Negative Emotions - Can you overcome them? March 15, 2008
Posted by caregiver in : good health, loneliness , add a comment“Of course not! Negative emotions are too powerful. I have no choice but to endure them until they pass.”That is how many respond to the idea of overcoming emotions such as anxiety, fear, anger, frustration, guilt, self-pity, and depression. But those emotions can be overcome. Rather than surrender to them whenever they arise, you can learn to lessen their intensity, perhaps even eliminate them. (more…)
How to quit smoking March 5, 2008
Posted by caregiver in : drugs, good health, stress , add a commentYou realize that smoking is bad for the health and you want to take care for yourself but you realize too that quitting is so hard. So what can you do to completely quit smoking?
How to prevent bad breath? March 5, 2008
Posted by caregiver in : good health , add a commentIt is said to be one of the world’s most common complaints, afflicting more than 80 percent of the adult population at one time or another. It can cause embarrassment, frustration, and anguish. Iin the professional fields, it is widely known as halitosis, from the Latin word halitus, meaning “breath,” and the suffix -osis, which refers to an abnormal condition. Some also call it oral malodor. But most people know it as plain old bad breath! Do you have bad breath?
Stress - An enemy to fight March 4, 2008
Posted by caregiver in : good health, stress , 6comments“We hear people say all the time, ‘Don’t get yourself so stressed out that you become sick.’ They probably don’t realize there is an actual biological basis for that”. Sonia, a single mother with a teenage son, a dwindling bank account, and a strained relationship with her parents, already had ample reason to feel stressed-out. Then, unexpectedly, an itchy, burning rash developed on her arm. She tried antibiotics, cortisone creams, and antihistamines, but none of these helped. Instead, the rash spread all over Sonia’s body, including her face. Stress was literally getting under her skin.
Good health - What can you do about it? March 4, 2008
Posted by caregiver in : good health , add a comment“PARTLY as a result of some spectacular successes of modern medicine, an attitude has spread to many parts of the world that health is something the doctors provide for people, instead of something that a community and individuals achieve for themselves.” So wrote a doctor in World Health, the official journal of the World Health Organization.
Of course, doctors and hospitals do contribute a great deal to our health and well-being. Nonetheless, they play essentially a curative role. We seek their services when something is wrong, but we seldom think about them when we feel well. What, then, can we do to achieve good health for ourselves?