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meditation
Relax, Relax…..Relax!
Why is it that Melo the cat, can just relax - anywhere? Why is it whenever I try to relax, I firstly need to find a quiet space? Then I need something comfortable to sit on, and I need the temperature to be right. Too cold and I’ll have to get up and get [...]
Challenges
Yesterday I saw someone who brought up many memories and various thoughts. We’d been good friends many years ago, when my daughter and I first moved to the area.
He’s an intelligent man, with a good career, financially stable and owns a beautiful little farm with a very comfortable log cabin style home. He has been [...]
How to de-stress at Christmas
“Yeah - right!” “De-stress at christmas,” but it can be done. It does however mean that you have to be aware of what your stressors are, and how you relate to them. They of course vary for each of us.
My mum is probably my biggest stressor. For some reason the dynamics between myself and her [...]
Strange days indeed
Earlier this week at work the daughter of a co-worker came in to give her mum a hand. During the course of the day I overheard a conversation between the daughter and another young co-worker about their party drug experiences. It made me shudder. I could fee the angst rise about my own daughter, and [...]
Calm
Recently I came across an article identifying, stress, high blood pressure, high colestrol, diabetes2 and some medications such as benzodiazepines and beta blockers, as contributing factors in Alzheimer’s or other memory related problems.
Research suggests that as we age the brain finds it more difficult to filter out distractions. The brain also broadens its focus, making the instant retreval of names for instance [...]
