Here are good tips from well-meaning and qualified people, that may help some forms of depression. It’s important to know that these are not cure-alls. By suggesting ‘eat lots of blueberries and go for a run’ can cure some cases of depression, is just why we have so many problems – not taking it seriously as a ‘proper illness’. You would not say that to someone who had cancer, and…
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Find Time In Your Life for Prayer
Photo by James Coleman on Unsplash Everyone can find time in their life for prayer, and it’s a little bit what has gone wrong with modern society. No matter what your faith, just spending a few minutes each day being thankful and praying to the God that you feel comfortable with, is a great way to start each day. Blogger Ronke gets up at 5.30am each morning and makes time…
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The Healing Power of Music Therapy
The healing power of music therapy is well known. In her book Music Medicine, music therapist Christine Stevens writes of how a disabled boy in Africa sways to the beat of the drums, temporarily forgetting his disability. It’s only when the music stops that his leg goes numb again. Also see zero waste musical instruments. How to Play the Piano can teach you how to play Bach’s Prelude No 1…
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Start Your Own Transition Town
Photo by Shane Rounce on Unsplash Start your own transition town, and you go a long way to restore ‘resilience’ to your community. This simply means that your community is not reliant on supermarkets, oil prices or national currencies in order to eat and live well. In a nutshell, to reduce dependence on fossil fuels (oil, gas, nuclear). It’s not just warming your home and fuelling your car. Everything these…
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