Tag Archives: Spirituality and Health

Let your child-heart lead to mental health

Wasn’t it comforting in last week’s blog to realise that generosity is innate in us? So are loving others and being honest and kind. Young children demonstrate clearly that it’s not natural to lie around in bed, to be dishonest, … Continue reading

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Are you a very good patient?

Don’t we smile when a friend or loved one says, “I’m just not a very good patient” or “he’s like a bear with a sore head – he just can’t handle being sick”. But you know, health practitioners are no … Continue reading

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The evidence says it all!

Advice from the Sunday Mail Body+Soul article on Sunday, A-Z of Motivational Tips – L is for love. Falling in love is a natural painkiller and makes you more motivated, says a Stanford University School of Medicine study. M is … Continue reading

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CAM includes the Medicine of Love

First published on ON LINE Opinion, Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate. There is a ferocious debate occurring in the health field at the moment in Australia, as the Friends of Science in Medicine lobby group pressures universities to … Continue reading

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Reflections on Australia Day: What can make our nation healthier?

Congratulations to recipients of the Australia Day awards for Australian of the Year 2012. Their commitment to high ideals, courage, achievement and philanthropy defines each of them, while self-sacrifice especially shines in the lives of Senior Australian of the Year 2012 … Continue reading

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Health Story of the Year

The ‘Health Story of the Year’ hasn’t made it into the mainstream media much at all, suggests online moderator of Croakey, Melissa Sweet. “It is the impact of social media upon health and health care”, she states, backing this up … Continue reading

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New Frontier in Medicine = Increased Wellbeing

“Spirituality, religion and their place in medicine are currently much discussed, to the point where this relationship has been called ‘the new frontier’”, quotes Airdre Grant, Southern Cross University doctoral student, in her research publication, Spirituality, health and the complementary medicine practitioner. … Continue reading

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The doors are starting to open on spirituality in health care in Australia

The 21st Century is turning out to be the one in which there is a quest for spiritual understanding by the collective consciousness. This quest is leading to the recognition of the importance of spirituality in many spheres in Australia, including … Continue reading

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What does it mean when a medical practitioner wants to offer a dose of prayer?

Is there a need for more holistic healing? Around the world this question is often in the headlines, in one form or another. My colleague in the United Kingdom, Tony Lobl, asks some important questions and shares his thoughts in … Continue reading

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