$4 Billion Sex Abuse Settlement After Childhoods of ‘Pure Hell’ WHAT PRICE TRAUMA? – April 7, 2025 - Shirley Bodkin remembers the smell of the staff member there who would put her on his lap and make her hold a Raggedy Ann doll while he hurt her. J.C. Wright remembers the s... Read More...Apr 15 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental HealthTrauma
Addiction Hijacks Teenagers’ Brains FROM GUTTER TO GOOGLE – April 9, 2025 - Addiction is not limited to substances like alcohol and drugs but extends to behaviours such as smartphone use, gaming, gambling and pornography. The essence of addiction is es... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApr 15 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetMental HealthSmartphone Addictionteenagers
Healthy Diet Leads to Healthy Aging YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT – March 27, 2025 - “Maintaining a healthy diet that was rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, unsaturated fats, nuts, and legumes during mid-life was linked to a higher likelihood of he... Read More...Apr 08 2025food addictionlife expectancyMental Health
The Impact of Alcohol on Your Brain and Heart Health IT’S NOT GOOD – April 4, 2025 - For many, a drink or two is a regular part of socialising or unwinding. But how often do we consider the impact of those drinks on our bodies, both immediately and over time? ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousApr 08 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental Health
How the Arts Can Create Healthier Communities VIDEO – SING DANCE ACT – March 30, 2025 - According to thousands of studies, researchers have determined that involvement in the arts can improve public health and promote healing from illness, as well as protect ag... Read More...Apr 08 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionMental Health
Getting Away from Psychiatric Medications POISONING PATIENTS? – March 17, 2025 - Ms. Delano is not a doctor; her main qualification, she likes to say, is having been “a professional psychiatric patient between the ages of 13 and 27.” During those years, when... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 01 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental Health
BIG CUTS at Department of Health and Human Services “Make America Healthy Again” – March 27, 2025 - The agency will cut 20,000 positions, a sweeping reduction of the agency that protects Americans’ health, oversees Medicare and Medicaid and ensures the safety of... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 01 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancyMental Health
Convicted Felon Denies $11 Billion Dollars for Addiction & Mental Health Care CRUELTY KILLS – March 27, 2025 - “Services will be dropped in the middle. Bang, the clinic is closing. It’s a brutal way to make these cuts.” The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is being mer... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 01 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyMental Health
Shame Can’t Have More Power Than Love GRIEF – March 20, 2025 - It’s stunning that it took the death of someone I love dearly to show me how deeply fear and shame are embedded in the way we treat people with an addiction. One year ago this month, police f... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionMar 25 2025Mental HealthTrauma
Psychology Explains ‘Shopping Addiction’ I DON’T BUY IT – March 20, 2025 - In her personal time, Sadie goes on buying sprees for herself. She has ordered cameras, camera accessories, scrapbooking supplies, metal-detecting equipment, lasers, board game... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMar 25 2025Mental Health
Free 10 MINUTE Consult for Federal Employees Facing Job Loss IF THIS IS YOU—CALL TODAY – March 20, 2025 - The emotional burden of losing a job can be compounded by complex family dynamics, relationship struggles, and addiction issues. Scott Silverman specializes in crisi... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionMar 25 2025Mental Health
Department of Education Cut in Half AUDIO – STUPIDITY – March 11, 2025 - “Every part of the department will be impacted in some way but this is primarily a streamlining effort for internal facing rules, not external facing roles,” the official said, g... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMar 18 2025Mental Health
Kids Get Body Image Awareness by Age 7 AUDIO – LESS SCREEN TIME – March 10, 2025 - Researchers say their findings show that people’s perceptions of body weight are “flexible” and “adult-like” from the age of seven upwards, and have implications for our un... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMar 18 2025Mental Health
Agency Dedicated to Mental Illness and Addiction Faces 50% Staff Cuts AUDIO – LOST JOBS, LOST LIVES? – March 13, 2025 - “Cutting SAMHSA employees without understanding the impact is extremely dangerous, given the behavioral health crises impacting every corner of our nation.” Reductio... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionMar 18 2025Mental Health
The Wholeness That Emerges From Brokenness By Ken Druck Ph.D. WORTH EVERY HEARTACHE – March 5, 2025 - The path forward from brokenness and inconsolable sorrow is not about “moving on,” “recovering,” or “getting over” our loss, but about patiently allowing our brokenness to beco... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionMar 11 2025Mental Health
Midlife: The New Battleground for Addiction VIDEO – MIDLIFE CRISIS – Feb. 26, 2025 - According to the National Library of Medicine, more older adults in the 50s and 60s are turning to drugs, alcohol and potentially dangerous behavior to cope with mental healt... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMar 04 2025Mental Health
Gabor Maté on Why Modern Life is Breaking Us – Hurt to Healing AUDIO – THE MASTER SPEAKS – Feb. 10, 2025 - Welcome to a brand new series of the Hurt to Healing Podcast! In this powerful first episode, I am honoured to be joined by Dr. Gabor Maté—renowned addiction expert, speake... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionFeb 25 2025InterviewMental Health
‘Love Addiction’ Linked to Emotional Dependence LIKE A BABY AT THE FONT – Feb. 17, 2025 - Romantic involvement with a partner can sometimes exhibit dysfunctional traits similar to addictive behaviours, a phenomenon known as emotional dependence on the partner or “... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionFeb 25 2025Mental Health
What Would An Ideal Friend Be Like? Perfectly Imperfect – Feb. 18, 2025 - Some of the reason why we aren’t, collectively, so good at friendship, is that we don’t have a clear idea of what a really good friend might be like. It may therefore be worth tr... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionFeb 25 2025Mental Health
Schizophrenia Cases Triple Due to Heavy Cannabis Use WEEDS IN THE WIRING – Feb. 4, 2025 - Experts say the new study, which looked at more than 13.5 million medical records of all individuals aged 14 to 65 between 2006 and 2022, adds to growing evidence that heavy... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 11 2025marijuanaMental Healthpotweed
The Art of Aging by Louise Stanger YOUNG AT HEART – December 8, 2024 - Rancho Santa Fe author Dr. Louise Stanger has released her fourth book, “Reflections on Aging from the Sunset Marquis,” which she hopes to be an inspirational guide to embracing th... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionFeb 11 2025life expectancyMental Health
Microplastics in Our Brains Rapidly Rising CROSSING THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER – Feb. 3, 2025 - It found a rising trend in micro-and nanoplastics in brain tissue from dozens of postmortems carried out between 1997 and 2024. The researchers also found the tiny pa... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 11 2025Mental HealthTrauma
The War For Your Attention AUDIO – HOW MANY SCREENS? – Feb. 1, 2025 - A friend of mine once told me that “You are where your attention is.” That line always stuck with me. It was a reminder that the most important choice we all make is a... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 11 2025internetMental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Van Gogh’s Haunted Mind: Absinthe and Madness TOUSLED TALENT – Jan. 30, 2025 - The colors swirled and pulsed before his eyes: electric blues, starburst yellows, deep, bottomless blacks. The world did not stand still for Vincent van Gogh; it flickered, danc... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 04 2025Mental Health
Trouble Sleeping? EYES WIDE OPEN? – Jan. 30, 2025 - Vitamin D might be known as the ‘sunshine vitamin’ but this nutrient could also play a key role in how well we sleep. According to recent studies, Vitamin D deficiency is linke... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 04 2025Mental Health
Florida Dept. of Children & Family Is Failing IT’S FLORIDA JAKE – Jan. 22, 2025 - Unfortunately, inaccurate and incomplete information is what Floridians have come to expect from the state’s social service agency. Abused children and senior citizens, overc... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionJan 28 2025Mental HealthTrauma
Messages from the Threshold by Michael Meade LISTEN – Jan. 18, 2025 - Michael Meade suggests that because we live in a time of change, if we can allow ourselves to participate in the change, then we can find meaningful purpose that awakens the heart and l... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 21 2025Mental Health
Psychedelic Therapy Begins – Conservatives vs. Veterans IT’S TRIPPY – Jan. 1, 2025 - (Lane Belone poses with Pikes Peak in the background ) Colorado residents voted to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin, the chemical compound found in psychedelic mushrooms, in a 2... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJan 7 2025Mental HealthPsychedelics
Camembert Cheese Improves Memory DOES THAT MAKE THE FRENCH SMARTER? – Dec. 25, 2024 - ...the researchers examined changes in brain chemistry. They analyzed the expression of neurotrophic factors—proteins that support brain cell growth and repair—in ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 31 2024Mental Health
Midlife Mastery: How to Navigate Life’s Second Chapter by Jill Anderson GETTING UNSTUCK – December 31, 2024 – Feeling stuck in a midlife rut is a common experience, yet it opens the door to transformative growth. Many individuals find themselves questioning their life choices, goals, an... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 31 2024life expectancyMental Health