July 29th, 2008
I ran across an interesting Web site the other day called I Dose, which claims to be “the perfect Binaural Beats experience.”
(If you don’t know what Binaural Beats do, I Dose offers a pretty decent layman’s explanation: “Playing tones with a slightly different frequency to each ear, cause the brain to recalculate the frequency, and […]
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July 29th, 2008
Back in June, I entered a giveaway at Hope Wilbanks’s Weighting Line and won a copy of Chef MD’s Big Book of Culinary Medicine by John La Puma, M.D. and Rebecca Powell Marx. (I also won some chewing gum from Extra thanks to my random knowledge about The Biggest Loser, but, I digress.)
I initially entered […]
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July 22nd, 2008
I received an interesting email about some folks down under (i.e. in Australia) who are working together to develop an online self-help program for people with bipolar disorder.
The program is MoodSwings, and the creators of MoodSwings (a hefty group of psychiatrists and psychologists with experience in both bipolar disorder and online programs) are currently seeking […]
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July 17th, 2008
If you haven’t already heard, Susan Watiker and Kelly Turner have given birth to the newest addition to the b5media Health & Wellness Channel - Grounded Fitness!
Admittedly, the due date for this sucker seemed to take forever to arrive, but I’m so glad it has. I’ve been very excited about Grounded Fitness as it shows […]
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June 23rd, 2008
Being aware of my interest in brain games, OpenEducation.net, a Web site “dedicated to tracking the changes occurring in education today,” brought two very noteworthy articles to my attention this weekend.
What makes these article interesting is that they aren’t just focused on brain exercises and games; they’re also focused on addressing the issues of the […]
By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 3 comments
June 21st, 2008
Because Celebrity Health Week was winding down, we didn’t have Saturday Sanity last Saturday.
Let’s see if we can get caught up, shall we?
This week at Mental Health Notes, I spent most of my time trying to get away from the topic of celebrities. I shared with you a study regarding the aroma of coffee and […]
By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 4 comments
May 26th, 2008
I’ve mentioned before that I come from a pretty long line of military and war veterans. My grandfathers, various uncles, and my daddy were all soldiers.
Even my ex-husband, God bless him, was a Marine.
I’ve admired the Purple Hearts. I’ve sat through the 3 volley salutes. I’ve listened as Taps was played and once watched as […]
By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 2 comments
May 16th, 2008
Last night I wrote about Lori Drew’s indictment on charges related to Megan Meier’s suicide. While no on has been convicted of anything yet, and Drew denies creating the MySpace account as well as sending Meier messages, the fact remains that someone committed a horrible offense against this girl - one that may have ultimately […]
By Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes -- 3 comments
May 7th, 2008
I love free stuff, and I love passing along information about free stuff. So, you can imagine how much I loved finding this free emergency medical ID wallet card from MedIDs.com.
Sure, you could probably find various kinds of free emergency medical ID wallet cards in a thousand other places, but I like this one because […]
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May 6th, 2008
As I mentioned yesterday, my NAMI affiliation had a cookout at one of our local city parks in honor of Mental Health Month.
Well, it turned out to be a lovely event! The weather was gorgeous, the food was delicious, and aside from a crowd of skateboarding teenagers (who eventually moved on to skate somewhere else […]
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