What is Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the use of chemical substances to treat disease. Broadly, most chemotherapeutic drugs work by impairing mitosis (cell division), effectively targeting fast-dividing...
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Sunday November 29, 2009
Educational Stories
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The Body As A Gateway To The Divine
By Amoda Maa Jeevan
I'm sitting in a small café in downtown Mumbai, enjoying my lunch and listening to birdsong. But this is no ordinary café and no ordinary lunch. The café is part of an Ayurvedic Clinic and my lunch is a bowl of mung soup cooked according to an ancient recipe.
I've been here for a couple of weeks and will...
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Does "counting your blessings" really help?Category: Emotion • Research • Social
Posted on: April 14, 2008 10:34 AM, by Dave Munger
How often do you take time to reflect on the things you're grateful for? Once a month? Once a week, at church, perhaps? Maybe you say "grace" at mealtime every day. But even prayers that do express gratefu...1 Recommendation -
From time to time, we may all feel fed up with humanity, whether it's from learning about what's going on around the world, or what?s going on next door. There are always situations that leave us feeling as if people are simply not capable of behaving in a way that is coming from a place of awareness. Often it seems as if people are actually geared to handle things in the worst possible w...1 Recommendation
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Praise as Good as Cash to BrainBy JULIE STEENHUYSENApril 23, 2008 —
Paying people a compliment appears to activate the same reward center in the brain as paying them cash, Japanese researchers said Wednesday.
They said the study offers scientific support for the long-held assumption that people get a psychological boost from having a good reputation.
"We found that these seemingly differe...1 Recommendation
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There comes a time in all our lives when we may need to evaluate our relationships, making sure that they are having a positive effect on us, rather than dragging us down. Without realizing it, we may be spending precious time and energy engaging in friendships that let us down, rather than cultivating ones that support and nourish us along our path. Life, with its many twists, turns, and challen...1 Recommendation1 Comment
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Know a few days ago I posted my struggle with my job and the "unfairness" of it all. I am remaining in contact with my therapist via email when struggling and this was his response to my journal.... how true.. how true... the fallacy of fairness.
How very DBT your responses have become! You are choosing responses
that may not "feel" good at first, in the same way tha...1 Recommendation2 Comments -
Radical Acceptance
Radical acceptance can be found in the "Distress Tolerance" module of Dr. Marsha Linehan's Dialectical Skills Training Manual. While this concept is not limited to Linehan’s DBT it is a cornerstone of her ground-breaking work especially in the treatment of those with Borderline Personality Disorder. It is included in a section entitled,"Basic P...1 Recommendation
