Monthly Archives: March 2007

Using the Work of Byron Katie for Anxious and Depressing thoughts

Here is a personal experience sent to me by a reader regarding the work of Byron Katie. For more details on Byron Katie please click the link. In this example we see how someone with anxiety can deal with matters concerning … Continue reading

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Inositol for Anxiety

Every once in a while a natural product or food supplement comes into the public domain which promises a lot: Anxiety Relief Cheap Drug Free Side effect free Permanent Let’s face it, 5-HTP, tryptophan, amino acid complex, kava kava etc … Continue reading

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More Mindfulness Meditation

This is just a little addition to my last post on Mindfulness Meditation which can be read by following this link. Watching the breath, without trying to change or control it, is the backbone of mindfulness meditation. And, as I … Continue reading

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Mindful Meditation – how I do it and what it does for me.

Meditation is a very personal thing. There is only one rule in meditation: there is no right way. Generally, when one starts to meditate a critical inner voice tells you that you are doing it wrong, that it’s not “working” … Continue reading

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Fear of Flying Courses – a personal experience part III

Hi This is the 3rd and final part of Chris’s experience on Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Without Fear course. If you have missed parts One and Two please follow these links to go back and read them now. — After lunch we were … Continue reading

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Fear of Flying Courses – a personal experience part II

Hi! This is the second part of Chris’s experience of Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Without Fear course, which he attended last year. The article follows on directly from part one, which was posted yesterday. Please follow this link to it and … Continue reading

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Fear of Flying courses – a Personal Experience

Many of you will have seen various fear of flying courses advertised by airlines and on the Internet. In the UK the most popular ones are: Virgin Atlantic’s “Flying Without Fear” British Airways linked “Aviatours” Flybe’s “FlyingFear” According to their … Continue reading

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Depression linked to low birth weight

In the ongoing search to understand the causes of depression a US study has reported some interesting findings. After studying data over a number of years from a 1400 children they found a significant link between birth weight and depression. … Continue reading

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Guided Imagery Meditation

I have had a great deal of success using basic kinds of healing meditations. I have used them in both a mental and physical context. For physical relief it seems they can be useful in a whole range of areas … Continue reading

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Childhood Stress may cause permanent physical damage to brain

New research by Stanford University has found that the hippocampus seems smaller and “withered” in children who suffered severe physical or emotional stress in their youth. The suggestion is that this less active hippocampus leaves children less able to deal … Continue reading

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