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Elisha Goldstein now has a free eBook, called The Mindful Companion, which you can access by clicking here. It is based on his insightful posts, like this one called “Calming Your Distressing Mind”: Sometimes in life it’s helpful to have signposts that we can see to help bring us back to the present moment and reinforce…

techniques to manage anxiety, seasonal depression

I try to read everything that is printed from Johns Hopkins on depression and anxiety because their doctors have been such an important part of my recovery. Here are nine tips that Johns Hopkins doctors suggest to help you manage anxiety without drugs (or with drugs, in my case): Anxiety tip #1: Notice and Name.…

“Anxiety has been rampant since 9/11 and perhaps no less so in the aftermath of the war in Iraq,” writes Keith Egan (my former theology professor at St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana) in an article called “Banishing Anxiety.” “Nothing seems to lower this pervasive anxiety as North Americans wait nervously for the next…

Elisha Goldstein has written a helpful post on how to forgive when it seems impossible. In his piece called “Refusing to Forgive: 9 Steps to Break Free,” he tries an experiment regarding the grudges we keep. He writes: Let’s try a little experiment. Think of someone in your life right now (maybe not the most…

The Wall Street Journal’s Health Journal columnist Melinda Beck wrote an important piece awhile back on how to listen to your body, you know, when it’s saying: “HELLO??? ANYONE THERE???? I’M NOT HAPPY!!!!!!”   I seem to be unable to master this lesson. Just when I think I have it down, I hear a repeated…

It’s fairly known that depression can occur after a heart attack and can increase the likelihood of a second heart attack. But did you know that the flip side is also true? That depression itself can increase a person’s risk for cardiovascular disease. A recent Johns Hopkins Health Alert reports:   Prospective studies show that…

I have been thinking about this question ever since I read it on a discussion thread in Group Beyond Blue. Group Beyond Blue member Meg writes: So, my husband has shown interest in getting a handgun permit. It’s the South, and lots of people have them. I don’t have an issue with the concept of…

Group Beyond Blue member Meg started an interesting conversation on the discussion thread titled “A Question” on Group Beyond Blue. To tune into the dialog click here. I have excerpted some responses below. Group Beyond Blue Co-Chair Luthitarian wrote: When planning release of clients from mental health care, one of the sets of questions asked…

A few weeks ago, a Beyond Blue reader asked me what to do regarding a toxic friendship. She wrote:   I’m in the process of dealing with a toxic friend. She is broken, in a different sort of way. We no longer have anything in common except for the past. Her relationship is highly destructive…
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