Category Archives: Depression

Getting outside to play provides the double benefits of both exercise and being outdoors. I recently went for a 22 mile ride on a bike path in Rhode Island. There were lots of people out walking, bike riding, flying kites, playing ball, and picnicking. These people were not only having fun and improving muscles strength and(read more)

Life is full of stressors. I once heard Norman Vincent Peale say that the only people without problems and stress were ‘all those people buried over there in that cemetery’. He was right. If we are alive, we have plenty of triggers for stress. But it’s how we choose to respond to something that determines how(read more)

Why is it important to use a holistic approach to help a child with ADHD succeed? The first thing many parents of children with ADHD are told is that their child should  take stimulant medications.  For some children medication works very well and for others it does not.  But even if medication works for a child,(read more)

Do you or your child toss and turn at night and experience daytime sleepiness?  Have you or your child been diagnosed with ADHD, depression, or anxiety.  Fifty percent of children in a recent study that had been diagnosed with ADHD had difficulty sleeping.  They felt tired on awakening, had nightmares, sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome,(read more)

Everyone has normal ups and downs in how they feel. Sometimes an episode of feeling down or sad turns into Depression and persists for some time. And sometimes depression is a result of a medical condition. Whether you bounce back quickly from feeling depressed or whether you suffer from chronic or recurrent episodes of Major Depression,(read more)

The dictionary defines gratitude as: a feeling of thankful appreciation for favors or benefits received; thankfulness. Appreciation is defined as grateful recognition. Wayne Dyer who coined the term ‘an attitude of gratitude’, says that gratitude is a sacred space where you allow and know that a force greater than your ego is always at work and(read more)

We often hear about Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) in our lives today. Have you ever wondered if you have it, or perhaps your child or spouse? In fact, ADHD was diagnosed in approximately 8%-10% of the school-age population in the 2000 census, 60% of whom eventually become adults with ADHD. This translates into approximately 4% of(read more)