Winter is here… Between the New Year, the State of the Union, the State of the States, Super Bowl Madness…this is also the award season for feature films, television productions, and documentaries. On January 15, 2015, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced their nominations for both feature films and documentaries. Within minutes...Read More

Have you heard the term “societal exhaustion”? It could be you’ve never heard the exact term “societal exhaustion”, but if you’re like the average person then your imagination will allow you to envision a day in your own life. You get up, you check your cell phone for messages, you glance at the television to...Read More

Depression is in the news, again… It’s true; depression is in the news, again. If you take a few minutes and google the word depression in today’s news you’ll see the following headlines. Laughing gas could treat depression Scientists are using Twitter data to track depression 5 Ways Fast Food Worsens Your Depression Diabetes and...Read More

Anticipating a surgical procedure… It is probably safe to say that no one looks forward to having a surgical procedure. Of course, depending on one’s medical condition, a successful surgery is what a patient anticipates and desires. Non-emergency surgeries (elective) are preceded with considerable pre-op examinations, like EKGs, lung x-rays, blood work, maybe an MRI...Read More

How will you honor our Veterans this year? Of late when Memorial Day or Veterans Day holidays approach we notice people will turn to the social media platforms to thank their parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, and grandparents who served. Maybe they change their own profile photo to one of their father or mother. You will...Read More

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Trauma occurs when a life event, usually one that threatens or causes great physical or emotional harm, overwhelms the brain’s inbuilt chemical and physiological defenses to stress. Post traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that sometimes develops after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical...Read More

Philoctetes, wounded, is abandoned by the Greek expedition en route to Troy, detail of an Attic red-figure stamnos, ca. 460 BC. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) What can we learn from a Greek tragedy? Do you have vivid memories of a high school class where the syllabus included Greek tragedies? Maybe it was an English honors class...Read More

Join the voices, speak up, reach out…   Do you have family members or friends in recovery? How about long term recovery? When people first get sober, taking it “one day at a time,” receiving that first 24 hour AA chip and then a 30 day AA chip can feel like it takes forever. Considering...Read More

National Day of Action, September 4, 2014 It’s true yesterday was the National Alliance on Mental Illness’ (NAMI) National Day of Action to #ACT4MENTALHEALTH. But don’t worry; every day can be a day of action. In fact, we must make every day a day of action if we are going to make a difference in...Read More

Robin Williams (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Our world changed on Monday evening… Famous people die every day. It can be a celebrity, a states person, an infamous character, a sports figure, or a world leader. For sure we almost always stop a bit and take notice, but every once in a while we find ourselves grieving...Read More