 19 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoverysuicideTrauma
Seven Adult Health Conditions Linked to Childhood Abuse IF YOU FEEL, YOU HEAL – July 11, 2022 - “The association between CPA and 2 mental health and 5 physical health conditions remained significant, even after controlling for sociodemographic characteristics, hea... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionJuly 19 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
Wanna Buy An Old Dinosaur? AND PUT IT IN WHICH ROOM? – July 5, 2022 - The Gorgosaurus was an apex carnivore that lived in what is now the western United States and Canada during the late Cretaceous Period. It predated its relative the Ty... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 12 2022life expectancy
Drug Overdoses Continue to Rise Inside NYC Homeless Shelters SAD to TRAGIC to DEADLY – June 30, 2022 - The rate of overdose has prompted immediate action from DHS and has spurred calls for more effective federal, state and local strategies to keep drug users safe amid a ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionhomelessinterventionJuly 5 2022life expectancyMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Sonny Barger, Founder of Hells Angels, Dies at 83 THE BIG GET-OFF – June 20, 2022 - “If you are reading this message, you’ll know that I’m gone. I’ve asked that this note be posted immediately after my passing.” His former lawyer, Fritz Clapp, confirmed the de... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 5 2022life expectancy
Less Than 25% with Depression Respond to Treatment THAT’S DEPRESSING – June 27, 2022 - Their rationale for conducting the study was their belief that “Despite plenty of effective antidepressant (AD) treatments, the outcome of major depressive disorder (MDD) is... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionJuly 5 2022life expectancylonelinessMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
People Who Practice These 3 Daily Habits Are The Happiest ONLY 3? – June 20, 2022 - Nothing is impossible when you learn how to manifest, and regularly practice the good habits that go along with that. If one of my clients is committed to setting goals and makin... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 28 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecovery
19-Year-Old TikToker Cooper Noriega Has Died SO MUCH POTENTIAL – June 13, 2022 - Model and social media influencer Cooper Noriega, who obtained 2.8 million TikTok and 599,000 Instagram followers with a series of posts exploring his day-to-day life in Los ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetJune 21 2022life expectancySmartphone AddictionteenagersTrauma
Shattered Kentucky Shatters Fatal Overdose Record VIDEO – NOTHING BUT HEARTACHE – June 14, 2022 - It was the first time the Bluegrass State surpassed 2,000 drug overdose deaths in a single year, said Van Ingram, executive director of the state Office of Drug ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 21 2022life expectancyopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
‘Dial 988’ Suicide Prevention Hotline to Launch on July 16 Already Needs Significant Improvements DIAL WHAT? – June 10, 2022 - The RAND report confirms what many mental health experts already know — there’s more work to be done to create a comprehensive mental health crisis system that can serve everyone’s ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassiondepressioninterventionJune 14 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoverysuicideTrauma
The Medical Model Traumatizes, Retraumatizes & Perverts Healing AT LEAST IT’S IN NETWORK – June 7, 2022 - It would surprise many people who are hostile to psychiatry’s chemical and electrical “treatments” to discover that they too may embrace a medical model if their approa... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionJune 14 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecovery
Drinking Coffee Could Lower Risk of Death VIDEO – IS STARBUCKS A HEALTH RETREAT? – May 31, 2022 - Contrary to popular myth, forgoing coffee isn’t likely to improve your health. The opposite might be true: Years of research suggests that drinking coffe... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJune 7 2022life expectancy
Company Recalls Millions of Medicines & Dirty Medical Products JUST LIKE BABY FORMULA – June 3, 2022 - Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation CEO and owner Lou Kennedy said in a statement that the company is “cooperating” with the FDA on the recalled products. “While ther... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 7 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoveryTrauma
108,000 Drug Deaths in 2021 Bear Out Prediction From Five Years Ago DIDN’T TAKE A GENIUS – May 25, 2022 - The special section—based around the Pitt team’s landmark research article in Science that analyzed nearly four decades of U.S. drug overdose data—contains commentary by fo... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addictionlife expectancyMay 31 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinrelapseTrauma
7 Books to Read for Mental Health Awareness Month ONLY 7? – May 17, 2022 - ...but in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, I talked to a range of mental health advocates about the books they felt accurately, and empathetically, built characters who navigate... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassiondepressioninterventionlife expectancylonelinessMay 24 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
A Reason to Stick Around – Suicide Isn’t Painless IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME – May 19, 2022 - It’s one of the darkest and most sensitive subjects in Stoicism: Suicide. Cato took his own life rather than submit to Caesar. Seneca took his, under duress from Nero. The ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadepressionlife expectancyMay 24 2022Mental Healthsuicide
End Teen Drug Addiction A BROTHER’S LAMENT – May 18, 2022 - He was addicted to opioids and many other drugs at the time, so living with him was a scary time. We had no idea when he might snap or if he could overdose. This is the re... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMay 24 2022Mental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabteenagersTrauma
How Covid Killed One Million People REFLECTING ON THE LOSS – May 13, 2022 - “It really should be a moment for us all to reflect on what sort of society we want to have,” she added. Experts say deaths were all but inevitable from a new virus of such... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronaviruslife expectancyMay 24 2022Trauma
Why The Pandemic Has Been Hard On Addicts THE DANGERS OF ISOLATION – May 18, 2022 - Addicts are great at reasoning away problems. This sad state of affairs is no surprise.The pandemic for many people in every walk of life created stress, anxiety and i... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMay 24 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabTrauma