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Beyond Blue

Yeah! Beliefnet now as a FRESH new blog called “Fresh Living” penned by no other than my wonderful editor Holly Lebowitz Rossi and Beliefnet’s Holistic Health Editor, Valerie Reiss. It’s a super fresh take on all kinds of holistic health topics ranging from the hunt for non-awful natural hair products to not eating the 4…

Bess Myerson once wrote that “to fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful,” especially if you are the one who wanted the relationship to last. But to stop loving isn’t an option. Author Henri Nouwen writes, “When those you love deeply reject you, leave you, or die,…

Just to refresh your memory … here it is, the queasy moment:

Thanks to fellow blogger Susan Schechter for referring me to a hilarious four-second video. Because I’m still a technological moron, I can’t figure out how to embed it, so I’m going to send you all to her blog, “If You’re Going Through Hell Keep Going,” to watch it. Happy viewing!

Given the topic of our interview today, I thought I’d include a link over to John Grohol’s excellent article, “Efficacy of Antidepressants” where he analyzes the studies published last year that try to shake the efficacy and usefulness of modern antidepressant medications. Especially intriguing to me were the recommendations that those commenting on the studies…

I need to preface today’s interview by saying that I whole-heartedly support treatment of depression with the right pharmaceutical medication. For those readers who have just joined us, let me explain that I went through six doctors before I found the right one in Dr. Smith, and I received a lot of bad advice and…

Tune into this North Star Guardian podcast of Dr. Edward Shorter discussing his book, “Before Prozac” with my fellow blogger friend, Kevin Keough. To read more Beyond Blue, go to http://blog.beliefnet.com/beyondblue, and to get to Group Beyond Blue, a support group at Beliefnet Community, click here. To subscribe to “Beyond Blue” click here.

John Grohol, over at PsychCentral.com, has some good tips for the recently laid off. He’s right in saying that losing your job feels like having the wind knocked out of you. I think this is especially true for men, since work is so much a part of their identity. Eric and I are adjusting to…

Thanks to fellow blogger Susan Schechter for letting me know that John McManamy and I have a little competition in our Bipolar Singing Blogger Smackdown. But this time we are up against a four-legger. No fair!

Today is one of those days that words fail me. My heart is stuck somewhere between grieving the wounds of my past–having been sucked back into a very dysfunctional place with my family of origin–yet knowing that every single second of life is a gift, that message confirmed in Dan’s death during the award banquet…
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