Enlightened doctors can benefit your health. They have a range of helpful ideas at their fingertips and a desire to incorporate them into their practice. Such doctors are educated, open minded and progressive practitioners. They exhibit genuine love and compassion for patients, as well as a Continue Reading
Fearless living is healthy living
Eliminating fear is good for your health say experts. Mind-Body Interventions such as patient support groups, prayer, spiritual healing and a state of calmness produced through meditation, can all help reduce bodily stress. Fear is like luggage you carry around with you. It comes in all shapes and Continue Reading
New Year health resolutions. Are they like a house of cards?
The New Year is off and running. So too are the health resolutions many of us made when we were basking in the after-glow of the Christmas Season and feeling somewhat virtuous about our plans. You know the kinds of things you promise yourself. “This year I will make better food choices. I will Continue Reading
Mind over medicine. Does it work?
“This laxative is quick and powerful”. These were the words my father used to describe a chocolate based purgative he’d been offered by a colleague at work to take home and try. He was so impressed by its action that next morning he headed back into the office hoping more was available. He’d been Continue Reading
Who will take care of me in old age?
Who Will Take Care Of Me In Old Age? Australia’s population is getting older, according to the Australian Government’s report on Aging and Aged care in Australia. In 2051 it’s expected that 5.7 million people will be aged 70 years or older. This week, Carers Australia, is raising awareness of Continue Reading
Keeping afloat when things get your down
It was a summer’s day. The sand was warm between my toes. Out in the bay a lone yellow buoy floated resolutely on the surface. I watched as the turbulent incoming surf washed over the top of it. Momentarily the marker buoy disappeared beneath the force of the incoming wave. As the breaker swept by Continue Reading
Memory and good mental health
Memory is an important faculty for coping with daily life and an essential ingredient for maintaining good mental health. Being able to retain and recall information, ideas, or instructions, is essential in caring for one’s self, completing jobs at home, or undertaking tasks at work. The Continue Reading
The role of prayer in pain relief
Discussions are taking place about pain management and the emergence of specialist pain clinics. Chronic pain sufferers say that relief is hard to achieve. Others have been told that some types of pain have to be endured and can only be managed by taking a drug. But is that the way it has to be? Are Continue Reading
The big question: what is man?
I was on a visit to the Adelaide University library in South Australia. As I walked into the foyer, I noticed a display table. In the middle of it, sat a large sign with this thought-provoking question written on it: What is man? The question certainly captured my attention. Curious to find out Continue Reading
Living as free as a bird
This week’s bright light blog, is written by David Goldsmith, a retired high school senior master, and my supportive husband. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly freely in the sky, just like birds do? At one time a little bird, that I called Fred, helped me learn Continue Reading