Emotions – Replacing Prozac

Can Green Gardening Replace Prozac? Gardening, it is said, can replace Prozac’ – yes it can! Extensive research has shown that gardening is the new ‘green’ feel good drug with an abundance of GOOD side effects.   It has been found that  when we leave behind our...

Emotions Purpose Meaning

Emotions are the drivers of meaning and purpose!     We often say about someone who has a defined objective that they want to achieve when they are actively pursuing it: “She’s on a mission!” Sometimes we observe the activity with admiration, normally when...

The Emotional Pain of HIV

The emotional pain carried by many who have HIV This denial often leads to avoidance of self-care such as following the general healthy eating and exercising routines, as well as compliance with medication. Shame is a very depleting and deeply negative state. So it is...

The Science Behind Heart Break

Broken Heart Syndrome is the weakening of the muscular portion of the heart triggered by significant stress and can become fatal. The saying “died of a broken heart” holds more truth than we would like to believe. Loss of a loved one, extreme trauma and a bad break up...