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Tag Archives: Spirituality
Ageing gracefully or ageless grace?
This blog was first published on these APN news sites: Sunshine Coast Daily, Bundaberg NewsMail and Tweed MyDailyNews. “Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.” ~ Betty Friedan “Men do not quit playing because … Continue reading
What does Anna Karenina have to do with International Women’s Day and women’s health?
I was instantly and totally smitten with Anna Karenina when I first started to read the novel in my mid-teens. Tolstoy’s book set in the 1870s enveloped me in a whole new world, introducing themes of hypocrisy, jealousy, faith, fidelity, … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Science, Health care, Health policy, Kay's posts, Mental health, Over-diagnosis/treatment
Tagged Anna Karenina, change agent, Coming of Age on Zoloft, dietary supplements, Dr David Ramirez, International Women's Day, Katherine Sharpe, Mark Butler, Mary Baker Eddy, medication, social determinants of health, Social Inclusion Minister, Spirituality, The Christian Science Monitor, The Gender Agenda: Gaining Momentum, Tolstpoy, Women's health
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If you’re happy and you know it ….. shake your tail!
This blog was first published on these APN news sites: Toowoomba Chronicle, Gympie Times, Bundaberg News-Mail, Northern Star and Ipswich Queensland Times. I’ve fallen in love with those cute robotic wagging tails that you can wear! If you’re happy and … Continue reading
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
Posted in Christian Science, Health care, Kay's posts
Tagged A Current Affair, All I want for Christmas, All I want for Christmas is the gift of good health, asthma, depression, Dr Damien Finiss, Dr Irving Kirsch, drugs, healthcare, insomnia, irritable bowel syndrome, Mary Baker Eddy, medicine, migraine, Mind over Medicine, osteoarthritis, pain, placebo effect, placebos, reason for the Season, Spirituality, The Placebo Effect: A Conversation with Dr Irving Kirsch
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‘Doing nothing’ can be good for you
This article first appeared in these newspapers: The Toowoomba Chronicle, Gladstone Observer, Sunshine Coast Daily, Northern Star, Mackay Daily Mercury, Bundaberg’s NewsMail. Last week, I was waxing lyrical to a new acquaintance about the jacarandas in full bloom in my … Continue reading
Being Mindful of Men’s Health in Movember
This article first appeared on these news sites: The Toowoomba Chronicle, Ipswich Queensland Times, Mt Isa Northern Star, Sunshine Coast Daily, Caboolture News, Tweed Daily News and Gympie Times. Love and devotion just shone from my son-in-law’s face as we watched … Continue reading
Building Family Values will help ‘Sock it to Suicide’
This article was first published on the national forum, Online Opinion. For many, our early introduction to life’s journey is full of warm hugs, kisses, smiles, gifts and consistent positive reinforcement of good behaviour. As we grow, opportunities for a … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Science, Health care, Kay's posts
Tagged Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, Dan Cohen, family values, Family Week, holistic healthcare, Kylie Stevenson, loneliness, mental health, refugees, SANE Australia, social stigma, social/emotional wellbeing, society, Sock it to Suicide, Spirituality, Toowoomba, University of Maryland Medical Center, World Health Organization, youth suicide
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National Nutrition Week: Something missing from your diet?
This article appears in APN regional newspapers around Queensland, including The Chronicle in Toowoomba. It’s National Nutrition Week. OK, great … but is diet advice sometimes a turn-off and more like ‘a big stick’ for you? I’ve been receiving a constant … Continue reading
Posted in Health care, Kay's posts
Tagged ADHD, diet, Dr Larry Culliford, food, food fads, health practitioners, Kay Stroud, Masterchef, meditation, National Nutrition Week, Nigella, nutrition, Nutrition Australia, omega 3, Prayer, radiant health, spiritual malnutrition, Spirituality, Spirituality and Clinical Care, sugar addictive, vitamins
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Health: Predetermined? Fate? For sale?
There’s a game where the price for goods that you produce is determined by a god called “Theoi”. Participants have the option of contributing some of their goods to Theoi in the hope of ‘pacifying him’ and becoming more successful. … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Science, Health care
Tagged Christian Science, eugenics, gambling, genetic testing, genetics, Gilbert Welch, Julian Savulescu, life a lottery, Mary Baker Eddy, over-diagnosis, Over-diagnosis epidemic, over-treatment, placebos, procreation, Professor Paul Fritjers, sacrifice, Spirituality, The Conversation, Theoi, University of Queensland
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Big Brother Enlightens Us
This article was written for and first published by the Queensland Telegraph, Rockhampton on 1 September 2012 as “Big Brother ‘traffics in unreal situations”. Is there anything good to be said about Big Brother? Of course, I’m referring to the … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Science, Health care, Videos, Kay's posts
Tagged Mary Baker Eddy, Spirituality, The Bible, kindness, YouTube, happiness, compassion, anxiety, humanitarian, Melissa Sweet, Croakey, Big Brother, reality TV, psycho-physical, Dacher Keltner, Born to be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life, Laura Kubzansky, anger, coronary heart disease, Dr John Falzon, humane, societal forces, #goodsociety, humanity
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Obese Nation or Opportunity for New Health Model?
This post was first published on ON LINE Opinion, Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate, as Connect the dots out of an obesity epidemic to ‘picture of health’. My childhood friend was getting quite plump, had trouble running and … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Science, Health care, Kay's posts
Tagged anorexia, bulimia, Christian Science, consciousness and wellbeing, Dana Godman, Dr Harold Koenig, eating disorders, health, Mark Bittman, Mary Baker Eddy, new health model, Obese Nation, obesity, placebos, Shannon McKeown, Spirituality, spirituality and health research, weight loss starts from the inside out
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Respect transforms and heals
An inspirational, personal account of how respect and spiritual identification heals, told by health blogger Keith Wommack from Texas USA. I didn’t know George. He’d called me out of the blue and asked if I could take him shopping. I … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Science
Tagged Healing, hepatitis healed, Keith Wommack, respect, social change, Spirituality, spirituality in society
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Gratitude proving to be key component of health
Gratitude pays. Just ask Dr Robert Emmons. My guest post today is by Eric Nelson, who has been published and featured in numerous newspapers, online publications, and radio talk programs. He speaks from years of experience in the mind-body field, especially as … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Science, Health care
Tagged Christian Science, Dr Robert Emmons, Eric Nelson, grateful heart = healthy heart, gratitude, health, John Templeton Foundation, mind/body, optimism, positive psychology, Religion, research study, Robert Emmons, Spirituality, Thanks! How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier
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Does medical hypnosis give patients more or less control of their health?
Today’s guest post was first published on The Washington Times Communities. It’s by Eric Nelson, media spokesperson for Christian Science in Northern California, USA. Photo: ©IStockphoto.com/selimaksan LOS ALTOS, CA, May 21, 2012 – Although many of us tend to think … Continue reading
Is There a Way to Ease Those Anxieties?
My guest blog today is by Tony Lobl, health blogger and media spokesperson for Christian Science in the UK and Ireland. New data indicates a spiritual solution to worry and intolerance. Start reading below and follow the link to the post … Continue reading
