Tag Archives: depression

Top of our Christmas Wish-List is Health

Versions of this blog article are published on the national forum, Online Opinion, as Know what’s at the top of our Christmas wish list? Health, and What’s at the top of your Christmas wish-list? on the APN media website. “All I … Continue reading

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Loneliness, depression and Olympic fairy-tale endings

This post was first published on ON LINE Opinion - Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate. There is nothing like the feeling of standing on the stage or dais clasping your hard-won medal in two hands to the sound of thunderous … Continue reading

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ANZAC Day reflections on health, and the hereafter

This post first appeared on ON LINE Opinion, Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate, as ANZAC Day: A Day to Reflect on Life and Health. Rush out the door early with my husband ….. head off in two separate … Continue reading

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Spirituality >>> Better Mental Health

Amazing discoveries are being made in the laboratory today! “The brain is an object of thought, and not the thinker”, my colleague Keith Wommack, media spokesperson for Christian Science in Texas, has discovered. Check out his whole article – first … Continue reading

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Study shows dementia not an inevitable part of ageing

The number of Australians suffering dementia is currently 280,000, a number expected to increase more than four-fold in the next 40 years, sparking calls for the federal government to devote more funds to addressing the looming aged care issue. This … Continue reading

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Study Shows Spirituality Protects Youth Mental Health

My free local newspaper, Highfields Herald-Crow’s Nest Advertiser published an article today about a report on Stress and Well Being in Australia in 2011: A state of the nation survey. When I accessed the linked website I was intrigued to … Continue reading

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World Smile Day Pre-empts Mental Health Week in Australia

World Smile Day, this Friday, was launched in 1999 by the creator of the smiley symbol that we all know so well. He felt that all of us should devote one day each year to smiles and kind acts throughout … Continue reading

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The Healing Art of Listening

If I seem to be focusing on mental health recently, it’s because the media is highlighting the need for urgent engagement by the broader community, with a view to finding healing solutions. District Manager for Christian Science Committees on Publication … Continue reading

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Is mental health genetically-based?

News reports giving statistics of the increasing prevalence of mental illness, depression and suicide in both the young and the elderly are being published every day in Australia. Have you ever felt lost for words when the subject of mental … Continue reading

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