How to Put Together Your Ideal Community
“What do I do when I don’t have a good, healthy support system?” After my last email about “Who’s got your back?”, I heard from several people asking me how … Read more
What brings you happiness?
What brings you happiness? It’s so seductive to get caught up in the thinking that once I get married, have this child or grandchild, get this car, eat at this … Read more
Self-Talk and Self-Compassion
Click to watch and learn about self-talk and self-compassion, and the power of the thoughts we feed ourselves, in the Dr. Randy Kamen series “Strategies to Spark Your Week.” … Read more
9 Keys to Creating Lasting Change
Click to watch and learn the essential keys to making and sustaining lasting change in the Dr. Randy Kamen series “Strategies to Spark Your Week.” Enjoy and share!
Juggling the Multiple Demands of a Caregiver
Click to watch and learn about juggling the multiple demands of caregiving and how to utilize tools for self-help in the Dr. Randy Kamen series “Strategies to Spark Your Week.” Enjoy and … Read more
Authentic Relaxation
Learning to authentically relax helps to reduce the negative effects of the mind and body brought about by anxiety, stress and pain. Relaxation methods can help you interpret life events from another more positive perspective and helps build resilience
Belly Breathing
Diaphragmatic or belly breathing is at the heart of all relaxation techniques. Over the course of a day we breathe about 7,000-30,000 breaths. It therefore behooves us to breathe in a way that optimizes our health, happiness, and well-being. Learn how to breathe to receive optimal physical and psychological benefits.
Women and Beauty
In western culture idealized beauty for women tends to mean youthful looks, facial symmetry, femininity, glowing complexion, and a trim fit body. Women often go to great lengths to achieve their rendition of this ideal, and not necessarily by committing to good nutrition and exercise. Fad diets, surgery, injections, and eating disorders have become all too familiar as the path to achieving “beauty.”
Cultivating Gratitude
Cultivating positive attributes, experiences or memories leads to greater happiness and resilience as it fortifies us during times of adversity and emotional turmoil. Of all the attribute one can develop gratitude is the most strongly associated with mental health.
Overcoming Unhealthy Communication
Click to watch how to Overcome Unhealthy Communication in the Dr. Randy Kamen series “Strategies to Spark Your Week.” Tap into your authentic voice with compassion; Tolerate difficult emotions as they arise; Consider … Read more